Brain metastases in colorectal cancer.
OBJECTIVE
The aim of this study is the presentation of brain secondaries associated with colorectal cancer.


METHODS
In the period between 1990 and 2009, 670 patients with colorectal cancer were treated.


RESULTS
From 670 patients, 5 patients were identified with brain metastases. The incidence was 0.73%. The median interval between the colorectal cancer and the development of the brain secondaries was 7.5 months. Median survival after the diagnosis of brain metastases was 4.3 months.


CONCLUSIONS
Brain metastases associated with colorectal cancer are relatively rare, but also a frequent cause of death.
Pramateftakis
M G
MG
4th Surgical Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Antheon 1, Panorama, 55236 Thessaloniki, Greece. mpramateftakis@hotmail.com
Hatzigianni
P
P
Kanellos
D
D
Vrakas
G
G
Kanellos
I
I
Agelopoulos
S
S
Ouzounidis
N
N
Lazaridis
C
C
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000628:therapy; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies