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How well does a negative non-contrast MRI of the brain exclude metastasis in a patient with squamous cell carcinoma of the lung?

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How do you interpret CSF pleocytosis in the context of significant leukocytosis on CBC?

For example, a patient with 100 WBCs in CSF with a peripheral WBC 43k/mm3 due to AML.

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How do you approach anti-seizure medication management when it was started by another team for a seizure-naive patient before/after craniotomy for a tumor?

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How do you time CSF analysis for suspected CNS lymphoma in patients who are on steroids?

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How do different inflammatory markers like CRP and ferritin contribute differently, if at all, to the monitoring of CART neurotoxicity?

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Do you prescribe prophylactic steroids to patients receiving radiosurgery for AVMs?

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How would you manage a primary dural low-grade lymphoma?

Would you consider observation following surgical resection with negative margins? Would you recommend WBRT and/or ISRT? What would be your preferred ...

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How would you approach treatment in a patient with Fanconi anemia and glioblastoma?

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Do you taper memantine after completion of 24 weeks of therapy?

There does not appear to be any guidance from the most recent published protocols on this topic. For individuals with dementia, recommendations call f...

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How do you decide on the modality of consolidative treatment after a CR in primary CNS lymphoma patients treated with a high-dose methotrexate regimen?

How do you decide between WBRT, maintenance chemotherapy, or stem cell transplantation?

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Papers discussed in this category

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, 2013-09-01

Intensive chemotherapy and immunotherapy in patients with newly diagnosed primary CNS lymphoma: CALGB 50202 (Alliance 50202).

Leukemia & lymphoma, 2017-04

Marginal zone dural lymphoma: the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University of Miami experiences.

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