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Theme: Nervous System Neoplasm - Review

Melanoma brain metastasis: overview of current management and emerging targeted therapies

Ekokobe Fonkem Brain Tumor Center and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Scott and White Hospital, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA; Brain Tumor Center and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurosurgery, Scott and White Hospital, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Temple, TX, USA
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Erik J Uhlmann Brain Tumor Center and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Brain Tumor Center and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Scott R Floyd Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Anand Mahadevan Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Ekkehard Kasper Department of Surgery (Division of Neurosurgery), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Surgery (Division of Neurosurgery), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Omar Eton Department of Medicine (Division of Hematology/Oncology), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine (Division of Hematology/Oncology), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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Eric T Wong Brain Tumor Center and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Neurology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Brain Tumor Center and Neuro-Oncology Unit, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. [email protected]
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Pages 1207-1215 | Published online: 09 Jan 2014

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