Overview

NCI Definition: A primary or metastatic malignant tumor involving the leptomeninges. [1]

Disease Details

Synonyms
Malignant Tumor of Leptomeninges, Malignant Neoplasm of the Leptomeninges, Malignant Neoplasm of Leptomeninges, Malignant Leptomeningeal Tumor, Malignant Tumor of the Leptomeninges, leptomeningeal cancer
Parent(s)
Malignant Neoplasm of the Meninges
Children
Meningeal Melanoma

References

1. National Cancer Institute. NCI Thesaurus Version 18.11d. https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ [2018-08-28]. [2018-09-21].

2. The AACR Project GENIE Consortium. AACR Project GENIE: powering precision medicine through an international consortium. Cancer Discovery. 2017;7(8):818-831. Dataset Version 8. This dataset does not represent the totality of the genetic landscape; see paper for more information.

3. All assertions and clinical trial landscape data are curated from primary sources. You can read more about the curation process here.