Metastasis: Brain Lesion
Cancers are sorted by a combination of rarity, overall frequency of metastases, and predilection for this site. Change metastases list to be ungrouped by characteristic.
Unspecified Characteristics
| Cancer | Frequency | Comments |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | Common |  |
| Breast Adenocarcinoma | Uncommon | more common in HER2-positive and/or ER/PR-positive cancers |
| Small Cell Lung Cancer | Common | |
| Melanoma | Common | |
| Renal Cell Carcinoma | Rare | |
| Testicular Cancer | Uncommon |  involvement occurs late |
| Medulloblastoma | (Primary Tumor) | posterior fossa, especially cerebellum |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Uncommon | |
| Merkel Cell Carcinoma | Uncommon | |
| Epithelial Ovarian Cancer | Rare | |
| Astrocytoma | (Primary Tumor) | |
| Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma | Rare | rare as a first site for distant metastasis but the most common site for second distant metastasis |
| Cervical Cancer | Very Rare | |
| Mixed Mullerian Tumor of the Uterus | Rare | |
| Pancreatic Neuroendocrine | Very Rare | |
| Thymoma | Rare | |
| Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma | Very Rare | |
| Adrenal Cortical Carcinoma | Very Rare | |
| Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder | Rare | |
| Gallbladder Cancer | Very Rare | |
| Osteosarcoma | Very Rare | |
Cystic
| Cancer | Frequency | Comments |
| Olfactory Neuroblastoma | Uncommon | The tumor may invade the frontal lobe directly. Intracranial cysts have also been described. |
Hemorrhagic
| Cancer | Frequency | Comments |
| Neuroblastoma | Very Rare | |
Mass
| Cancer | Frequency | Comments |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | Very Rare | primary CNS lymphoma typically manifests as a focal mass |