Contents:
SECTION I Overview
1.Overview of metastatic disease of the central nervous system / L.M. DeAngelis
SECTION II Brain metastases
2.Brain metastases: epidemiology / J.S. Barnholtz-Sloan
3.Pathogenesis and biology / F. Winkler
4.Role of the blood-brain barrier in metastatic disease of the central nervous system / M. Preusser
5.Metastatic diseases of the central nervous system - neuropathologic aspects / M.B.S. Lopes
6.Brain metastasis: clinical manifestations, symptom management, and palliative care / T. Walbert
7.Brain metastases: neuroimaging / W.B. Pope
8.The role of surgery for brain metastases from solid tumors / J.-C. Tonn
9.Brain metastases: fractionated whole-brain radiotherapy / P.D. Brown
10.Brain metastases: radiosurgery / D. Kondziolka
11.Systemic therapy for brain metastases / M.S. Ahluwalia
12.Neurocognitive aspects of brain metastasis / P.D. Brown
SECTION III Other nervous system metastases
Contents note continued: 13.Leptomeningeal metastasis / M.C. Chamberlain
14.Intracranial dural, calvarial, and skull base metastases / F. DeMonte
15.Epidural and intramedullary spinal metastasis: clinical features and role of fractionated radiotherapy / D. Schiff
16.Management
spinal metastases / M. Fehlings
17.Plexus and peripheral nerve metastasis / K.G. Gwathmey.
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