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Metastatic Disease of the Nervous System
Handbook of Clinical Neurology Series
Coordinators: Schiff David, Van den Bent M J
Language: EnglishSubject for Metastatic Disease of the Nervous System:
Keywords
amino acid; brain; brain metastases; cancer; carcinomatous meningitis; diffusion; end of life; epidemiology; fatigue; headache; imaging; incidence; leptomeningeal meningitis; metastasis; MRI; neoplastic meningitis; palliative therapy; perfusion; PET; response assessment; solid tumors; steroid; survival; symptoms; systemic treatment; targeted therapies
304 p. · 21.4x27.5 cm · Hardback
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Metastatic Disease of the Nervous System, Volume 149, begins with an overview of the impact and range of direct neoplastic involvement of the central and peripheral nervous system, comprehensively reviewing all aspects of brain metastases, from clinical, radiological and neuropathological manifestations, to the roles of surgery, radiation, systemic and palliative therapy in their management, and the complications of these interventions. The clinical manifestations, diagnosis and treatment of leptomeningeal, dural, spinal epidural and plexus metastases are also covered in detail.
Section I. Overview 1. Overview of metastatic disease of the central nervous system
Section II. Brain Metastases 2. Brain metastases: Epidemiology 3. Pathogenesis and biology 4. Role of the blood-brain barrier in metastatic disease of the central nervous system 5. Metastatic diseases of the central nervous system – neuropathological aspects 6. Brain metastasis: Clinical manifestations, symptom management and palliative care 7. Brain metastases: Neuroimaging 8. The role of surgery for brain metastases from solid tumors 9. Brain metastases: Fractionated whole brain radiotherapy 10. Brain metastases: Radiosurgery 11. Systemic therapy for brain metastases 12. Neurocognitive aspects of brain metastasis
Section III. Other Nervous System Metastases 13. Leptomeningeal metastasis 14. Intracranial dural, calvarial and skull base metastases 15. Epidural and intramedullary spinal metastasis: Clinical features and role of fractionated radiotherapy 16. Management – spinal metastases 17. Plexus and peripheral nerve metastasis
Fellows, residents, and practicing clinicians in neurology, oncology, neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, radiation oncology, neuropathology; researchers in cancer metastases and clinical neuroscience
Prof. dr. Martin J. van den Bent, MD is a trained neurologist, who started his career in neuro-oncology in the Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands back in 1992, after finishing his neurology residency. His clinical interests are the treatment of primary brain tumors, and neurological complications of systemic cancers. He has published widely on these topics, and he is the principle investigator of many clinical studies including international large phase III studies on glioma. From 2003 to 2009 he was the chair of the EORTC Brain Tumor Group, and since 2012 he is a board member of the EORTC, the major European research organization on cancer. He is currently a board member of the European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO). He is also member of the core group of the response assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) group, and active in the RANO brain metastases group. In 2015 he received the European CanCer Organisation (ECCO) Clinical Research Award.
- Covers all aspects of brain metastases, from clinical, radiological and neuropathological manifestations, to the roles of surgery, radiation, systemic and palliative therapy
- Presents a multidisciplinary review of the evidence regarding accuracy of diagnostic testing and evidence-based reviews of therapies
- Addresses metastatic diseases of the nervous system for residents, fellows and clinicians in neurology and oncology