High Prevalence of Human Cytomegalovirus in Brain Metastases of Patients with Primary Breast and Colorectal Cancers123

BACKGROUND: Brain metastases (BMs) develop by largely unknown mechanisms and cause major morbidity and mortality in patients with solid tumors. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is frequently detected in tumor tissue from patients with different cancers. Here, we aimed to determine the prevalence and pot...

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Main Authors: Taher, Chato, Frisk, Gabriella, Fuentes, Stina, Religa, Piotr, Costa, Helena, Assinger, Alice, Vetvik, Katja Kannisto, Bukholm, Ida R.K., Yaiw, Koon-Chu, Smedby, Karin Ekström, Bäcklund, Magnus, Söderberg-Naucler, Cecilia, Rahbar, Afsar
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Neoplasia Press 2014
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311044/