Total care of the patient with a brain tumor with consideration of some ethical issues.
This overview discusses diagnostic accuracy, postoperative care, radiation therapy, reoperation, clinical trials, and care of the dying patient. Ethical issues are considered throughout.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004989:Ethics; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000628:therapy; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011241:Prednisone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011897:Random Allocation; D012086:Reoperation; D012640:Seizures / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D013727:Terminal Care
D003907:Dexamethasone; D011241:Prednisone