Book contents
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic and Computational Neuroscience
- Section 2 Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
- Chapter 12 Glioma
- Chapter 13 Brain Metastases: Molecules to Medicine
- Chapter 14 Benign Adult Brain Tumors and Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Chapter 15 Biomechanics of the Spine
- Chapter 16 Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
- Chapter 17 Spondylolisthesis
- Chapter 18 Radiculopathy
- Chapter 19 Spinal Tumors
- Chapter 20 Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Trauma
- Chapter 21 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 22 Vascular Neurosurgery
- Chapter 23 Pediatric Vascular Malformations
- Chapter 24 Craniofacial Neurosurgery
- Chapter 25 Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 26 Peripheral Nerve Injury Response Mechanisms
- Chapter 27 Clinical Peripheral Nerve Injury Models
- Chapter 28 The Neuroscience of Functional Neurosurgery
- Chapter 29 Neuroradiology: Focused Ultrasound in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 31 Brain Mapping
- Index
- References
Chapter 13 - Brain Metastases: Molecules to Medicine
from Section 2 - Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Section 1 Basic and Computational Neuroscience
- Section 2 Clinical Neurosurgical Diseases
- Chapter 12 Glioma
- Chapter 13 Brain Metastases: Molecules to Medicine
- Chapter 14 Benign Adult Brain Tumors and Pediatric Brain Tumors
- Chapter 15 Biomechanics of the Spine
- Chapter 16 Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy
- Chapter 17 Spondylolisthesis
- Chapter 18 Radiculopathy
- Chapter 19 Spinal Tumors
- Chapter 20 Acute Spinal Cord Injury and Spinal Trauma
- Chapter 21 Traumatic Brain Injury
- Chapter 22 Vascular Neurosurgery
- Chapter 23 Pediatric Vascular Malformations
- Chapter 24 Craniofacial Neurosurgery
- Chapter 25 Hydrocephalus
- Chapter 26 Peripheral Nerve Injury Response Mechanisms
- Chapter 27 Clinical Peripheral Nerve Injury Models
- Chapter 28 The Neuroscience of Functional Neurosurgery
- Chapter 29 Neuroradiology: Focused Ultrasound in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 30 Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Neurosurgery
- Chapter 31 Brain Mapping
- Index
- References
Summary
Due to improvements in population health, systemic cancer therapies and screening tools, the incidence of brain cancer metastases has continued to rise. The constituent cells possess unique characteristics that allow them to penetrate the blood–brain barrier, colonize the central nervous system, and co-opt their surroundings to thrive while evading surveillance by the immune system. This presents a unique challenge both to the multidisciplinary teams that care for these patients and the investigators striving to leverage these tumors’ distinctive attributes into novel treatments. In this chapter, we outline the pathways and mechanisms underlying the development and survival of brain metastases, and how they inform current and emerging treatment strategies.
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- Neuroscience for Neurosurgeons , pp. 193 - 213Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024