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