Publications and Resources - disclaimer:
The British Neuro-oncology Society would like to bring to your attention the following resources whilst not necessarily supporting or endorsing their content.
This material will be of interest to the clinical and scientific community and is not intended to provide a substitute for expert medical advice or be used as a self-help guide.
PUBLICATIONS
What's Up With Rachel? Medikidz Explain Brain Tumours
Author(s): Dr Kim Chilman-Blair and Shawn DeLoache
Publisher: Medikidz Limited 2010
Paperback: 32 pages 4pp Cover
Size: H26cm x W17cm
Language: English
ISBN: 978-1-906935-09-2
Rachel is usually the star of her baseball team, so when the symptoms of her brain tumour start to put her off her game she quickly needs an explanation in order to help her understand what is going on.
Cognition and Cancer
Edited by: Christina A. Meyers, University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Edited by: James R. Perry, University of Toronto
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
October 2008
ISBN: 9780521854825
353 pages
30 b/w illus. 2 colour illus. 37 tables
Dimensions: 246 x 189 mm
Weight: 0.93 kg
Features:
- The first book to detail the changes in mental function that cancer patients suffer from
- Provides practical guidance on the treatment of patients with 'chemobrain' or 'chemofog'
- Accessible to the wide range of health care professional and researchers involved in this area
Fast Facts: Brain Tumors, second edition
By Lauren E Abrey and Warren P Mason
Published 2011
144 pages, 45 illustrations
ISBN 978-1-905832-87-3
Contents: Classification and epidemiology; Diagnosis; Treatment; Brain metastases; Gliomas; Meningiomas; Neuronal tumors; Pineal region tumors; Skull base tumors; Primary central nervous system lymphoma; Brain tumor syndromes and tumor-like cysts; Geriatric neuro-oncology.
Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-oncology: Headaches and papillodeoma
The Edinburgh Centre for Neuro-Oncology is aiming to promote to GPs, young doctors in training and adult patients who might visit neuro-oncology sites, the idea of
1. Look out for "headaches plus"
2. Check visual fields and fundi in patients you expect have headaches suggestive of tumour
3. How to identify and refer patients with papilloedema
1. Presenting symptoms of brain tumours (Dr R Grant)
2. Headaches and papilloedema - the role of the GP (Dr J Catanach)
3. Headaches and Papilloedema - Headache History (Dr S Kerrigan)
4. Visual field examination (Dr R Grant)
5. Identifying Papilloedema (Mr S Madill)
6. Assessment by the optometrist (Dr J Pooley)
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