| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 239 pages) : illustrations |
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CTAR ; v. 136 |
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C.T.A.R. 0927-3042 ; v. 136 |
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Cancer treatment and research ; v. 136.
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| Contents |
Brain Metastases: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology / Joohee Sul and Jerome B. Posner -- The Economics of Brain Metastases / Charles L. Bennett, Cara C. Tigue, and Karen A. Fitzner -- Neuroimaging of Parenchymal Brain Metastases / Matthew T. Walker and Vipul Kapoor -- Symptom Management and Supportive Care of the Patient with Brain Metastases / Herbert B. Newton -- Surgery for Brain Metastases / Sunit Das, Kenji Muro and Jeffrey J. Raizer -- Radiation for Brain Metastases / Malika L. Siker and Minesh P. Mehta -- Dural and Skull Base Metastases / Arnaldo Neves Da Silva and David Schiff -- Pediatric Brain Metastasis from Extraneural Malignancies: A Review / Stewart Goldman, María E. Echevarría, Jason Fangusaro -- Brain Metastases in Hematologic Malignancies / Nancy D. Doolittle -- Chemotherapy for Brain Metastases: Breast, Gynecologic and Non-Melanoma Skin Malignancies / Gaurav D. Shah and Lauren E. Abrey -- Chemotherapy for Brain Metastases due to Lung Cancer and Melanoma / Marc C Chamberlain -- Palliative Care for Patients With Brain Metastases / Keren Barfi, Herbert Newton, Jamie Von Roenn |
| Summary |
Brain metastases are the most dreaded complication of systemic cancer, affecting approximately 170,000 people a year, a far greater incidence than primary brain tumors. Advances in modern chemotherapy have led to an improved control of system cancers, often with agents that poorly penetrate the central nervous system, resulting in an increasing incidence of brain metastases. Traditional chemotherapy has had little impact on brain metastases. The main therapeutic option is radiation therapy, and in a small number of patients - surgery. However, refinements in all of these treatments offer some |
| Analysis |
geneeskunde |
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medicine |
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volksgezondheid |
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public health |
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neurologie |
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neurology |
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chirurgie |
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surgery |
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oncologie |
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oncology |
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Medicine (General) |
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Geneeskunde (algemeen) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer e-books |
| Subject |
Brain -- Cancer.
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Metastasis.
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Brain Neoplasms -- secondary
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Brain Neoplasms
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Neoplasm Metastasis
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MEDICAL -- Oncology.
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Cancer.
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Metastasis.
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Brain Neoplasms -- secondary.
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Brain -- Cancer.
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Brain -- Cancer
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Metastasis
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Tumeurs du cerveau.
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Métastase tumorale.
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Hirnmetastase
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Cerveau -- Cancer.
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Métastases.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Raizer, Jeffrey J
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Abrey, Lauren E
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| ISBN |
9780387692227 |
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0387692223 |
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0387692215 |
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9780387692210 |
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