Brain metastases epidemiology in a Tunisian population: trends and outcome.

Brain metastases epidemiology in a Tunisian population: trends and outcome.

CNS Oncol. 2018 Jan 19;:

Authors: Benna M, Mejri N, Mabrouk M, El Benna H, Labidi S, Daoud N, Boussen H

Abstract
AIM: We reported anatomo-clinical features of brain metastases (BMs) collected in a Tunisian medical oncology department.
PATIENTS & METHODS: We retrospectively identified all cases of BM within a cohort of 7055 patients, treated for a histologically confirmed nonhematological cancer between 2000 and 2016. Data about age, sex and primary tumor were collected.
RESULTS: Incidence was 1.9% and mean age was 54 years with a 1.24 sex ratio. BMs were symptomatic in 73.7% of cases after a median time of 16 months. A total of 73.4% patients receiving local therapy, 88% by whole brain radiation therapy and 21.6% had a metastasectomy. Lung and breast cancers were the primary in 80% of the BM.
CONCLUSION: BM showed trends of young with underestimated incidence.

PMID: 29347839 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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