This is the second edition of a book called "Lymphoma of the Nervous System," which was published by Butterworth-Heinemann (B-H) in 2004. 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.

A comprehensive review of lymphomas and leukemias

Foreword - James O. Armitage, Franco CavalliPrefacePart I - IntroductionChapter 1- Overview of the Lymphomas - Jill Lacy, Julie VoseChapter 2- Overview of the Leukemias - Harshabad Singh, Eyal AttarPart II -Central Nervous System LymphomasChapter 3- Pathological features of CNS lymphomas - Judith Ferry, Rolf Pfannl, Nancy HarrisPrimary CNS lymphomaChapter 4- Epidemiology - Brian O'Neill, Ingfrid HaldorsenChapter 5- Biology - James RubensteinChapter 6- Diagnostic Considerations - Tracy Batchelor, Daphne Wang, Edward Neuwelt, Gilbert GonzalezChapter 7- Radiation and Combined Modality Therapy - Lisa DeAngelis, Joachim YahalomChapter 8- Chemotherapy - Tracy Batchelor, Andrew Grigg, Eckhard ThielChapter 9- High-dose chemotherapy - Gerald Illerhaus, Carole Soussain, Patrick JohnstonVariants of CNS lymphomaChapter 10- CNS Lymphoma in the immunocompromised host - Silvia Montoto, Andrew ListerChapter 11- CNS Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder - David Schiff, Samar IssaChapter 12- Ocular Lymphoma - Andres Ferreri, Jose PulidoChapter 13- Neurolymphomatosis - Tali Siegal, Joachim BaehringChapter 14- Intravascular Lymphoma of the CNS - Emanuele Zucca, Jon Glass, Maurilio PonzoniChapter 15- Rare variants of PCNSL (T-cell, low-grade, pediatrics) - Kristoph Jahnke, Oussama Abla, Tamara ShenkierPart III - Neurological Complications of Lymphomas and LeukemiasChapter 16- Neurological complications of non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Antonio Omuro, Mark GilbertChapter 17- Neurological complications of Hodgkin lymphoma - Elizabeth Gerstner, Maciej MrugalaChapter 18- Neurological complications of Plasma Cell Disorders - Jan Drappatz, Kurt JaeckleChapter 19- Neurological complications of acute and chronic leukemias - Marc ChamberlainChapter 20- Paraneoplastic syndromes in hematological malignancies - Josep DalmauPart IV - Neurological Complications of Therapy for Lymphomas and LeukemiasChapter 21- Neurological complications of radiation in lymphoma and leukemia patients -Denise Correa, Lisa DeAngelisChapter 22- Neurological complications of chemotherapy in lymphoma and leukemia patients - Patrick WenChapter 23- Neurological complications of bone marrow transplantation in lymphoma and leukemia patients - Warren Mason, Jacoline Bromberg