A SINGLE INSTITUTIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF PATIENTS OF NON SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA WITH BRAIN METASTASIS AT PRESENTATION

Saptarshi Banerjee; Biswarup Banerjee; Srikrishna Mandal

Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2020

A SINGLE INSTITUTIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDY OF PATIENTS OF NON SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA WITH BRAIN METASTASIS AT PRESENTATION

Saptarshi Banerjee, Biswarup Banerjee, Srikrishna Mandal

Abstract :

Brain metastasis is a dreaded complication among patients of different cancers, including lung cancer. Approximately 16 to 22% of patients with lung cancer develop ain metastases. Non small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) accounts for the maximum proportion of all lung cancer cases. Brain metastases during presentation carries a poorer prognosis than metachronous ain metastases in NSCLC cases. This study was aimed to retrospectively analyze the epidemiological pattern of NSCLC patients presenting with ain metastases, attending a tertiary health care centre during a period of one year. Total 22 patients, out of 198 NSCLC cases had ain metastases at presentation. There was not much difference in rate of ain metastases between male and female. Rate of ain metastases at presentation was more in case of adenocarcinoma, than in squamous cell carcinoma, though the difference was not statistically significant.