ReviewCancers2021
Brain Metastases from Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review of the Literature and Meta-Analysis to Establish a Guideline for Daily Treatment.
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45 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- The impact of primary tumor location of colorectal cancer on the survival outcome of patients with brain metastasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of medical research · 2025Pooled it
- Survival Outcome of Surgical Resection vs. Radiotherapy in Brain Metastasis From Colorectal Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
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- National Trends in the Use of Palliative Therapy in Stage IV Rectal Cancer in the United States.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
- Risk prediction model for brain metastasis risk among patients diagnosed with primary gastrointestinal cancers.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Brain metastases from colorectal cancer - a retrospective dual center study.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2026Article
- Stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases: multistate and competing risk models of progression and survival from a single-centre 11-year experience.Radiation oncology (London, England) · 2026Article
- High resolution genome-wide SNP array analyses on matched colorectal-based lung and brain metastases.Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology · 2026Article
- Case Report: Cerebral metastasis following standard therapy in BRAF/KRAS wild-type colorectal cancer: an unusual presentation of disease progression.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Article
- Immune architecture of colorectal cancer brain metastases: spatial TAM heterogeneity and PD-L1 dynamics.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Colorectal cancer metastasis to the brain: A scoping review of incidence, treatment, and outcomes.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2025Article
- Genomics correlates of brain metastasis and progression in colorectal cancer.Neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Colorectal cancer relies on an immunosuppressive cellular topography and genomic adaptations for establishing brain metastases.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Incidence, demographics, and survival of patients with brain metastases from stage IV colorectal cancer: a population-based study from 2013 to 2023.Journal of neuro-oncology · 2025Article
- Characteristics and outcome of patients with brain metastases from colorectal cancer.Neuro-oncology practice · 2025Article
- IRS2 as a driver of brain metastasis in colorectal cancer: A potential target for novel therapeutic strategies.Neuro-oncology · 2025Article
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- Comparative survival outcome of synchronous and metachronous brain metastasis from colorectal cancer: A meta‑analysis.Oncology letters · 2025Article
- Application of EGFR-TKIs in brain tumors, a breakthrough in future?Journal of translational medicine · 2025Review
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common malignancy worldwide. Most patients with metastatic CRC develop liver or lung metastases, while a minority suffer from brain metastases. There is little information available regarding the presentation, treatment, and overall survival of brain metastases (BM) from CRC. This systematic review and meta-analysis includes data collected from three major databases (PubMed, Cochrane, and Embase) based on the key words "brain", "metastas*", "tumor", "colorectal", "cancer", and "malignancy". In total, 1318 articles were identified in the search and 86 studies matched the inclusion criteria. The incidence of BM varied between 0.1% and 11.5%. Most patients developed metastases at other sites prior to developing BM. Lung metastases and
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