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Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm in the Nervous System

MedGen UID:
83846
•Concept ID:
C0347014
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cancer metastatic to nervous system; Metastases to Nervous System; Metastasis to nervous system; Metastasis to the Nervous System; Metastatic malignant neoplasm of nervous system; Metastatic malignant neoplasm to nervous system; Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Nervous System; Metastatic Neoplasm to the Nervous System; Metastatic Tumor to the Nervous System; Secondary malignant neoplasm of nervous system; Secondary Malignant Neoplasm to the Nervous System; Secondary Malignant Tumor to the Nervous System
SNOMED CT: Metastasis to nervous system (94442001); Secondary malignant neoplasm of nervous system (94442001); Metastatic malignant neoplasm to nervous system (94442001); Cancer metastatic to nervous system (94442001); Metastatic malignant neoplasm of nervous system (94442001)

Definition

The spread of a malignant neoplasm to the nervous system. This may be from a primary nervous system malignant neoplasm, or from a malignant neoplasm at a distant site. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and Treatment of ERBB2-Positive Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Review.
Strickler JH, Yoshino T, Graham RP, Siena S, Bekaii-Saab T
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Osimertinib for EGFR-Mutant Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Central Nervous System Metastases: Current Evidence and Future Perspectives on Therapeutic Strategies.
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
Prevention and management of secondary central nervous system lymphoma.
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
Detection of Neoplasms by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing of Cerebrospinal Fluid.
Gu W, Rauschecker AM, Hsu E, Zorn KC, Sucu Y, Federman S, Gopez A, Arevalo S, Sample HA, Talevich E, Nguyen ED, Gottschall M, Nourbakhsh B, Gold CA, Cree BAC, Douglas VC, Richie MB, Shah MP, Josephson SA, Gelfand JM, Miller S, Wang L, Tihan T, DeRisi JL, Chiu CY, Wilson MR
JAMA Neurol 2021 Nov 1;78(11):1355-1366. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.3088. PMID: 34515766Free PMC Article
Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG).
Barajas RF, Politi LS, Anzalone N, Schöder H, Fox CP, Boxerman JL, Kaufmann TJ, Quarles CC, Ellingson BM, Auer D, Andronesi OC, Ferreri AJM, Mrugala MM, Grommes C, Neuwelt EA, Ambady P, Rubenstein JL, Illerhaus G, Nagane M, Batchelor TT, Hu LS
Neuro Oncol 2021 Jul 1;23(7):1056-1071. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab020. PMID: 33560416Free PMC Article
Perineural Invasion and Perineural Tumor Spread in Head and Neck Cancer.
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Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019 Apr 1;103(5):1109-1124. Epub 2018 Dec 15 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.12.009. PMID: 30562546

Diagnosis

NCCN Guidelines® Insights: Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 2.2022.
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
Prevention and management of secondary central nervous system lymphoma.
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
Detection of Neoplasms by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing of Cerebrospinal Fluid.
Gu W, Rauschecker AM, Hsu E, Zorn KC, Sucu Y, Federman S, Gopez A, Arevalo S, Sample HA, Talevich E, Nguyen ED, Gottschall M, Nourbakhsh B, Gold CA, Cree BAC, Douglas VC, Richie MB, Shah MP, Josephson SA, Gelfand JM, Miller S, Wang L, Tihan T, DeRisi JL, Chiu CY, Wilson MR
JAMA Neurol 2021 Nov 1;78(11):1355-1366. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2021.3088. PMID: 34515766Free PMC Article
Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 3.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.
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
STAT3 labels a subpopulation of reactive astrocytes required for brain metastasis.
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

Prevention and management of secondary central nervous system lymphoma.
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
Secondary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Updates in Treatment and Prophylaxis Strategies.
Orellana-Noia V, Abousaud A
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2022 Oct;23(10):1443-1456. Epub 2022 Sep 21 doi: 10.1007/s11864-022-01017-4. PMID: 36127571
LIBRETTO-531: a phase III study of selpercatinib in multikinase inhibitor-naïve RET-mutant medullary thyroid cancer.
Wirth LJ, Brose MS, Elisei R, Capdevila J, Hoff AO, Hu MI, Tahara M, Robinson B, Gao M, Xia M, Maeda P, Sherman E
Future Oncol 2022 Sep;18(28):3143-3150. Epub 2022 Aug 15 doi: 10.2217/fon-2022-0657. PMID: 35969032Free PMC Article
Consensus recommendations for MRI and PET imaging of primary central nervous system lymphoma: guideline statement from the International Primary CNS Lymphoma Collaborative Group (IPCG).
Barajas RF, Politi LS, Anzalone N, Schöder H, Fox CP, Boxerman JL, Kaufmann TJ, Quarles CC, Ellingson BM, Auer D, Andronesi OC, Ferreri AJM, Mrugala MM, Grommes C, Neuwelt EA, Ambady P, Rubenstein JL, Illerhaus G, Nagane M, Batchelor TT, Hu LS
Neuro Oncol 2021 Jul 1;23(7):1056-1071. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab020. PMID: 33560416Free PMC Article
Response assessment criteria for brain metastases: proposal from the RANO group.
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

Prognosis

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