Development of Brain Metastases in Patients With Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer and No Brain Metastases at Initial Staging Evaluation: Cumulative Incidence and Risk Factor Analysis.

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BACKGROUND. Although established guidelines give indications for performing staging brain MRI at initial diagnosis of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), guidelines are lacking for performing surveillance brain MRI for patients without brain metastases at presentation. OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this study is to estimate the cumulative incidence of and risk factors for brain metastasis development in patients with...

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