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*Occasionally, cancer spreads to the brain but the original location of the cancer in the body (primary site) is not known. This is called ''cancer of unknown primary'' (CUP).<ref name=Cancersthatspreadtothebrain>Cancers that spread to the brain. Canadian Cancer Society 2015. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/metastatic-cancer/brain-metastases/?region=on. Accessed on November 9, 2015</ref> | *Occasionally, cancer spreads to the brain but the original location of the cancer in the body (primary site) is not known. This is called ''cancer of unknown primary'' (CUP).<ref name=Cancersthatspreadtothebrain>Cancers that spread to the brain. Canadian Cancer Society 2015. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/metastatic-cancer/brain-metastases/?region=on. Accessed on November 9, 2015</ref> | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Overview
Causes
- Lung cancer (most common)
- Renal cell carcinoma
- Breast cancer
- Melanoma
- Gastrointestinal cancer (mainly from colorectal carcinoma)
- Osteosarcoma
- Head and neck cancer
- Neuroblastoma
- Lymphoma (mainly from non-hodgkin lymphoma)
- Occasionally, cancer spreads to the brain but the original location of the cancer in the body (primary site) is not known. This is called cancer of unknown primary (CUP).[3]
References
- ↑ Causes of brain metastasis. Wikipedia 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain_metastasis. Accessed on November 9, 2015
- ↑ Epidemiology of brain metastasis. Dr Bruno Di Muzio and Dr Trent Orton et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/brain-metastases. Accessed on November 9, 2015
- ↑ Cancers that spread to the brain. Canadian Cancer Society 2015. http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/metastatic-cancer/brain-metastases/?region=on. Accessed on November 9, 2015