Neurologic complications of cancer

About this book

"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."