RT Book, Section
A1 Ropper, Allan H.
A1 Samuels, Martin A.
A1 Klein, Joshua P.
A1 Prasad, Sashank
SR Print(0)
ID 1162594392
T1 Intracranial Neoplasms and Paraneoplastic Disorders
T2 Adams and Victor's Principles of Neurology, 11e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071842617
LK neurology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162594392
RD 2024/04/20
AB Tumors  of  the  central  nervous  system  constitute  a  vitally  important  chapter  of  neurologic  medicine.  Their  importance  derives  from  their  great  variety;  the  numerous  neurologic  symptoms  caused  by  their  size,  location,  and  invasive  qualities;  the  destruction  and  displacement  of  tissues  in  which  they  are  situated;  the  elevation  of  intracranial  pressure  they  cause;  and,  most  of  all,  their  lethality.  The  nature  of  practice  for  brain  tumors  is  changing  as  a  result  of  advances  in  anesthesiology,  stereotactic  and  microneurosurgical  techniques,  focused  radiation  therapy,  and  the  use  of  new  chemotherapeutic  agents.  Moreover,  our  understanding  of  the  genetic  aspects  of  brain  tumors  is  undergoing  vast  changes,  which  offer  the  prospect  of  new  treatments.