Antonio Marcilio Padula Omuro is an Attending Physician at the Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière in Paris. He has published several papers on brain tumours and is a member of the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Brain Tumor Group. Dr Omuro trained in neurology at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, and in clinical neuro-oncology at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York.

Brain metastasis is a feared complication of cancer that is associated with a significant decrease in quality of life and a dismal prognosis. The risk of developing brain metastasis has been estimated at around 25% in all cancer patients; however, this incidence has been increasing in many common cancer types, particularly breast and NSCLC. This can be explained by several factors including the inability of certain chemotherapy agents to cross an intact blood–brain barrier (BBB), as well as an inherent propensity for the development of brain metastasis observed in long-term cancer survivors.… [Continue Reading]