Leptomeningeal Metastases

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Abrey, Lauren E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Chamberlain, Marc C. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Engelhard, Herbert H. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Σειρά: Cancer Treatment and Research, 125
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.

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. "Leptomenin...

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• 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
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