“…To date, a small number of clinical trials have been reported specifically studying systemic treatments for breast cancer, lung cancer, and melanoma LM [ 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 , 86 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 90 , 91 ], a small subset of which were randomized studies [ 71 , 72 , 73 , 75 , 89 , 90 ]. Several of these studies employ an intrathecal administration of chemotherapy, meaning that the agents are injected directly into the CSF.…”