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Cancer in the nervous system /

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Levin, Victor A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Churchill Livingstone, [1996]
Subjects:
Central Nervous System Neoplasms.
Table of Contents:
  • Genetic and hereditary syndromes associated with tumors of the central nervous system
  • Diagnostic immaging
  • Magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography
  • Nuclear medicine studies
  • Primary central nervous system tumors of the supratentorial compartment
  • Primary spinal cord tumors
  • Optic nerve, chiasmal, and hypothalamic region tumors
  • Tumors of the fourth ventricle
  • Pineal region tumors
  • Intracranial extra-axial tumors
  • Meningiomas
  • Intracranial nerve sheath tumors
  • Skull base chordomas
  • Pituitary tumors
  • Intracranial metastatic central nervous system tumors
  • Spinal axis metastases
  • Leptomenigeal metastases
  • Presentation, diagnosis and management considerations
  • Pharmacologic approaches to treatment
  • Altered consciousness
  • Altered mental status due to structural disease
  • Seizures and synocope
  • Brain death
  • Effects of cancer on the peripheral and central nervous system, and its treatment
  • Peripheral neuropathy in cancer patients
  • Plexopathies in cancer patients
  • Paraneoplastic neurologic diseases
  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Psychiatric and psychosocial issues
  • Assessment and management of pain
  • Symptom management, rehabilitation strategies, and improved quality of life for patients with brain tumors