Cancer Neurology in Clinical Practice

Well organized overview and introduction to the management of neurological complications of cancer

Thoroughly updated from previous editions, including new sections on complications of new cancer treatments

Comprehensive and practical for the neurologist, oncologist, student and other professional medical staff

Autorentext

David Schiff, MD

Harrison Distinguished Teaching Professor of Neurology, Neurological Surgery, and Medicine

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, VA

USA

Isabel Arrillaga, MD, PhD

Instructor, Harvard Medical School;

Massachusetts General Hospital

Department of Neurology/Neuro-Oncology

Boston, MA

USA

Patrick Y. Wen, MD

Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Center for Neuro-Oncology Boston, MA

USA

Inhalt
Part I: Overview. - 1: The Prevalence and Impact of Neurological Disease in Cancer.- Part II: Diagnostic Studies.- 2: Imaging Neurologic Manifestations of Oncologic Disease.- 3: Other Diagnostic Tools for Neurological Disease in Cancer: EEG, EMG, and Lumbar Puncture.- Part III: Nervous System Involvement of Systemic Cancers.- 4: Brain Metastasis as Complication of Systemic Cancers.- 5: Leptomeningeal Metastasis as Complication of Systemic Cancers.- 6: Spinal Metastasis as Complication of Systemic Cancers.- 7: Peripheral Nervous System Metastases as Complications of Systemic Cancers.- Part IV: Neurological Complications of Cancer.- 8: Headache as Complication of Cancer.- 9: Seizures as Complications in Cancer.- 10: Cerebrovascular Complications of Cancer.- 11: Elevated Intracranial Pressure and Hydrocephalus in Brain Tumor Patients.- 12: Cognitive Dysfunction, Mood Disorders, and Fatigue as Complications of Cancer.- 13: Paraneoplastic Syndromes of the Nervous System as Complications of Cancer.- Part V: Neurological Complications of Cancer Therapy.- 14: Neurologic Complications of Radiation Therapy.- 15: Neurological Complications of Chemotherapy.- 16: Neurological Complications of Targeted Therapies.- 17: Neurological Complications of Immune-Based Therapies.- 18: Neurological Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.- 19: Neurologic Complications of Corticosteroids in Cancer Therapy.- 20: Central Nervous System Infections in Patients Receiving Cancer Therapies.- Part VI: Neurological Complications of Specific Malignancies.- 21: Neurological Complications of Primary Brain Tumors.- 22: Neurological Complications of Lung Cancer.- 23: Neurological Complications of Breast Cancer and Its Treatment.- 24: Neurological Complications of Gastrointestinal Cancer.- 25: Neurologic Complications of Genitourinary Cancer.- 26: Neurologic Complications of Female Reproductive Tract Cancers.- 27: Neurological Complications of Sarcomas.- 28: Neurological Complications of Head and Neck Cancer.- 29: Neurological Complications of Malignant Melanoma.- 30: Neurological Complications of Leukemia.- 31: Neurologic Complications of Lymphoma.- 32: Neurologic Complications of Plasma Cell Dyscrasias.- 33: Neurologic Complications of Pediatric Systemic Cancer.- Part VII: Neurological Complications in Long Term Cancer Survivors.- 34: Neurological Complications of Cancer and Cancer Therapies in Long Term Survivors.<p