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intrathecal chemotherapy

(in-tra-THEE-kal KEE-mo-THER-a-pee)

Anticancer drugs that are injected into the space surrounding the brain and the spinal cord. This space contains fluid.

Intrathecal chemotherapy is sometimes used as a local treatment for metastatic cancer.

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