Adult Patient Resource Handbook - 5th Edition
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
1) Introduction
2) Reacting to a Diagnosis
SYMPTOMS AND DIAGNOSIS
3) Overview of the Brain
4) Facts about Brain Tumours
5) Brain Tumour Types
6) Imaging
7) Visual Changes
8) Seizures
9) Neuroendocrine Function
TREATMENT
10) Surgery
11) Chemotherapy
12) Radiation Therapy
13) Potential Medications
14) Blood and Blood Products
15) Clinical Trials
16) Complementary, Alternative and Unconventional Therapies:
17) Emerging Techniques and Therapies for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Brain Tumours
HOSPITAL AND HOME
18) At the Hospital
19) Professional Support Services
20) Going Home
21) Nutrition
22) Community Services
23) Accessing Information on the Internet
24) Palliative and Hospice Care
25) Grief and Bereavement
REFERENCES
- Glossary
- Appendices
- Special Acknowledgements
- Appendix A: World Health Organization (WHO) Histological Typing of Tumours
- Appendix B: Prescribed Medications
- Appendix C: Health Care Team Contact Information
- Appendix D: Appointments
- Appendix E: Graphics
Figures and Images
- The Lobes of the Brain
- Structures Deep Inside the Brain
- Cranial Nerves
- Meninges
- Spinal Cord
- The Ventricles
- MRI Scan Equipment
- CT Scan Equipment
- Sample CT and MRI Images
- Visual Fields
- The Operating Room
- Linear Accelerator Used to Deliver Radiation Therapy
- Preparation for Radiation Therapy
- The Gamma Knife
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