Neurologists Tackle Spread of Cancer to Brain: ; Up to 40 Percent of Patients with Some Cancers Are at Risk of Sneaky Secondary Threat
Charleston Gazette › February 21, 2006
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WASHINGTON - No one ever checked whether Leslie Bather's breast cancer was spreading to her brain, until the day tumors caused three frightening seizures. MRI scans can help spot when cancer in another part of the body sends seedlings into the brain, but few patients get routine checks.
Neurology specialists say it's time to change that: More patients are surviving initial tumors long enough for their brains to be at risk, as treatments get better at battling cancer below the neck yet fail to protect the brain. And improved technology is making it easier and safer to treat those new brain tumors, if they're caught early.See the full content of this document
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Neurologists Tackle Spread of Cancer to Brain: ; Up to 40 Percent of Patients with Some Cancers Are at Risk of Sneaky Secondary Threat
"If I were diagnosed with cancer tomorrow, the first thing I'd want is a brain scan," says Dr. Leonard Cerullo, director of the Chicago Institute of Neurosurgery and Neuroresearch.
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