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Dural and Skull Base Metastases

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Brain Metastases

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research ((CTAR,volume 136))

Abstract

Dural metastases (DM) usually affect patients in late stages of their disease with the majority of them harboring widespread metastatic disease that frequently accounts for the severity of the prognosis. They are also named pachymeningeal metastases and may arise from direct extension from skull metastasis or hematogenous spread from distant sites.

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Da Silva, A.N., Schiff, D. (2007). Dural and Skull Base Metastases. In: Raizer, J.J., Abrey, L.E. (eds) Brain Metastases. Cancer Treatment and Research, vol 136. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-69222-7_7

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