tailieunhanh - CANCER NEUROLOGY IN CLINICAL PRACTICE

Neuro-oncology has evolved substantially as a clinical and research discipline over the past few decades. Initially the province of isolated devotees, it has become a well-recognized subspecialty of neurology, oncology, and neurosurgery. The Society for Neuro-Oncology, founded just five years ago, now has almost 1000 members. Most tertiary care hospitals have staff physicians who consider themselves neuro-oncologists. These physicians typically are involved in the evaluation and management of neurologic complications of systemic cancer and its treatment, as well as of primary brain tumors. Neurologic complications occur in a substantial proportion of cancer patients, often present complex diagnostic and management problems, and commonly have a major impact on quality of life | Cancer Neurology in Clinical Practice EDITED BY David Schiff MD and Patrick Y. Wen MD F - I . M . A I II. MZ9B . om ivosp M6Zft 153 I Humana Press Cancer Neurology in Clinical Practice Cancer Neurology in Clinical Practice Edited by David Schiff md Department of Neurology University of Virginia Medical Center Charlottesville VA and Patrick Y. Wen md Center for Neuro-Oncology Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Department of Neurology Brigham and Women s Hospital Boston MA Foreword by Jerome B. Posner md Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center New York NY S Humana Press Totowa New .