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Table 189-1

Frequency of Nervous System Metastases by Common Primary Tumors

Brain %LM %ESCC %
Lung411715
Breast195722
Melanoma10124
Prostate1110
GIT75
Renal327
Lymphoma<11010
Sarcoma719
Other1118

Abbreviations: ESCC, epidural spinal cord compression; GIT, gastrointestinal tract; LM, leptomeningeal metastases.