Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma patients: An update to treatment, challenges, and future directions
Glitza IC, Smalley KSM, Brastianos PK, Davies MA, McCutcheon I, Liu JKC, Ahmed KA, Arrington JA, Evernden BR, Smalley I, Eroglu Z, Khushalani N, Margolin K, Kluger H, Atkins MB, Tawbi H, Boire A, Forsyth P. Leptomeningeal disease in melanoma patients: An update to treatment, challenges, and future directions. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research 2020, 33: 527-541. PMID: 31916400, PMCID: PMC10126834, DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12861.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeptomeningeal diseaseMelanoma patientsCentral nervous system metastasesMelanoma Research FoundationParenchymal brain metastasesNervous system metastasesMoffitt Cancer CenterMultiple academic centersBrain metastasesCancer CenterTherapeutic managementAcademic centersClinical researchDeadly diseaseConsensus summaryDiseasePatientsMetastasisSecond summit