Alixis Van Horn

Neurologic Complications of Cancer and Cancer Therapy

Alixis Van Horn, C Harrison

When neurologic complications occur as a result of systemic cancer and cancer treatment, they can be more disabling for patients than their primary cancer and significantly impair functioning in varied domains. However, recognizing neurologic signs and symptoms as complications of cancer and …

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CLIN-SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT/QUALITY OF LIFE

Esther J. J. Habets, Sylvie Nederend, Martin Klein, Daniel Delgadillo et autres

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Neoplastic Meningitis

Alixis Van Horn, Marc C. Chamberlain

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What is the journey for patients with brain tumors?

Alixis Van Horn

Route of intracerebrospinal fluid chemotherapy administration and efficacy of therapy in neoplastic meningitis

Michael Glantz, Alixis Van Horn, Rebecca Fisher, Marc C. Chamberlain

BACKGROUND: A study was undertaken to determine whether route (intraventricular vs intralumbar) of intracerebrospinal fluid (intra-CSF) drug administration influences progression-free survival in the treatment of patients with neoplastic meningitis, which occurs in 1% to 5% of patients with known cancer. Currently available …

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Gender disparity in the rate of partner abandonment in patients with serious medical illness

Michael Glantz, Marc C. Chamberlain, Qin Liu, Chung‐Cheng Hsieh et autres

BACKGROUND: Life-threatening illness creates severe stress that may result in marital discord, separation, or divorce and may adversely impact treatment, quality of life, and survival. The few studies that are available to date have suggested that the risk of divorce is not …

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Lymphomatous Meningitis: Early Diagnosis and Treatment

Alixis Van Horn

The incidence of central nervous system (CNS) metastases has increased steadily since 1999, likely because of the use of drugs with poor access to the CNS as well as the successful treatment of extraneural cancers, resulting in longer survival.Lymphomatous meningitis is a …

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Recurrent lymphomatous meningitis treated with intra-CSF rituximab and liposomal ara-C

Marc C. Chamberlain, Sandra K. Johnston, Alixis Van Horn, Michael Glantz

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Managing reduced methotrexate clearance in a patient with a heterozygous methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene polymorphism

David C. Gammon, Mansi S Bhatt, Bhavini Patel, Meghan Anderson et autres

High dose methotrexate has become one of the treatments of choice for patients with primary CNS lymphomas due to its ability to penetrate the blood-brain barrier. A potentially serious complication of this therapy is methotrexate-related nephrotoxicity. We report the case of a …

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Curative surgery after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in metastatic poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma

Halfdan Sørbye, Bjørn Westre, Alixis Van Horn

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Early necrosis following concurrent Temodar and radiotherapy in patients with glioblastoma

Marc C. Chamberlain, Michael Glantz, Lisa Chalmers, Alixis Van Horn et autres

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Early necrosis following concurrent temozolomide and radiotherapy in adult patients with glioblastoma

Marc C. Chamberlain, Michael Glantz, Lisa Chalmers, Alixis Van Horn et autres

1513 Background: Concurrent temozolomide (TMZ) and radiotherapy (RT) is the new standard of care for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma GBM). This report is a prospective observational study of surgically confirmed early necrosis in adult patients with GBM treated with concurrent TMZ …

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