SCLC has one of the highest propensities to spread to the brain. 1 With as many as three-quarters of patients developing brain metastases during their disease course, reducing the risk of central nervous system (CNS) failure appears important. 2
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Nathan Y. Yu, Terence T. Sio, Vinicius Ernani, Panayiotis Savvides, and Steven E. Schild
Stephen B. Edge and David G. Sheldon
. Relationship of extent of noninvasive disease to the frequency of occult invasion, multicentricity, lymph node metastases, and short-term treatment failures . Cancer 1982 ; 50 : 1309 – 1314 . 17 Silverstein MJ Lagios MD Martino S . Outcome after
Amy Zhou, Manik Amin, Kathryn J. Fowler, Elizabeth M. Brunt, Jesse Keller, and Benjamin Tan
revealed recurrent diffuse omental metastases. She was then restarted on erlotinib and bevacizumab, with prompt resolution of her ascites and abdominal discomfort. Bevacizumab was subsequently held a month after retreatment because of hypertension and chest
Nicolas Batty, Naveen Yarlagadda, and Roberto Pili
metastases and an irregular tumor protruding into the bladder lumen with bilateral pelvic lymphadenopathy. ADT was initiated with leuprolide, 30 mg, subcutaneously, and bicalutamide, 50 mg, orally daily. A biochemical response occurred, with a nadir PSA of 6
Joshua K. Sabari, John V. Heymach, and Beth Sandy
with central nervous system metastases. Rates of grade ≥3 adverse events were lower in patients treated with osimertinib versus platinum-pemetrexed chemotherapy. The phase III, double-blind FLAURA trial of osimertinib randomized 556 patients with
Takashi Taketa, Kazuki Sudo, Arlene M. Correa, Roopma Wadhwa, Hironori Shiozaki, Elena Elimova, Maria-Claudia Campagna, Mariela A. Blum, Heath D. Skinner, Ritsuko U. Komaki, Jeffrey H. Lee, Manoop S. Bhutani, Brian R. Weston, David C. Rice, Stephen G. Swisher, Dipen M. Maru, Wayne L. Hofstetter, and Jaffer A. Ajani
patients had clinical stage II (39.0%) or III (51.7%) cancer. Of the 518 patients, 25 (4.8%) had M1a (celiac lymph node metastases) and were designated clinical stage IVa according to the AJCC 6th edition. 17 Type of Surgery Most of the patients (70
Louis Burt Nabors, Jana Portnow, Mario Ammirati, Henry Brem, Paul Brown, Nicholas Butowski, Marc C. Chamberlain, Lisa M. DeAngelis, Robert A. Fenstermaker, Allan Friedman, Mark R. Gilbert, Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, Deneen Hesser, Matthias Holdhoff, Larry Junck, Ronald Lawson, Jay S. Loeffler, Paul L. Moots, Maciej M. Mrugala, Herbert B. Newton, Jeffrey J. Raizer, Lawrence Recht, Nicole Shonka, Dennis C. Shrieve, Allen K. Sills Jr, Lode J. Swinnen, David Tran, Nam Tran, Frank D. Vrionis, Patrick Yung Wen, Nicole R. McMillian, and Maria Ho
. Participation in clinical trials is especially encouraged. Overview Metastases to the brain are the most common intracranial tumors in adults and may occur up to 10 times more frequently than primary brain tumors. Population-based data reported that
Hans F. Schoellhammer, Gagandeep Singh, and Lucille Leong
Presentation A 48-year-old man presented to City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center (COHCC) with a diagnosis of rectal adenocarcinoma and synchronous liver metastases. For 1 year, the patient had been experiencing intermittent hematochezia, thinning stool
Julie R. Gralow, J. Sybil Biermann, Azeez Farooki, Monica N. Fornier, Robert F. Gagel, Rashmi N. Kumar, Charles L. Shapiro, Andrew Shields, Matthew R. Smith, Sandy Srinivas, and Catherine H. Van Poznak
metastases given androgen deprivation therapy . J Urol 2002 ; 167 : 2361 – 2367 ; discussion 2367 . 133 Smith MR McGovern FJ Zietman AL . Pamidronate to prevent bone loss in men receiving gonadotropin releasing hormone agonist therapy for
Matthew Zibelman and Anthony J. Olszanski
months after initial dose of ipilimumab reveals a marked decrease in size and fludeoxyglucose-avidity of right neck mass and complete resolution of bilateral adrenal and liver metastases (representative images). Discussion This case
