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Characteristics of long-term survivors of brain metastases from lung cancer

Milena Niemiec, Maciej Głogowski, Dobromira Tyc-Szczepaniak, Marek Wierzchowski, Lucyna Kępka

Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy · 2011 · 35 citations · 25 references

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Abstract

Beside prognostic factors already recognized as favorable in patients with BM, the adenocarcinoma histology and female sex were prevalent in long-term survivors of BM from lung cancer.

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