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  • Title: Current status of intrathecal chemotherapy for human meningeal neoplasms.
    Author: Bleyer WA.
    Journal: Natl Cancer Inst Monogr; 1977 Dec; 46():171-8. PubMed ID: 580638.
    Abstract:
    Progress in clinical intrathecal chemotherapy has been slow, and a number of new problems have been encountered. The most significant recent developments include the: 1) success of adjunctive intrathecal chemotherapy in the prevention of meningeal leukemia; 2) recognition and characterization of a necrotizing leukoencephalopathic reaction associated with intrathecal methotrexate therapy; 3) demonstration of the efficacy of intraventricular chemotherapy via an Ommaya reservoir; 4) delineation of the clinical pharmacology of intralumbar and intraventricular methotrexate; and 5) identification of an urgent need for new drugs and techniques for intrathecal administration.
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