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This book provides an in-depth review of the neurololgical complications of systemic cancer, including common problems like brain metastases, spinal cord compression, cerebrovascular events, and leptomeningeal disease, as well as less common complications such as paraneoplastic disorders and neoplastic plexopathy. In addition to chapters covering the major complications, other chapters review problems related to each specific tumor type (e.g., breast, lung, colorectal), and neurological complications related to the treatment of cancer, including irradiation and chemotherapy. This book is a very useful reference for neurologists and oncologists.

Highlights of Neurological Complications of Systematic Cancer and Antineoplastic Therapy include a detailed review of:

• The pathophysiology and molecular biology of cancer and the metastatic phenotype
• Metastatic spread to cranial and peripheral nerves, brachial and lumbosacral plexuses
• Metabolic and nutritional disorders
• CNS infections
• Neurological complications of immunotherapy and bone marrow transplants, and numerous cancer types including, but not restricted to, lung cancer, breast cancer, gynaecological cancer, genitourinary cancer, and malignant melanoma