Brain Metastases

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Raizer, Jeffrey J. (Editor), Abrey, Lauren E. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 136
• Subjects: Medicine.; Oncology.; Neurosurgery.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.

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 cent...

Table of Contents:

• Brain Metastases: Epidemiology and Pathophysiology
• The Economics of Brain Metastases
• Neuroimaging of Parenchymal Brain Metastases
• Symptom Management and Supportive Care of the Patient With Brain Metastases
• Surgery for Brain Metastases
• Radiation for Brain Metastases
• Dural and Skull Base Metastases
• Pediatric Brain Metastasis from Extraneural Malignancies: A Review
• Brain Metastases in Hematologic Malignancies
• Chemotherapy for Brain Metastases: Breast, Gynecologic and Non-Melanoma Skin Malignancies
• Chemotherapy for Brain Metastases due to Lung Cancer and Melanoma
• Palliative Care for Patients With Brain Metastases.