Leptomeningeal Metastases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Abrey, Lauren E. (Editor), Chamberlain, Marc C. (Editor), Engelhard, Herbert H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 125
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.