Lymphoma and Leukemia of the Nervous System 2012th Edition

From the reviews:

“Book describes fundamental principles of the management of patients with primary central nervous system (CNS) lymphoma as well as secondary involvement of CNS by systemic lymphoid neoplasia. … The wealth of scientific work conducted by hematologists, oncologists, pathologists, and other experts in the field has been resynthesized into a state-of-the-art book, which is impressively comprehensive and therefore should find place on the shelf of all medical professionals involved in the care of patients with lymphoproliferative disorders.” (A. Vranovsky, Neoplasma, Issue 1, 2013)

“This concise but comprehensive book details the diagnosis and management of lymphomas and leukemias affecting the nervous system. … this book extracts the important management issues from each specialty and presents them in this single resource. … This book has a broad clinical audience that includes neurologists, hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, neurosurgeons, neuropathologists, hematopathologists, and neuroradiologists.” (Amaal Jilani Starling, Doody’s Book Reviews, June, 2012)

Lymphomas and leukemias of the nervous system result in devastating neurological complications and high mortality. These malignancies may arise within the central nervous system or may disseminate to the brain or cerebrospinal fluid from a source elsewhere in the body. Early diagnosis and therapeutic intervention lead to improvement in neurological symptoms and signs and potentially improved survival. The diagnostic evaluation and treatment of lymphoma and leukemia of the nervous system differ from the standard approaches used when the disease is confined outside of the nervous system. Lymphoma and Leukemia of the Nervous System is a comprehensive review of this challenging group of diseases and should be useful for the practicing neurologist, hematologist, oncologist and for any practitioner involved in the management of these patients.

Review of the first edition

This book, the first devoted primarily to the disease (Primary CNS Lymphoma), provides a comprehensive source for the study of the clinical features, diagnostic aspects, and approaches of lymphoma treatment. Although the main focus of the book is primary central nervous system lymphoma, several contributing authors also provide high-quality chapters on the neurologic manifestations of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease, and plasma-cell disorders and the neurologic complications of lymphoma therapy.

This book ― up-to-date, concise, and clearly written ― provides a review of the disease that is more in-depth than that found even in subspecialtytextbooks.

Joachim Yahalom, M.D., Department of Radiation Oncology

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

New England Journal of Medicine