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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 167- |
Neurologic complications of cancer therapy
Nagraj G Huilgol
Chief Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai, India
Correspondence Address:
Nagraj G Huilgol
Chief Radiation Oncologist, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Balabhai Nanavati Hospital, Mumbai
India
How to cite this article:
Huilgol NG. Neurologic complications of cancer therapy.J Can Res Ther 2012;8:167-167
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Huilgol NG. Neurologic complications of cancer therapy. J Can Res Ther [serial online] 2012 [cited 2013 Jun 19 ];8:167-167
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Author: Patrick y Wen, David Schiiff, Eudocia Quant Lec.
Publishers: Demos Medical, New York
ISBN 978-1-61705-019-0 (e-book)
ISBN- 978-1-93-6287-07-9
Publications date: 2012
Neurological toxicities of cancer treatment can have devasting consequences on quality of life. Neurocognitive deficits, neuropathies, myopathies & mood swings are but to name a few. However it is only rarely that Neuro toxic reactions attract a same level of attention as myelotoxicities or gastro intestinal toxicity. Book under review bridges this yawning gap. Each chapter dwells on a particular group of drugs like alkylating agents, alkaloids, hormones and so on. A brief introduction of the drugs followed by mechanism of action, pharmacokinetics and non - neurological toxicities precede the discussion on neurological toxicities. The book covers all agents exhaustively though one wishes that mechanisms leading to neural toxicity could have been discussed in a greater detail. It is an excellent book for internists and particularly neurologists who are regularly called upon to opine on patients of cancer undergoing a plethora of treatments. Book is also available in its e- avatara !
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