Description
Brain metastases are the most dreaded complication of systemic cancer, affecting some 170,000 people a year, a far greater incidence than primary brain tumors. This book presents current information on the presentation and management of patients with brain metastases, providing available data, giving guidelines that can be applied in day to day practice, updated information for neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, medical oncologists, and neuron-oncologists, and as an overview for physicians in training. 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.
