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Neurologic emergencies in cancer patients
D Schiff1, T Batchelor, P Y Wen
1Brain Tumor Center, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
Neurologic Clinics
|May 13, 1998
Abstract:
Neurologic emergencies are common among cancer patients and their incidence is increasing as patients live longer as a result of improved antineoplastic therapy. This article reviews acute neurologic complications in cancer patients. Among those complications reviewed are brain metastases, epidural spinal cord compression, leptomeningeal metastases, cerebrovascular disorders, complications of antineoplastic therapy, and paraneoplastic syndromes.