Leptomeningeal disease: current diagnostic and therapeutic strategies

Oncotarget - Tập 8 Số 42 - Trang 73312-73328 - 2017
Gautam Nayar1,2,3, Tiffany Ejikeme1,2,3, Pakawat Chongsathidkiet4,2,3, Aladine A. Elsamadicy1,2,3, Kimberly Blackwell5, Jeffrey Clarke6, Shivanand P. Lad1, Peter E. Fecci1,4,2,3
1Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
2Duke Brain Tumor Immunotherapy Program, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
3The Preston Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
4Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
5Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC USA
6Division of Medical Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA

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