The Role of Stereotactic Biopsy in Brain Metastases.
Neurosurg Clin N Am
; 31(4): 515-526, 2020 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-32921348
ABSTRACT
Brain metastases (BrM) affect up to 20% of patients with cancer and represent an increasing portion of patients with surgical brain tumors owing to improving prognoses of cancer patients in general and in many cases even of those with brain metastases. With advances in molecular biology and targeted therapy, the indications for neurosurgical sampling and specifically stereotactic biopsy are likely to change in the future. In this review the authors address some of the scientific advances in BrM biology, the clinical rationale and range of techniques currently used to perform stereotactic biopsy, and how the advent of molecular interrogation may potentially alter the way patients with BrM are managed in the future.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Neoplasias Encefálicas
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Técnicas Estereotáxicas
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Biópsia Guiada por Imagem
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neurosurg Clin N Am
Assunto da revista:
NEUROCIRURGIA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos