Rhun, Taillibert and Chamberlin emphasize that, “Patients with LM from melanoma have a poor prognosis, with a median survival less than 2 months.” A social issue is something that people disapprove of, and believe that there is something to be done about it. Leptomeningeal Meningitis (LM) is a social issue because a shocking number of people who have had cancer and survived through treatment, have also later in their life gotten Meningitis. Even though LM is an extremely rare form of cancer many are still suffering from a disease that may seem incurable now. While meningitis is uncommon many people still suffer with LM, doctors have been experimenting with Cytarabine and surgery, nevertheless more needs to be done to cure this horrific
