Lauren Abrey / Marc Chamberlain / Herbert Engelhard (eds.)

Leptomeningeal Metastases

Herausgegeben:Abrey, Lauren E; Chamberlain, Marc; Engelhard, Herbert

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A review of state-of-the-art therapies currently used with leptomeningeal cancer patients, including information on symptom management, new clinical trials, epidemiology, as well as research in animal models for experimental treatments.

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Leptomeningeal Metastases is intended to provide the reader with an overview of the state-of-the-art therapy for the cancer patient with leptomeningeal cancer with additional information on epidemiology, symptom management, new clinical trials, and current basic research in animal models for experimental therapies.

Produktdetails

• Cancer Treatment and Research 125
• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-387-24198-2
• 2005
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9780387241982
• ISBN-10: 0387241981
• Artikelnr.: 13877382

Autorenporträt

Lauren Abrey, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA / Marc Chamberlain, University of Southern California, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and Hospital, Los Angeles, CA, USA / Herbert Engelhard, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Anatomy and Physiology of the Leptomeninges and CSF Space.- Leptomeningeal Neoplasia: Epidemiology, Clinical Presentation, CSF Analysis and Diagnostic Imaging.- Leptomeningeal Metastases from Solid Tumors (Meningeal Carcinomatosis).- Leptomeningeal Metastases from Leukemias and Lymphomas.- Leptomeningeal Metastasis of Primary Central Nervous System (CNS) Neoplasms.- Leptomeningeal Cancer in the Pediatric Patient.- Neurosurgical Interventions for Leptomeningeal Tumor.- Current Treatment of Leptomeningeal Metastases: Systemic Chemotherapy, Intrathecal Chemotherapy and Symptom Management.- Radiation Therapy for Leptomeningeal Cancer.- Animal Models of Leptomeningeal Cancer.- Improving the Outcome of Patients with Leptomeningeal Cancer: New Clinical Trials and Experimental Therapies.