Cyberknife Radiosurgery and Concurrent Intrathecal Chemotherapy for Leptomeningeal Metastases: Case Report of Prolonged Survival of a HER-2+ Breast Cancer Patient Status-Post Craniospinal Irradiation

Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) from breast cancer is usually a rapidly fatal condition, with median overall survival reported to be 15 weeks. Conventional treatment for LMD includes craniospinal irradiation and intrathecal (IT) methotrexate. However, the role of stereotactic radiation for leptomeninge...

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Autores principales: Lekovic, Gregory, Drazin, Doniel, Mak, Albert C, Schwartz, Marc S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2016
Materias:
Radiation Oncology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26918221
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.453

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26918221
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.453

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