Full Description
This is the second edition of a book called "Lymphoma of the Nervous System," which was published by Butterworth-Heinemann (B-H) in 2004. Lymphoma and Leukemia of the Nervous System is a comprehensive review of this challenging group of diseases and should be useful for the practicing neurologist, hematologist, oncologist and for any practitioner involved in the management of these patients.
Contents
Foreword.- Preface.- Part I - Introduction.- Chapter 1- Overview of the Lymphomas - Jill Lacy, Julie Vose.- Chapter 2- Overview of the Leukemias - Harshabad Singh, Eyal Attar.- Part II -Central Nervous System Lymphomas.- Chapter 3- Pathological features of CNS lymphomas - Judith Ferry, Rolf Pfannl, Nancy Harris.- Primary CNS lymphoma.- Chapter 4- Epidemiology - Brian O'Neill, Ingfrid Haldorsen.- Chapter 5- Biology - James Rubenstein.- Chapter 6- Diagnostic Considerations - Tracy Batchelor, Daphne Wang, Edward Neuwelt, Gilbert Gonzalez.- Chapter 7- Radiation and Combined Modality Therapy - Lisa DeAngelis, Joachim Yahalom .- Chapter 8- Chemotherapy - Tracy Batchelor, Andrew Grigg, Eckhard Thiel.- Chapter 9- High-dose chemotherapy - Gerald Illerhaus, Carole Soussain, Patrick Johnston.- Variants of CNS lymphoma.- Chapter 10- CNS Lymphoma in the immunocompromised host - Silvia Montoto, Andrew Lister.- Chapter 11- CNS Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder - David Schiff, Samar Issa.- Chapter 12- Ocular Lymphoma - Andres Ferreri, Jose Pulido.- Chapter 13- Neurolymphomatosis - Tali Siegal, Joachim Baehring.- Chapter 14- Intravascular Lymphoma of the CNS - Emanuele Zucca, Jon Glass, Maurilio Ponzoni.- Chapter 15- Rare variants of PCNSL (T-cell, low-grade, pediatrics) - Kristoph Jahnke, Oussama Abla, Tamara Shenkier.- Part III - Neurological Complications of Lymphomas and Leukemias.- Chapter 16- Neurological complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Antonio Omuro, Mark Gilbert.- Chapter 17- Neurological complications of Hodgkin lymphoma - Elizabeth Gerstner, Maciej Mrugala.- Chapter 18- Neurological complications of Plasma Cell Disorders - Jan Drappatz, Kurt Jaeckle .- Chapter 19- Neurological complications of acute and chronic leukemias - Marc Chamberlain .- Chapter 20- Paraneoplastic syndromes in hematological malignancies - Josep Dalmau.- Part IV - Neurological Complications of Therapy for Lymphomasand Leukemias.- Chapter 21- Neurological complications of radiation in lymphoma and leukemia patients -Denise Correa, Lisa DeAngelis .- Chapter 22- Neurological complications of chemotherapy in lymphoma and leukemia patients - Patrick Wen.- Chapter 23- Neurological complications of bone marrow transplantation in lymphoma and leukemia patients - Warren Mason, Jacoline Bromberg.
