Daphne A Haas-Kogan

Dec 9, 2024 | nature.com | Ahmad Ozair |Nicholas Mikolajewicz |Stuart A Grossman |Arjun Sahgal |Emilie Le Rhun |Michael Weller | +12 more

AbstractLeptomeningeal metastatic disease (LMD), encompassing entities of ‘meningeal carcinomatosis’, neoplastic meningitis’ and ‘leukaemic/lymphomatous meningitis’, arises secondary to the metastatic dissemination of cancer cells from extracranial and certain intracranial malignancies into the leptomeninges and cerebrospinal fluid.

Sep 5, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | David L. Ryan |Daphne A Haas-Kogan |Gerard M. Doherty

While deaths from cancer are decreasing in the United States, the number of patients with newly diagnosed cancers continues to grow at an alarming rate. More than 2 million Americans are projected to receive a new diagnosis of cancer in 2024. Rates of cancers — including breast, prostate, uterine, pancreatic, liver, kidney, and skin — are growing, and some cancers — colon, cervical, and oral — are rising in younger adults.