Clinical features and prognostic factors of brain metastases from colorectal cancer: a single center experience

ConclusionPatients with left-sided CRC, especially those with lung metastases, are prone to brain metastases, and patients with brain metastases as the first metastatic site have a higher rate of supratentorial metastases. Young patients with right hemicolon cancer and patients who have not undergone primary lesion resection have a shorter time for the occurrence of BM. Patients with colorectal lung metastases, especially those young with right-sided CRC, require close imaging surveillance of BM. The prognosis of CRC patients with BM and lung metastases is poor, and comprehensive treatment based on surgery could significantly prolong patients ’ survival time.
Source: International Journal of Colorectal Disease - Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: research