Leptomeningeal Metastases  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Lauren E. Abrey, Marc C. Chamberlain, Herbert H. Engelhard. 
 - VII, 196 p.  online resource. 
 - Cancer Treatment and Research,  125  0927-3042 ; .
 - Cancer Treatment and Research,  125 .
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780387241999 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/b104814  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medicine.<br/>Oncology.<br/>Neurology.<br/>Neurosurgery.<br/>Surgical oncology.<br/>Medicine & Public Health.<br/>Oncology.<br/>Neurology.<br/>Neurosurgery.<br/>Surgical Oncology.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC254-282 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.994