title: Biology of a brain metastasis.
abstract: The appearance of a brain metastasis is generally regarded as an ominous event in the progression of many solid tumors because it usually means that the patient will have reduced quality and length of survival. It is important to study the biology of brain metastasis because present treatments are principally palliative and new approaches to diagnosis and treatment are clearly needed.
authors.affiliation: Neurosurgery Service, Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas, USA.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Walsh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009374:Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology