Schiff / Wen Cancer Neurology in Clinical Practice

Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-1-59259-317-0
Verlag: Humana Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 464 Seiten, Web PDF

Reihe: Medicine

In Cancer Neurology in Clinical Practice, leading neuro-oncologists from around the world comprehensively review the neurologic symptoms that cancer patients experience, and show how they should be interpreted and evaluated. Organized by both symptom and organ, the book carefully describes each diagnostic neurologic entity-from symptomatology to diagnostic studies to management and prognosis-and presents each major type of cancer in terms of it neurologic problems and how they should be handled. The role of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and other palliative measures are considered for each type of problem.
Multidisciplinary and up-to-date, Cancer Neurology in Clinical Practice explains to the busy physicians treating cancer patients the latest findings in neuro-oncology that will help them to focus their differential diagnosis, diagnostic strategy, and treatment plan for the cancer patient with neurologic symptoms and findings.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schiff, David

Wen, Patrick Y.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Overview.- 1 The Prevalence and Impact of Neurologic Disease in Cancer.- II. Neurologic Symptoms.- 2 The Epidemiology and Management of Seizures in Patients with Cancer.- 3 Corticosteroids in Neuro-Oncology.- 4 Headache Associated with Intracranial Neoplasms.- 5 Confusion and Delirium.- 6 Cancer Pain.- III. Direct Complications of Cancer.- 7 Brain Metastases.- 8 Skull and Dural Metastases.- 9 Spinal Metastases.- 10 Leptomeningeal Metastases.- 11 Neuromuscular Disease and Its Complications.- IV. Indirect Complications of Cancer.- 12 Cerebrovascular Complications of Cancer.- 13 Paraneoplastic Syndromes of the Nervous System.- V. Complications of Cancer Therapy.- 14 Neurologic Sequelae of Radiotherapy on the Nervous System.- 15 Cancer and Cancer Treatment-Related Neuromuscular Disease.- 16 Central Nervous System Complications of Cancer Therapy.- 17 Neurologic Complications of Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation.- 18 Central Nervous System Infections in Cancer Patients.- VI. Diagnostic Studies.- 19 Imaging Neurologic Manifestations of Oncologic Disease.- VII. Neuro-Oncologic Complications of Specific Malignancies.- 20 Neuro-Oncologic Complications of Lung Cancer.- 21 Neuro-Oncologic Complications of Breast Cancer.- 22 Neurologic Complications of Genitourinary Malignancies.- 23 Melanoma.- 24 Leukemia.- 25 Neurologic Complications of Hodgkin’s Disease and the Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphomas.- 26 Neurologic Disorders in Benign and Malignant Plasma Cell Dyscrasias.- 27 Female Reproductive Tract Cancers.- 28 Neurologic Complications of Gastrointestinal Malignancies.- 29 Neuro-Oncologic Complications of Sarcomas.- 30 Neurologic Complications of Head and Neck Cancer.- 31 Neurologic Complications in Children with Systemic Cancer.