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Intracranial Secondary Carcinomas and Disseminating Gliomas: Treatment and Prognosis

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This chapter is concerned with the management of blood-borne metastatic carcinomas in the brain and with certain primary cerebral tumours that disseminate via cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) pathways to other parts of the central nervous system (CNS).

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© 1979 H. J. G. Bloom

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Bloom, H.J.G. (1979). Intracranial Secondary Carcinomas and Disseminating Gliomas: Treatment and Prognosis. In: Whitehouse, J.M.A., Kay, H.E.M. (eds) CNS Complications of Malignant Disease. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04285-2_31

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04285-2_31

  • Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London

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