Characterizing metastatic uveal melanoma patients who develop symptomatic brain metastases

Characterizing metastatic uveal melanoma patients who develop symptomatic brain metastases

Metastatic uveal melanoma (mUM) is an advanced ocular malignancy characterized by a hepatotropic pattern of spread. As the incidence of brain metastases (BM) in mUM patients has been thought to be low, routine CNS surveillance has not been recommended. Notably, no formal assessment of BM incidence i...

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Main Authors: Alexander Z. Wei, Matan Uriel, Agata Porcu, Michael P. Manos, Ann C. Mercurio, Michael M. Caplan, Liam Hulse, Rino S. Seedor, Marta Holovatska, Jasmine Francis, Shaheer A. Khan, Diana E. McDonnell, Dmitry Bogomolny, Takami Sato, Brian P. Marr, Rizwan Haq, Marlana Orloff, Alexander Shoushtari, Richard D. Carvajal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
Subjects:
uveal melanoma
brain metastases
cutaneous melanoma
mucosal melanoma
acral melanoma
ocular oncology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.961517/full

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