Small vessel ischemic disease of the brain and brain metastases in lung cancer patients.

Brain metastases occur commonly in patients with lung cancer. Small vessel ischemic disease is frequently found when imaging the brain to detect metastases. We aimed to determine if the presence of small vessel ischemic disease (SVID) of the brain is protective against the development of brain metas...

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Main Authors: Peter J Mazzone, Nicola Marchi, Vince Fazio, J Michael Taylor, Thomas Masaryk, Luke Bury, Tarek Mekhail, Damir Janigro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-09-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2747277?pdf=render