title: Neurologic complications of systemic cancer.
abstract: Neurologic complications of systemic cancer may result from metastatic spread of tumor to the central nervous system, from paraneoplastic effects of peripheral tumor, or from side effects of anticancer therapy. This article outlines currently available data on clinical presentations of these complications and diagnostic modalities for their recognition, data which may help the clinician ameliorate the often devastating sequelae of these neurologic complications.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D003389:Cranial Nerve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D010257:Paraneoplastic Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011832:Radiation Injuries / Q000209:etiology; D013117:Spinal Cord Compression / Q000209:etiology; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents