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Metastatic Malignant Neoplasm to the Leptomeninges
Known as:
cancer, metastatic to leptomeninges
, leptomeningeal carcinoma
, leptomeningitis, carcinomatous
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A serious problem that may occur in cancer in which cancer cells spread from the original (primary) tumor to the meninges (thin layers of tissue that…
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Central Nervous System
Leptomeninges
Meningeal Carcinomatosis
Meningeal Leukemia
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2016
2016
Leptomeningeal metastases in non-small cell lung cancer patients with EGFR mutations.
Y. Li
,
B. Jiang
,
+5 authors
Y-l. Wu
2016
Corpus ID: 79344346
2016
2016
A case series of eight patients treated with alectinib including a case of interstitial lung disease
Y. Sakata
,
K. Kawamura
,
Y. Yasuda
,
Naoki Shingu
,
K. Anan
,
K. Ichikado
2016
Corpus ID: 78716888
Alectinib is a second-generation inhibitor of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) and has been approvedfor the treatment of ALK…
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2010
2010
Phase II trial of temozolomide for leptomeningeal metastases: Safety and activity analysis.
P. Segura
,
M. Gil
,
C. Balañà
,
I. Chacón
,
J. Langa
,
Miguel Martín
2010
Corpus ID: 78841995
e12528 Background: Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis represents a fatal complication of solid tumors. Unfortunately, therapeutic…
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2009
2009
The carcinomatous neuromyopathies.
R. Brain
Acta medica Scandinavica. Supplementum
2009
Corpus ID: 29097757
2006
2006
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt in patients with leptomeningeal metastasis. Authors' reply
M. Chamberlain
,
M. Glantz
,
L. Deangelis
,
A. Omuro
,
E. Lallana
,
M. Bilsky
2006
Corpus ID: 79099864
Review
2006
Review
2006
RETRACTED ARTICLE: Spinal leptomeningeal metastases from prostate cancer
R. Deinsberger
,
R. Regatschnig
,
B. Kaiser
,
H. Bankl
Acta Neurochirurgica
2006
Corpus ID: 5934230
SummaryObjective. Prostate cancer is a well known cause of spinal column metastases; however, an intradural location is extremely…
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2005
2005
LEPTOMENINGEAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE METASTASES
J. Drappatz
,
T. Batchelor
2005
Corpus ID: 76006225
Leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) occurs when cancer cells enter cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways, causing either multifocal or…
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1985
1985
[Signet ring cell cancer of the breast].
V. Ermilova
,
N. K. Kuzina
,
I. Kuznetsova
Arkhiv patologii
1985
Corpus ID: 25070910
A rare case of mammary signet-cell carcinoma which was not diagnosed at life is described. In a woman of 28, an enlargement of…
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1982
1982
[The prognostic importance of the stage in patients operated for carcinoma of the endometrium (author's transl)].
J. Baltzer
,
K. Lohe
,
R. Kürzl
,
K. Scheer
,
J. Zander
Geburtshilfe und Frauenheilkunde
1982
Corpus ID: 22906119
The operative specimens of 216 patients who underwent operation for adenocarcinoma of the endometrium stage I and stage II were…
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1933
1933
THE PROBLEM OF MENINGEAL INFECTION FROM PETROSITIS: REPORT OF CASES
L. J. Lawson
1933
Corpus ID: 72439941
Despite the effort of distinguished surgeons in many quarters, surgical treatment of otitic leptomeningitis yields but meager…
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