Cognition and Cancer [Paperback]

This book is essential reading for health care professionals involved in the clinical care of cancer patients with neurocognitive problems.This book serves as a resource for health care professionals working with cancer patients who experience cognitive changes as a result of their cancer and its treatment. Provides practical information to help improve care by explaining how to identify, assess and treat these conditions.This book serves as a resource for health care professionals working with cancer patients who experience cognitive changes as a result of their cancer and its treatment. Provides practical information to help improve care by explaining how to identify, assess and treat these conditions.This book is a unique resource on the influence cancer and cancer treatments have on cognition. The majority of cancer patients on active treatment experience cognitive impairments often referred to as chemobrain or chemofog. In addition, patients with primary or metastatic tumors of the brain often experience direct neurologic symptoms.
This book helps health care professionals working with cancer patients who experience cognitive changes and provides practical information to help improve care by reviewing and describing brain-behavior relationships; research-based evidence on cognitive changes that occur with various cancers and cancer treatments; assessment techniques, including neurocognitive assessment and neuroimaging techniques; and intervention strategies for affected patients. In short, it will explain how to identify, assess and treat these conditions.Preface; List of contributors; Part I. Cognition and the Brain: Measurement, Tools, and Interpretation: 1. Introduction Christina A. Meyers and James R. Perry; 2. Clinical neuropsychology Jill B. Rich and Angela K. Troyer; 3. Brain imaging investigation of chemotherapy-induced neurocognitive changes Brenna C. McDonald, Andrew J. Saykin and Tim A. Ahles; 4. Role of neuropsychological assessment in calÃ&