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Brain, Vol. 126, No. 4, 1011-1012, April 2003
© 2003 Guarantors of Brain
doi: 10.1093/brain/awg083

Book Review

CANCER IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, 2ND EDITION

Adrian Wills

Department of Neurology, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK

CANCER IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM, 2ND EDITION
Edited by Victor A. Levin
2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press
Price £95. pp. 622. ISBN 0-19-513728-0.

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This is a multi-author textbook with the main contributions from US-based oncologists and neurologists. As a consequence the text has a consumerist philosophy, which European and UK readers might find slightly unpalatable. A typical example of this is found in the discussion on the surgical management of patients with multiple intracranial metastases, where the chapter author states that the question of neurosurgical accessibility is determined by ‘the risk and extent of neurological injury the patient is willing to accept’. This approach significantly undervalues the judgement of the experienced clinician and is at variance with some . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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