Clinical diagnosis,treatment and prognosis stuty of 22 cases of meningeal metastasis / 中国癌症杂志
China Oncology
;
(12)1998.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-540086
ABSTRACT
Purpose:
To study the clinical features of meningeal metastasis (MM) and investigate its diagnosis and treatments and prognosis.Methods:
The clinical materials of 22 patients with MM were retrospectively analyzed.Results:
Of all the 22 patients,MM was diagnosed by CT/MRI scan in 20 patients and by cytological analysis of CSF in 6 patients,the patients received therapies including systemic chemotherapy,intrathecal chemotherapy and radiotherapy,and also 1 patient without therapy.Median survival was 3 months (range 1 week-15 months).Conclusions:
MM,with a poor prognosis,is one of the most serious complication of cancer. At present,all the therapies are palliative.
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Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Prognostic study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
China Oncology
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
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