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Correct. This tumor-mediated disorganization of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is what enables cytotoxic drugs to reach larger cancerous brain lesions, which explains why these growths often show a clinical response. Under normal circumstances, many cytotoxic drugs cannot cross the BBB.


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