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How would you treat a gliosarcoma s/p GTR with leptomeningeal spread?

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Do you recommend craniospinal radiotherapy for LMD from gliosarcoma?

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Radiation Oncology · Florida International University
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This is an extremely challenging clinical situation. The overall annual incidence of gliosarcoma in the US is <250 cases. These tumors, which usually contain both an astroglial and a sarcomatous cell population have a propensity to spread throughout the CNS, using CSF flow pathways, and hence leptom...

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