Neurorehabilitation in Neuro-Oncology

Description:

This book provides a comprehensive, practical, and timely guide to neurorehabilitation for patients affected by tumors of the central nervous system. These patients encounter various physical and psychosocial impairments, due to sensory-motor, psychological and cognitive limitations, as well as depression, anxiety and fatigue. These common tumor and treatment consequences reduce quality of life and produce long-term limitation in functioning and disability that may benefit from rehabilitative interventions. In the early stages of the disease, rehabilitation aims at restoring functioning after tumor treatment, while in the advanced stages, rehabilitation becomes an integral part of palliative care, which aims to increase patients’ independence, to prevent complications and to improve quality of life. Based on an interdisciplinary approach, the book is structured in two main parts. The first is devoted to the basics of cancer and to the main clinical features of the tumors of the nervous system, as well as to the essentials of therapeutic approaches. The second part is dedicated to rehabilitation issues, providing the tools for health personnel to take in charge persons affected by neuro-oncological disease. This unique volume is a valuable resource for all health professionals (physicians, psychologists, trainees nurses specialized in neuro-oncology, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech therapists) involved in the interdisciplinary management of individuals affected by tumors of the central nervous system.

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Basics of Brain Tumor Biology for Clinicians

3. Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System

4. Clinical Concepts of Brain Tumors

5. Imaging in Neuro-Oncology

6. Tumors of the Central Nervous System: Therapeutic Approaches

7. Side Effects of Therapies for Brain Tumours

8. Neurorehabilitation in Neuro-Oncology

9. Assessment of Neurocognitive Functioning in Clinical Practice and for Trial Purposes

10. Cognitive Rehabilitation

11. Managing Challenging Behaviour in Brain Tumour (BT) Patients

12. Neuropathic Pain in Nervous System Tumours

13. Psycho-Oncology in Brain Tumour Patients

14. Neuro-Oncology Nursing

15. Improving Patient’s Functioning and Well-Being with Neurorehabilitation

16. Palliative Care and Palliative Rehabilitation: Approaches to the End-of-Life

17. Surviving a Brain Tumour Diagnosis and Living Life Well: The Importance