Neurologic Complications of Cancer

Description

• Covers neurological complications of both cancer itself and its treatments
• Enables neurologists and oncologists to successfully manage these side-effects

Neurologic Complications of Cancer reviews the impact of cancer on the nervous system. It examines the diagnosis and management of neurological complications of specific types of cancer, as well as the side effects of oncological treatments. Updated with approximately 30% new material it includes new diagnostic techniques and treatments.

Contents

1. Overview
2. Pathophysiology Of Nervous System Metastases
3. Blood-Nervous System Barrier Dysfunction: Pathophysiology And Treatment
4. Supportive Care and Its Complications
5. Intracranial Metastases
6. Spinal Metastases
7. Leptomeningeal Metastases
8. Cancer Involving Cranial, Peripheral Nerves And Muscles
9. Vascular Disorders
10. Central Nervous System Infections
11. Delirium And Metabolic And Nutritional Complications of Cancer
12. Side Effects Of Chemotherapy
13. SIDE Effects Of Radiation Therapy
14. Neurotoxicity Of Surgical And Diagnostic Procedures
15. Paraneoplastic Syndromes

Authors, editors, and contributors

Lisa M DeAngelis, MD and Jerome B Posner, MD