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Registry-based study demonstrates frequent brain metastasis at initial lung cancer diagnosis, highlighting widespread disease without specific organ predictors.
Our analysis from the Kentucky and Alberta cancer registries similarly demonstrated the aggressive nature of lung cancer and its propensity for BM at initial presentation. Besides widespread organ involvement, no synchronous organ site predicted BM in lung cancer. BM is a common and important clinical outcome, and use of registry data is becoming more available.
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