Neurologic complications of cancer
By: Lisa M. DeAngelis, Jerome B. Posner.
Contributors: Posner, Jerome B., 1932-; Posner, Jerome B., 1932-
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Contemporary neurology series -- 73
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 634
ISBN-13: 9780195366747
Subjects: Neurologic manifestations of general diseases; Cancer -- Complications; Neurophysiology; Nervous system -- Pathophysiology; Neoplasms -- complications; Neoplasms -- therapy; Central Nervous System Neoplasms -- secondary; Nervous System Diseases -- physiopathology
Description: "Neurologic Complications of Cancer, Second Edition is a complete revision of the first edition published in 1995. Like its predecessor, this new edition is divided into three sections and includes a practical approach to the diagnosis and management of patients with neurologic disease who are either known to have cancer or in whom cancer is suspected. The first section classifies the wide variety of disorders that can cause neurologic symptoms in the patient with cancer, discusses the pathophysiology of nervous system metastases, the pathophysiology and treatment of brain edema and the approach to supportive care of common neurologic symptoms such as seizures, pain, and side effects of commonly used supportive care agents. The second section is devoted to nervous system metastases, addressing in turn, brain, spinal cord, meningeal and cranial and peripheral nerve metastases. This section also describes the clinical symptoms, the approach to diagnosis and current treatment.

The final section addresses several nonmetastatic complications of cancer and includes sections on vascular disease, infections, metabolic and nutritional disorders, side effects of chemotherapy and radiation, and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures and concludes with a discussion on paraneoplastic syndromes."
Notes: Rev. ed. of: Neurologic complications of cancer / Jerome B. Posner. c1995.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Pathophysiology of nervous system metastases; title: Blood-nervous system barrier dysfunction : pathophysiology and treatment; title: Supportive care and its complications; title: Intracranial metastases; title: Spinal metastases; title: Leptomeningeal metastases; title: Cancer involving cranial, peripheral nerves, and muscles; title: Vascular disorders; title: Central nervous system infections; title: Delirium and metabolic and nutritional complications of cancer; title: Side effects of chemotherapy; title: Side effects of radiation therapy; title: Neurotoxicity of surgical and diagnostic procedures; title: Paraneoplastic syndromes.