Thais Baccili Cury Megid, Zeynep Baskurt, Lucy X Ma, Carly C Barron, Abdul Farooq, Marie Phillipe Saltiel, Xin Wang, Yvonne Bach, Hiroko Ayoama, Raymond W Jang, Eric Chen, Patrick Veit-Haibach, Ben Wang, Sangeetha Kalimuthu, James Cotton, Rebecca Wong, Aruz Mesci, Elena Elimova
BACKGROUND: Brain metastasis (BrM) and Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis (LMC) are uncommon complications in gastroesophageal carcinoma (GEC) patients. These patients have a poor prognosis and are challenging to treat. We described the clinicopathologic features and outcomes in the largest cohort of Central Nervous System (CNS) metastasis in GEC patients. METHODS: single-center retrospective study of GEC treated from 2007 to 2021. Clinicopathologic characteristics and treatment modalities were reviewed...
February 19, 2024: Journal of Neuro-oncology