Neuro-Oncology. Primary tumors and neurological complications of cancer.

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Neuro-Oncology. Primary tumors and neurological complications of cancer.

Neuro-Oncology: Primary Tumors and Neurological Complications of Cancer. Twijnstra A, Keiser A, Ongerboer De Visser BW, eds. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Elsevier, 487 p., 1993.. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE ICDB/95615463
Anonymous; No affiliation given

Abstract: This book is intended to provide an overview of the management of patients suffering from primary tumors of the nervous system and from the metastatic and nonmetastatic neurological complications of systemic cancer, and to assist physicians dealing with those problems. An international roster of 33 contributing authors have put together a wide ranging book organized into four sections and an epilogue. The first section deals with the epidemiology of neuro-oncological disease, the interaction between the nervous system and neuro-oncological processes, imaging techniques and immunological aspects. The second section discusses the neuropathology, clinical diagnosis and management, and when known the underlying genetic abnormalities, of primary tumors of the brain and spinal cord, the cranial and spinal nerve roots and the leptomeninges, but excludes pituitary adenomas. In the third section, central nervous system metastases are discussed, including surgical management, radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Disease is considered by metastatic site and by the nature of the primary--solid or hematologic. The fourth section deals with nonmetastatic complications, both side effects of therapy and the paraneoplastic syndromes associated with the primary disease. The special problems of the AIDS patient are also discussed in this section. Finally, in the epilogue, the editors review the role of the neurologist in management of these problems.

Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/COMPLICATIONS Human Neoplasm Metastasis Nervous System Diseases/*ETIOLOGY Nervous System Neoplasms/*COMPLICATIONS/GENETICS/SECONDARY MONOGRAPH
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