Brain Breast cancer

The usual metastatic sites for solid tumors are the brain, the bone, the lung, and the liver. It is important to realize and educate patients that breast cancer cells may metastasize to the brain, so the individual doesn t have brain and breast cancer but breast cancer metastases to the brain. 

Metastatic breast cancer is not curable, and therapy is intended to palliate symptoms. In most cases, hormonal therapy is the mainstay. While on therapy, patients are monitored monthly for signs of disease progression or metastasis to common sites, such as the bones, brain, or liver. 

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Brain metastasis is the most common neurologic complication seen in patients with cancer. Approximately 170,000 patients develop brain metastases in the United States each year.20 Many malignancies are frequently associated with brain metastases (Table 96-7). While melanoma is the tumor type most likely to metastasize to the brain, brain metastases owing to lung and breast cancers are seen more often because they are among the most common cancers. In addition, brain metastasis may be diagnosed at the same time as the primary malignancy in around 20% of cases.22 Around 80% of brain metastases occur in the cerebral hemispheres, 15% in the cerebellum, and 5% in the brain stem. 

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