Serum Biomarkers Associated with Clinical Outcomes Fail to Predict Brain Metastases in Patients with Stage IV Non-Small Cell Lung Cancers

• Bob T. Li ,

  * E-mail: lib1@mskcc.org

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliations Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 300 E 66th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

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• Emil Lou ,

  ¶‡ These authors are co-first authors on this work.

  Affiliation Division of Hematology, Oncology and Transplantation, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mail Code 480, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, United States of America

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• Meier Hsu,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, 10017, United States of America

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• Helena A. Yu,

  Affiliation Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 300 E 66th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Jarushka Naidoo,

  Affiliation Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 300 E 66th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Marjorie G. Zauderer,

  Affiliation Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 300 E 66th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Camelia Sima,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 485 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, 10017, United States of America

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• Melissa L. Johnson,

  Affiliation Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 300 E 66th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Mariza Daras,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Lisa M. DeAngelis,

  Affiliation Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Martin Fleisher,

  Affiliation Clinical Chemistry Service, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Mark G. Kris,

  Affiliation Thoracic Oncology Service, Division of Solid Tumor Oncology, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill Cornell Medical College, 300 E 66th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10065, United States of America

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• Christopher G. Azzoli

  Affiliation Thoracic Oncology Program, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, MA, 02114–2696, United States of America

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