Late effects of treatment for brain tumors
By: Stewart Goldman, Christopher D. Turner, editors
Series: Cancer treatment and research -- v.150; Cancer treatment and research -- v.150.
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Dordrecht; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9780387771021; 9780387771038
Subjects: Survivors; Brain Neoplasms; Therapy; Treatment; Brain; Complications; Tumors
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Overview of brain tumor survivorship; title: Introduction to brain tumor survivorship and historical perspective / Stewart Goldman and Christopher D. Turner; title: Late effects of neurosurgery / Arthur J. DiPatri, Martin Pham, and Kenji Muro; title: Late effects of CNS radiation therapy / Helen A. Shih, Jay S. Loeffler, and Nancy J. Tarbell; title: Late effects of chemotherapy / Sridharan Gururangan; title: Late effects of stem cell transplantation in brain tumor survivors / Karina Danner-Koptik, David A. Jacobsohn, and Kimberley J. Dilley; title: Effect of cancer treatment on neural stem and progenitor cells / Jörg Dietrich and Santosh Kesari; title: The pediatric brain tumor late effects clinic / Kimberly J. Dilley and Barbara Lockart; title: Part II. Medical late effects of brain tumor treatment; title: Neurological complications in adults / Michelle Monje and Patrick Y. Wen; title: Neurological complications in children / Sonia Partap and Paul Graham Fisher; title: Strokes among childhood brain tumor survivors / Daniel C. Bowers; title: Endocrine late effects: manifestations and treatments / Jason R. Fangusaro and Elizabeth Eaumann Littlejohn; title: Ocular consequences and late effects of brain tumor treatments / María E. Echevarría and Joanna L. Weinstein; title: Auditory late effects of chemotherapy /  Anna K. Meyer and Nancy M. Young; title: Reproductive health issues in survivors of childhood and adult brain tumors / Tress Goodwin, B. Elizabeth Delasobera, and Paul Graham Fisher; title: Cancer predisposition syndromes / Joanna L. Weinstein, Kanyalakshmi Ayyanar, and Melody A. Watral; title: Secondary neoplasms following treatment for brain tumors / Joanna L. Weinstein, Kanyalakshmi Ayyanar, and Melody A. Watral; title: Part III. Psychosocial impact of treatment of brain tumors; title: Neuropsychological impact of treatment of brain tumors / Cinzia R. De Luca ... [et al.]; title: Psychological and social impact of being a pediatric brain tumor survivor / Stephen A. Sands and Keith P. Pasichow; title: Psychological and social impact of being a brain tumor survivor: adult issues / R.D. Calhoun-Eagan; title: Academic issues: special education and related interventions / Frank A.J. Zelko and Lisa G. Sorensen; title: Caregiver and family issues for brain tumor survivors / Tracy Moore and Stacia Wagner; title: Part IV. Additional topics; title: Healthy lifestyle choices after cancer treatment / Victoria W. Willard, Melanie J. Bonner, and A. Bebe Guill; title: Integrative oncology as part of the treatment for brain tumors / David S. Rosenthal ... [et al.]; title: Legal issues and laws relevant to brain tumor survivors / G.P. Monaco and Gilbert Smith; title: Pathways to brain tumor advocacy / Susan L. Weiner and Craig Lustig; title: Screening for late effects of brain tumor survivors / Wendy Landier ... [et al.]; title: Support organizations, resources and relevant websites / Dawn Grenier and Sarah Gupta.