| Contents |
1. Cancer Rehabilitation Continuum of Care and Delivery Models / Jack Fu and Adrian Cristian -- 2. Safety Considerations in the Rehabilitation of Persons With Cancer of the Brain and Spinal Cord / Nadia N. Zaman, Kathryn Gibbs, and Susan Maltser -- 3. Inpatient Rehabilitation Outcome Measures in Persons With Brain and Spinal Cord Cancer / Veronica K. Chehata, Matthew Shatzer, and Adrian Cristian -- 4. Tumors of the Brain / Seong-Jin Moon, Daniel T. Ginat, R. Shane Tubbs, and Marc D. Moisi -- 5. Brain Tumor Rehabilitation / Terrence MacArthur Pugh, Joanna Edeker, Brittany Lorden, and Vishwa S. Raj -- 6. Cognitive Deficits in Brain Cancer / Sarah Khan, Komal Patel, and Gonzalo A. Vazquez-Casals -- 7. Communication and Swallowing Impairments in Brain Cancer / Marilyn Frost Rubenstein and Brittany Schenke-Reilly -- 8. Spinal Tumors / Lisa Marie Ruppert -- 9. Neurosurgical Management of Spinal Tumors / Blake Walker, Daniel T. Ginat, R. Shane Tubbs, and Marc D. Moisi -- 10. Inpatient Rehabilitation of Persons With Spinal Cord Injury due to Cancer / Miguel Xavier Escalón and Thomas N. Bryce -- 11. Rehabilitation of the Child with Brain and Spinal Cord Cancer / Naoli Kaplan, Cosmo Kwok, Ruth E. Alejandro, and Hilary Berlin -- 12. Cancer-Related Fatigue / Vishwa S. Raj, Joanna Edekar, and Terrence MacArthur Pugh -- 13. Spinal Imaging, Stability and Management of Spine Pain due to Cancer / T. Leftkowitz, A Iannicello, and N. Ozurumba -- 14. Pain in Cancer of the Central Nervous System / Ashish Khanna and Mohammad Aalai -- 15. Attending to the Quality of Life at the End of Life. Palliative Rehabilitation Is Person-Centered Care for Patients With Advanced Cancer / Martin R. Chasen, Ravi Bhargava, and Gary Goldberg. |
| Abstract |
Rehabilitation of a person with cancer of the brain and spinal cord requires individualized care by a team of specialists from time of initial diagnosis through active treatment, survivorship, and advanced stages of the disease. The purpose of this book is to provide useful information to assist these clinicians in the noble endeavor of rehabilitating individuals diagnosed and treated for cancer of the central nervous system with the goal of maximizing the level of function and quality of life. This book begins with a description of the cancer rehabilitation continuum of care, safety considerations, and functional outcomes. The section on brain cancer provides content on neurosurgical management, rehabilitation, cognitive deficits, communication, and swallowing impairments. The section on spinal cord cancer provides the reader with information on characteristics of spinal cord tumors, neurosurgical management, and rehabilitation. A chapter on rehabilitation of the child with brain and spinal cord cancer addresses the unique needs of this population. Pain and fatigue are very common concerns raised by persons with cancer of the central nervous system, and these topics are covered as well. The final chapter covers the equally important topic of the role of palliative rehabilitation in advanced cancer--page ix. |
