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Prevention and management of secondary central nervous system lymphoma

Secondary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma (SCNSL) can occur at the time of systemic lymphoma diagnosis or in relapse, either isolated or with systemic disease. Therapeutically, controlling both systemic and CNS disease is a challenge, requiring agents that penetrate the blood-brain barrier. Intensive chemotherapy regimens, including high-dose methotrexate and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, have shown favorable outcomes. However,...

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