TY  - BOOK
AU  - Abrey,Lauren E.
AU  - Chamberlain,Marc C.
AU  - Engelhard,Herbert H.
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Leptomeningeal Metastases
T2  - Cancer Treatment and Research,
SN  - 9780387241999
U1  - 616.994 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Springer US
KW  - MEDICINE
KW  - NEUROLOGY
KW  - NEUROSURGERY
KW  - ONCOLOGY
KW  - CANCER
KW  - SURGERY
KW  - MEDICINE & PUBLIC HEALTH
KW  - SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
N1  - Anatomy and Physiology of the Leptomeninges and CSF Space -- Leptomeningeal Neoplasia: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, CSF Analysis and Diagnostic Imaging -- Leptomeningeal Metastases from Solid Tumors (Meningeal Carcinomatosis) -- Leptomeningeal Metastases from Leukemias and Lymphomas -- Leptomeningeal Metastasis of Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Neoplasms -- Leptomeningeal Cancer in the Pediatric Patient -- Neurosurgical Interventions for Leptomeningeal Tumor -- Current Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases: Systemic Chemotherapy, Intrathecal Chemotherapy and Symptom Management -- Radiation Therapy for Leptomeningeal Cancer -- Animal Models of Leptomeningeal Cancer -- Improving the Outcome of Patients with Leptomeningeal Cancer: New Clinical Trials and Experimental Therapies
N2  - Leptomeningeal Metastases provides the reader with an overview of the state-of-the-art therapy for the leptomeningeal patient with additional information on epidemiology, symptom management, new clinical trials, and current basic research in animal models for experimental therapies. "Leptomeningeal metastases remains a devastating manifestation of hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. Leading figures in the field review the pathophysiology and clinical consequences of this process. State-of-the-art treatment strategies are presented highlighting advances in current management." Steven T. Rosen, M.D. Series Editor
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/b104814
ER  -