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Treatment of CNS Lymphomas

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Non-Hodgkin¡¯s lymphomas that develop and remained limited to the CNS (and the eye) are classified as primary CNS lymphomas (PCNSL). They arise from the brain, the spinal cord, leptomeninges, or eyes. Originally described as perithelial sarcoma microglioma, or reticulum sarcoma, most PCNSL proved to be of B cell origin following the introduction of immunohistochemical studies of surface markers (Burstein et al. 1963; Rubinsten 1972; Taylor et al. 1978).

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine 1441 Eastlake Avenue, Room G356, Los Angeles, CA, 90033-0804, USA

    Zbigniew Petrovich MD, FACR (Professor and Chairman) (Professor and Chairman)

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Broad & Vine Sts., Mail Stop 200, Philadelphia, PA, 19102, USA

    Luther W. Brady MD (Hylda Cohn/ American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology and Professor) (Hylda Cohn/ American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology and Professor)

  3. Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA

    Michael L. J. Apuzzo MD (Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Radiation Oncology) (Edwin M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor of Neurological Surgery and Professor of Radiation Oncology)

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Formenti, C.S., Bettini, A. (2003). Treatment of CNS Lymphomas. In: Petrovich, Z., Brady, L.W., Apuzzo, M.L.J., Bamberg, M. (eds) Combined Modality Therapy of Central Nervous System Tumors. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56411-6_23

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