Precocious Brain Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer: A Report of Two Cases
Journal Title: Türk Kolon ve Rektum Hastalıkları Dergisi - Year 2017, Vol 27, Issue 1
Abstract
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common causes of death due to cancer. In the majority of patients, diagnosis of brain metastasis (80%) follows diagnosis of the systemic cancer (metachronous presentation). However, brain metastases can be diagnosed before primary tumour diagnosis (precocious presentation) or simultaneously (synchronous presentation). With this case report, we aim to share the experience we gained with these two cases of precocious brain metastasis. These cases demonstrate that tumour biology is one of the most important of the widely recognized prognostic factors of colorectal cancer.
Authors and Affiliations
Şahin Kaymak, Oğuz Hançerlioğulları, Mehmet İnce, Hüseyin Sinan, Sezai Demirbaş
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