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The Central Nervous System as a Sanctuary Site: The Special Case for Brain Metastases
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Dr. Taofeek Owonikoko reviews why we often see brain metastases develop as a first or only site of progression in patients with NSCLC and a driver mutation.

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acquired resistance
Advanced NSCLC
ALK Rearrangement
brain metastasis
EGFR mutation
Emory University
LMC
meningeal carcinomatosis
non-small cell lung cancer
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Winship Cancer Institute

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