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===General=== | ===General=== | ||
*Most common brain tumour in adults. | *Most common brain tumour in adults. | ||
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Common metastases: | |||
*[[lung cancer|Lung]]. | |||
*[[invasive breast cancer|Breast]]. | |||
*[[renal cell carcinoma|Kidney]]. | |||
*[[Gastrointestinal pathology|Gastrointestinal]]. | |||
*[[Malignant melanoma]]. | |||
Percentage of previously diagnosed cancers with brain metastases - by primary site:<ref name=pmid15254054>{{Cite journal | last1 = Barnholtz-Sloan | first1 = JS. | last2 = Sloan | first2 = AE. | last3 = Davis | first3 = FG. | last4 = Vigneau | first4 = FD. | last5 = Lai | first5 = P. | last6 = Sawaya | first6 = RE. | title = Incidence proportions of brain metastases in patients diagnosed (1973 to 2001) in the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System. | journal = J Clin Oncol | volume = 22 | issue = 14 | pages = 2865-72 | month = Jul | year = 2004 | doi = 10.1200/JCO.2004.12.149 | PMID = 15254054 }}</ref> | |||
*Lung cancer 19.9%. | |||
*Melanoma 6.9% | |||
*Breast cancer 5.1%. | |||
*Renal cancer 6.5% | |||
*Colorectal cancer 1.8%. | |||
Notes: | |||
*''Lung'' followed by ''kidney'' is order in a smaller series.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Schouten | first1 = LJ. | last2 = Rutten | first2 = J. | last3 = Huveneers | first3 = HA. | last4 = Twijnstra | first4 = A. | title = Incidence of brain metastases in a cohort of patients with carcinoma of the breast, colon, kidney, and lung and melanoma. | journal = Cancer | volume = 94 | issue = 10 | pages = 2698-705 | month = May | year = 2002 | doi = | PMID = 12173339 }}</ref> | |||
===Microscopic=== | ===Microscopic=== | ||