Abstract：
:Long-term survival is occasionally observed in patients with neoplastic meningitis (NM) accompanying breast cancer (13% one-year and 6% 2-year survival), melanoma, and lymphoma, but in general the survival of most patients is short and averages only 3 to 4 months. The incidence of NM appears to be increasing, in part due to earlier detection by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and in part due to development of more effective therapies for systemic cancer, which has resulted in a larger subset at risk for late-stage development of this complication. Survival of NM patients is negatively affected by concomitant progression of systemic disease despite multiple prior therapies. However, there are certain prognostic factors that have been identified as "favorable" in retrospective series, including age less than 60 years, long symptom duration, controlled systemic disease, Karnofsky performance status (KPS) > or =70, lack of encephalopathy or cranial nerve deficits, low initial cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) protein level, history of breast primary tumor, and lack of evidence of CSF compartmentalization or bulky meningeal disease as determined by CSF flow studies. Standard treatment has traditionally involved radiotherapy (RT) to sites of symptomatic or bulky disease, as detected by neuroimaging, and in selected patients, the administration of intrathecal, intraventricular, or systemic chemotherapy. However, treatment remains palliative and many patients and physicians choose supportive care only. Future hope is provided by studies that have improved our understanding of the disease pathogenesis, have identified prognostic variables associated with outcome, and have provided new therapeutic approaches, such as administration of high-dose systemic chemotherapy and investigations of novel therapeutic agents.
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Semin Oncoljournal_title
Seminars in oncologyauthors
Jaeckle KAdoi
10.1053/j.seminoncol.2006.04.016subject
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2006-06-01 00:00:00pages
312-23issue
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0093-7754issn
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33pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:The results of adjuvant chemotherapy in high-grade gliomas are disappointing. Carmustine (BCNU) wafers placed in the resection cavity provide a modest increase in median survival. However, the overall benefit of this approach is small, it offers no potential for cure, and the results are not statistically significant ...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2003.11.035
更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A substantial proportion of patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck have extensive locoregional disease at presentation. While extensive surgical procedures may completely eradicate local disease with acceptable morbidity for smaller tumors, in patients with stage III and IV disease, high local rela...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0093-7754(03)00274-4
更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2012.01.005
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/sonc.2003.50028
更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) has been shown to be an effective agent in the treatment of metastatic breast carcinoma. This multicenter randomized study compared paclitaxel 175 mg/m2 given as a 3-hour infusion every 3 weeks with mitomycin 12 mg/m2 given as an intravenous infusion ever...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We report an open, three-armed, multicenter study being carried out to assess the optimum treatment for acute and delayed emesis and nausea in patients undergoing highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Eighty-seven patients were randomized to receive tropisetron (Navoban; Sandoz Pharma Ltd, Basel, Switzerland), tropisetron p...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The recommended weekly dose and the maximum tolerated weekly dose of docetaxel (Taxotere; Rhône-Poulenc Rorer, Antony, France) have yet to be determined. We report that a weekly dose of up to 40 mg/m2 docetaxel for 6 weeks is active in pretreated patients with metastatic breast cancer. From a preliminary study, this d...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type：
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2019.01.004
更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2003.11.027
更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：
更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Paclitaxel (Taxol; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, NJ) displays nonlinear pharmacokinetics in humans. Both peak plasma paclitaxel concentrations and areas under the curve (AUCs) of the concentration versus time profiles will change disproportionately to changes in dose. Models that accurately describe the pla...
journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0093-7754(01)90286-6
更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/s0093-7754(03)00284-7
更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2018.07.002
更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2004.11.017
更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2010.11.004
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2016.02.007
更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2020.07.002
更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1053/j.seminoncol.2016.02.025
更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：
更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Seminars in oncology
pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：
更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00
