Chemo Fog Cancer Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Raffa, Robert B. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Tallarida, Ronald J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Σειρά: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 678
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Biomedicine.; Biomedicine general.; Cancer Research.

Cancer patients have benefitted greatly from recent advances in the drugs, dose regimens, and combinations used to treat their primary tumor and for the treatment or prevention of spread of their disease. Due to the advances in chemotherapy and other aspects of prevention, early detection, and treat...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Short Introduction and History
• Patient’s Perspective
• Oncology Nurse’s Perspective
• Oncology Pharmacist’s Perspective
• The Impact of Chemo Brain on the Patient with a High-Grade Glioma
• Neurocognitive Effects of Childhood Cancer Treatment
• The Economic Burden
• Designing Conceptual Model-Based Research in Chemotherapy-Related Changes in Cognitive Function
• Neuropsychologic Testing for Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment
• Imaging as a Means of Studying Chemotherapy-Related Cognitive Impairment
• Chemotherapy Associated Central Nervous System Damage
• Is Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy Neurotoxic? Does Chemo Brain Exist? And Should We Rename It?
• Evaluation of Multiple Neurotoxic Outcomes in Cancer Chemotherapy
• Chemotherapy-Related Visual System Toxicity
• The Possible Role of Cytokines in Chemotherapy-Induced Cognitive Deficits
• Pharmacokinetics of Anti-Cancer Drugs Used in Breast Cancer Chemotherapy
• Combination Analysis
• Animal Models
• Chemo Brain (Chemo Fog) as a Potential Side Effect of Doxorubicin Administration: Role of Cytokine-Induced, Oxidative/Nitrosative Stress in Cognitive Dysfunction
• Effects of 5-FU
• Future Directions.