Most common primary in brain metastasis is from
Brain metastases occur when cancer cells spread from their original site to the brain. Any cancer can spread to the brain, but the types most likely to cause brain metastases are lung, breast, colon, kidney and melanoma. Brain metastases, or secondary brain tumors, occur in 10 to 30 percent of adults with cancer.
Breast carcinoma
Lung carcinoma
Gastric carcinoma
Colo-rectal carcinoma
General pathology