Lauren E. Abrey & Marc Chamberlain 
Leptomeningeal Metastases 

Leptomeningeal Metastases is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the state-of-the-art therapy for the cancer patient with leptomeningeal cancer with additional information on epidemiology, symptom management, new clinical trials, and current basic research in animal models for experimental therapies.

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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.