Central Nervous System Metastases: Diagnosis and Treatment
Rohan Ramakrishna · Rajiv S. Magge · Ali A. Baaj · Jonathan P.S. Knisely
May 2020 · Springer Nature
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This is a multi-specialty book on the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment of CNS metastases of the brain and spine. Written by renowned experts in their fields, the book covers essential contemporary topics in CNS metastases care. The book is divided into seven parts that begin with chapters that cover the fundamental biology of disease so that subsequent chapters on imaging, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation can be properly contextualized. This text also provides a framework for understanding the biology of radiation therapy so that radiation treatment options of the brain and spine can be more fully understood. New medications and technologies are reviewed from the perspective of maximizing efficacy and minimizing toxicity, independently and as combinatorial therapy.
Central Nervous System Metastases: Diagnosis and Treatment serves as a practical reference for health care providers and trainees. It provides the comprehensive, detailed perspective required to provide holistic care to patients with metastatic disease to the brain and spine.
About the author
Rohan RamakrishnaDepartment of Neurological SurgeryNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell MedicineDirector, Brain Metastases ProgramNew York, NYUSA
Rajiv S. MaggeDepartment of NeurologyNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NYUSA
Ali A. BaajDepartment of Neurological SurgeryNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NYUSA
Jonathan P.S. KniselyDepartment of Radiation OncologyNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NYUSA
Rajiv S. MaggeDepartment of NeurologyNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NYUSA
Ali A. BaajDepartment of Neurological SurgeryNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NYUSA
Jonathan P.S. KniselyDepartment of Radiation OncologyNewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell MedicineNew York, NYUSA
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