Brain Metastasis in Pancreatic Cancer

Pancreatic cancer is a fatal disease with a 5-year survival rate below 5%. Most patients are diagnosed at an advanced tumor stage and existence of distant metastases. However, involvement of the central nervous system is rare in pancreatic cancer. We retrospectively analyzed all cases of brain metas...

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Main Authors: Marko Kornmann, Doris Henne-Bruns, Jan Scheele, Christian Rainer Wirtz, Thomas Kapapa, Johannes Lemke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2013-02-01
Series:International Journal of Molecular Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/14/2/4163