Clinical Neuroscience - Brain tumors
Inhalte wichtiger Krankheitsbilder der Neurowissenschaften - Brain tumors
Inhalte wichtiger Krankheitsbilder der Neurowissenschaften - Brain tumors
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| Flashcards | 28 |
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| Language | Deutsch |
| Category | Medical |
| Level | University |
| Created / Updated | 10.05.2014 / 31.05.2015 |
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Which is the major distinction of brain tumors?
Which are the most common metastases in brain tumors?
Which is the most common pathway/location for spreading brain tumors?
What is the prognosis of metastasising brain tumor?
poor prognosis
What is true about primary brain tumors?
What is true about the etiology of brain tumors?
What defines a meningioma?
What defines a glioblastoma?
WHO divides gliomas into different stages I-IV. What is true about the grading?
Name the striking tumor pathology of grade II-IV gliomas?
What is true about medulloblastoma?
What are the characteristics of primary CNS lymphoma?
Non specific signs & symptoms of brain tumors?
Focal signs & symptoms of brain tumors?
What is the "red flag" symptom and what symptoms are related to it?
DIAGNOSTICS: the (standard) clinical approach is taking patients history and physical examination. What are the techinical approaches for brain tumor diagnostics for living patients?
What is true about therapy of edema and brain swelling?
What is true about the symptom of seizures in brain tumors?
What is true about the treatment of other symptoms with brain tumors?
Name the 4 main classes of drugs in chemotherapy?
What is true about the treatment with alkylators?
What is true of the antibody treatment in brain tumors?
Radiotherapy in generell: what is true about mode of action?
What are the practical issues about radiotherapy?
What are the side effects of radiation therapy?
What techniques are available in radiotherapy?
What are the goals of neurosurgery?
The maxim of neurosurgery is avoidance of creation of new neurological damage or destruction of healthy tissue. Though neurosurgery brings always certain risks. Which risks are likely?
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