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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

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Neoplastic meningitis occurs in approximately 3-5% of patients with cancer.^[1]^[2]

↑ Gleissner, Beate; Chamberlain, Marc Charles (2006). "Neoplastic meningitis". The Lancet Neurology. 5 (5): 443–452. doi:10.1016/S1474-4422(06)70443-4. ISSN 1474-4422.
↑ Hayat, M. A. Brain metastases from primary tumors : epidemiology, biology, and therapy. London: Elsevier/Academic Press, 2014. Print.