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Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Central Nervous System

MedGen UID:
146352
Concept ID:
C0686377
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cancer metastatic to CNS (central nervous system); Central Nervous System Metastases; Central Nervous System Metastasis; CNS Metastases; CNS Metastasis; Metastatic malignant neoplasm of central nervous system; Metastatic malignant neoplasm to central nervous system; Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Central Nervous System; Metastatic Neoplasm to the Central Nervous System; Metastatic Neoplasm to the CNS; Metastatic Tumor to the Central Nervous System; Metastatic Tumor to the CNS; Secondary malignant neoplasm of central nervous system
SNOMED CT: Secondary malignant neoplasm of central nervous system (94243009); Metastatic malignant neoplasm to central nervous system (94243009); Cancer metastatic to CNS (central nervous system) (94243009); Metastatic malignant neoplasm of central nervous system (94243009)

Definition

A malignant neoplasm that has spread to the central nervous system from another anatomic site or system. The majority are carcinomas (usually lung or breast carcinomas). [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Cwynarski K, Cummin T, Osborne W, Lewis J, Chaganti S, Smith J, Linton K, Greaves P, McKay P, Fox CP; British Society for Haematology (BSH) Committee
Br J Haematol 2023 Jan;200(2):160-169. Epub 2022 Nov 21 doi: 10.1111/bjh.18539. PMID: 36408800
Gondi V, Bauman G, Bradfield L, Burri SH, Cabrera AR, Cunningham DA, Eaton BR, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, Kim MM, Kotecha R, Kraemer L, Li J, Nagpal S, Rusthoven CG, Suh JH, Tomé WA, Wang TJC, Zimmer AS, Ziu M, Brown PD
Pract Radiat Oncol 2022 Jul-Aug;12(4):265-282. Epub 2022 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2022.02.003. PMID: 35534352
Perkins A, Liu G
Am Fam Physician 2016 Feb 1;93(3):211-7. PMID: 26926614

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Shah T, Venur VA
Semin Neurol 2023 Dec;43(6):825-832. Epub 2023 Nov 23 doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1776783. PMID: 37995744
Villa C, Baussart B, Assié G, Raverot G, Roncaroli F
Endocr Relat Cancer 2023 Aug 1;30(8) Epub 2023 Jun 22 doi: 10.1530/ERC-23-0021. PMID: 37068095
Popat S, Ahn MJ, Ekman S, Leighl NB, Ramalingam SS, Reungwetwattana T, Siva S, Tsuboi M, Wu YL, Yang JC
Target Oncol 2023 Jan;18(1):9-24. Epub 2023 Jan 18 doi: 10.1007/s11523-022-00941-7. PMID: 36652172
Bobillo S, Khwaja J, Ferreri AJM, Cwynarski K
Haematologica 2023 Mar 1;108(3):673-689. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281457. PMID: 36384246Free PMC Article
Lin NU, Lee EQ, Aoyama H, Barani IJ, Barboriak DP, Baumert BG, Bendszus M, Brown PD, Camidge DR, Chang SM, Dancey J, de Vries EG, Gaspar LE, Harris GJ, Hodi FS, Kalkanis SN, Linskey ME, Macdonald DR, Margolin K, Mehta MP, Schiff D, Soffietti R, Suh JH, van den Bent MJ, Vogelbaum MA, Wen PY; Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) group
Lancet Oncol 2015 Jun;16(6):e270-8. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70057-4. PMID: 26065612

Diagnosis

Shah T, Venur VA
Semin Neurol 2023 Dec;43(6):825-832. Epub 2023 Nov 23 doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1776783. PMID: 37995744
Horbinski C, Nabors LB, Portnow J, Baehring J, Bhatia A, Bloch O, Brem S, Butowski N, Cannon DM, Chao S, Chheda MG, Fabiano AJ, Forsyth P, Gigilio P, Hattangadi-Gluth J, Holdhoff M, Junck L, Kaley T, Merrell R, Mrugala MM, Nagpal S, Nedzi LA, Nevel K, Nghiemphu PL, Parney I, Patel TR, Peters K, Puduvalli VK, Rockhill J, Rusthoven C, Shonka N, Swinnen LJ, Weiss S, Wen PY, Willmarth NE, Bergman MA, Darlow S
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2023 Jan;21(1):12-20. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2023.0002. PMID: 36634606
Bobillo S, Khwaja J, Ferreri AJM, Cwynarski K
Haematologica 2023 Mar 1;108(3):673-689. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281457. PMID: 36384246Free PMC Article
Nabors LB, Portnow J, Ahluwalia M, Baehring J, Brem H, Brem S, Butowski N, Campian JL, Clark SW, Fabiano AJ, Forsyth P, Hattangadi-Gluth J, Holdhoff M, Horbinski C, Junck L, Kaley T, Kumthekar P, Loeffler JS, Mrugala MM, Nagpal S, Pandey M, Parney I, Peters K, Puduvalli VK, Robins I, Rockhill J, Rusthoven C, Shonka N, Shrieve DC, Swinnen LJ, Weiss S, Wen PY, Willmarth NE, Bergman MA, Darlow SD
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020 Nov 2;18(11):1537-1570. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.0052. PMID: 33152694
Priego N, Zhu L, Monteiro C, Mulders M, Wasilewski D, Bindeman W, Doglio L, Martínez L, Martínez-Saez E, Ramón Y Cajal S, Megías D, Hernández-Encinas E, Blanco-Aparicio C, Martínez L, Zarzuela E, Muñoz J, Fustero-Torre C, Piñeiro-Yáñez E, Hernández-Laín A, Bertero L, Poli V, Sanchez-Martinez M, Menendez JA, Soffietti R, Bosch-Barrera J, Valiente M
Nat Med 2018 Jul;24(7):1024-1035. Epub 2018 Jun 11 doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0044-4. PMID: 29892069

Therapy

Godfrey JK, Gao L, Shouse G, Song JY, Pak S, Lee B, Chen BT, Kallam A, Baird JH, Marcucci G, Ghoda L, Vauleon S, Danilov AV, Herrera AF, Kwak LW, Budde LE
Blood 2024 Jul 25;144(4):457-461. doi: 10.1182/blood.2024024168. PMID: 38484137Free PMC Article
Cwynarski K, Cummin T, Osborne W, Lewis J, Chaganti S, Smith J, Linton K, Greaves P, McKay P, Fox CP; British Society for Haematology (BSH) Committee
Br J Haematol 2023 Jan;200(2):160-169. Epub 2022 Nov 21 doi: 10.1111/bjh.18539. PMID: 36408800
Bobillo S, Khwaja J, Ferreri AJM, Cwynarski K
Haematologica 2023 Mar 1;108(3):673-689. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2022.281457. PMID: 36384246Free PMC Article
Lin NU, Lee EQ, Aoyama H, Barani IJ, Barboriak DP, Baumert BG, Bendszus M, Brown PD, Camidge DR, Chang SM, Dancey J, de Vries EG, Gaspar LE, Harris GJ, Hodi FS, Kalkanis SN, Linskey ME, Macdonald DR, Margolin K, Mehta MP, Schiff D, Soffietti R, Suh JH, van den Bent MJ, Vogelbaum MA, Wen PY; Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) group
Lancet Oncol 2015 Jun;16(6):e270-8. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70057-4. PMID: 26065612
Ashby LS, Pueschel JK, Shapiro WR
Cancer Chemother Biol Response Modif 2005;22:605-41. doi: 10.1016/s0921-4410(04)22027-0. PMID: 16110631

Prognosis

Roschewski M, Hodson DJ
Haematologica 2024 Feb 1;109(2):388-400. doi: 10.3324/haematol.2021.278613. PMID: 37706315Free PMC Article
Shah T, Venur VA
Semin Neurol 2023 Dec;43(6):825-832. Epub 2023 Nov 23 doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1776783. PMID: 37995744
Popat S, Ahn MJ, Ekman S, Leighl NB, Ramalingam SS, Reungwetwattana T, Siva S, Tsuboi M, Wu YL, Yang JC
Target Oncol 2023 Jan;18(1):9-24. Epub 2023 Jan 18 doi: 10.1007/s11523-022-00941-7. PMID: 36652172
Corti C, Antonarelli G, Criscitiello C, Lin NU, Carey LA, Cortés J, Poortmans P, Curigliano G
Cancer Treat Rev 2022 Feb;103:102324. Epub 2021 Dec 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2021.102324. PMID: 34953200
Chamberlain MC
J Clin Oncol 2005 May 20;23(15):3605-13. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.131. PMID: 15908671

Clinical prediction guides

Zhao YY, Fan Z, Tao BR, Du ZG, Shi ZF
J Immunother Cancer 2024 Jul 27;12(7) doi: 10.1136/jitc-2024-009232. PMID: 39067874Free PMC Article
Villa C, Baussart B, Assié G, Raverot G, Roncaroli F
Endocr Relat Cancer 2023 Aug 1;30(8) Epub 2023 Jun 22 doi: 10.1530/ERC-23-0021. PMID: 37068095
Barden MM, Omuro AM
Cancer 2023 May 15;129(10):1467-1472. Epub 2023 Feb 24 doi: 10.1002/cncr.34711. PMID: 36825454
Ollila TA, Olszewski AJ
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2018 Jun 21;19(8):38. doi: 10.1007/s11864-018-0555-8. PMID: 29931605Free PMC Article
Bilsky MH, Laufer I, Fourney DR, Groff M, Schmidt MH, Varga PP, Vrionis FD, Yamada Y, Gerszten PC, Kuklo TR
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Recent systematic reviews

Vellayappan B, Lim-Fat MJ, Kotecha R, De Salles A, Fariselli L, Levivier M, Ma L, Paddick I, Pollock BE, Regis J, Sheehan JP, Suh JH, Yomo S, Sahgal A
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2024 Jan 1;118(1):14-28. Epub 2023 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.07.015. PMID: 37482137
Häuser W, Welsch P, Radbruch L, Fisher E, Bell RF, Moore RA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2023 Jun 5;6(6):CD014915. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014915.pub2. PMID: 37283486Free PMC Article
Cook MR, Dorris CS, Makambi KH, Luo Y, Munshi PN, Donato M, Rowley S, Saad A, Goy A, Dunleavy K, Ali A
Blood Adv 2023 Jan 10;7(1):32-39. doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008525. PMID: 36260735Free PMC Article
Gondi V, Bauman G, Bradfield L, Burri SH, Cabrera AR, Cunningham DA, Eaton BR, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, Kim MM, Kotecha R, Kraemer L, Li J, Nagpal S, Rusthoven CG, Suh JH, Tomé WA, Wang TJC, Zimmer AS, Ziu M, Brown PD
Pract Radiat Oncol 2022 Jul-Aug;12(4):265-282. Epub 2022 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2022.02.003. PMID: 35534352
Wang L, Paller CJ, Hong H, De Felice A, Alexander GC, Brawley O
JAMA Oncol 2021 Mar 1;7(3):412-420. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.6973. PMID: 33443584Free PMC Article

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