Medical management of brain tumor patients.

Neurologic clinics ·Vol. 25 ·No. 4 ·2007-11-00 ·Pages 1035-71, ix

Drappatz J, Schiff D, Kesari S, Norden AD, Wen PY

Abstract

Brain tumors can present challenging medical problems. Seizures, peritumoral edema, venous thromboembolism, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction can complicate the treatment of patients who have primary or metastatic brain tumors. Effective medical management results in decreased morbidity and mortality and improved quality of life for affected patients.

MeSH Terms

Anti-Inflammatory Agents/adverse effects,therapeutic use Anticonvulsants/adverse effects,therapeutic use Antidepressive Agents/adverse effects,therapeutic use Antineoplastic Agents/adverse effects,therapeutic use Brain Edema/drug therapy,etiology,pathology Brain Neoplasms/complications,drug therapy Cognition Disorders/etiology Depression/drug therapy,etiology Diagnosis, Differential Drug Interactions Fatigue/etiology Humans Magnetic Resonance Imaging Seizures/diagnosis,drug therapy,etiology Venous Thromboembolism/drug therapy,etiology

Chemicals

Anti-Inflammatory Agents Anticonvulsants Antidepressive Agents Antineoplastic Agents

Authors & Affiliations

5 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Drappatz Jan

Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. jdrappatz@partners.org

Schiff David

Kesari Santosh

Norden Andrew D

Wen Patrick Y

Article Info

Journal

Neurologic clinics

Abbr.

Neurol Clin

ISSN

0733-8619

DOI

10.1016/j.ncl.2007.07.015

jdrappatz@partners.org

Published

2007-11-00

Pages

1035-71, ix

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

8219232

Subset

External Links

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