Cancer in the Nervous System (Text)

Follow the links below to view and download each chapter of the text, Cancer in the Nervous System, 2nd Edition, originally published by Oxford University Press in 2002.

Thanks to the generosity of the author, Dr. Victor Levin, this text is accessible through the SNO website.

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PART I: Diagnostic Imaging

Chapter 1: Diagnostic Imaging

Chapter 2: Nuclear Medicine in Neuro-Oncology

PART II: Primary Central Nervous System Tumors

Chapter 3: Primary Cerebral Tumors

Chapter 4: Primary Spinal Cord Tumors

Chapter 5: Optic Nerve, Chiasmal and Hypothalamic Tumors

Chapter 6: Tumors of the Brain Stem, Cerebellum, and Fourth Ventricle

Chapter 7: Pineal Region Tumors

Chapter 8: Pituitary Tumors

PART III: Genetics and Epidemiology of Primary Tumors

Chapter 9: Genetic and Molecular Basis of Primary Central Nervous System Tumors

Chapter 10: Epidemiology of Brain Tumors

PART IV: Intracranial Extra-Axial Primary Tumors

Chapter 11: Meningiomas

Chapter 12: Skull Base Tumors

PART V: Cancer Metastatic to the Central Nervous System

Chapter 13: Intercranial Metastasis

Chapter 14: Spinal Axis Metastases

Chapter 15: Leukemia and Lymphoma Metastases

Chapter 16: Leptomeningeal Metastases

PART VI: Symptoms Secondary to Cancer and Its Treatment

Chapter 17: Peripheral Neuropathy

Chapter 18: Plexopathies

Chapter 19: Paraneoplastic Neurologic Disease

Chapter 20: Seizures and Syncope in the Cancer Patient

Chapter 21: Cerebrovascular Disease

Chapter 22: Rehabilitation of Patients with Neurologic Tumors and Cancer-Related Central Nervous System Disabilities

Chapter 23: Assessment and Management of Cancer Pain

Chapter 24: Neuroendocrine Function

Chapter 25: Altered Mental Status

Chapter 26: Neurocognitive Function

Chapter 27: Psychiatric and Psychosocial Issues

Chapter 28: Index

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