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Neuropsychological Assessment in Brain Tumor Patients

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Advances in cancer treatment have improved survival rates, and the number of studies on survivors has thus increased. These studies have been focusing more on aspects such as cognitive decline and quality of life.

Brain tumor patients are definitely not an exception, which has compelled researchers in this field to devise more effective strategies for diagnosis, prognosis, management, and follow-up, particularly in rehabilitation.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, National Cancer Institute, Mexico City, Mexico

    Josana Rodríguez-Orozco

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Aurora Neuroscience Innovation Institute, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    Alejandro Monroy-Sosa

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  3. Instituto Nacional de Cancerología, Mexico City, Mexico

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Rodríguez-Orozco, J. (2021). Neuropsychological Assessment in Brain Tumor Patients. In: Monroy-Sosa, A., Chakravarthi, S.S., de la Garza-Salazar, J.G., Meneses Garcia, A., Kassam, A.B. (eds) Principles of Neuro-Oncology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54879-7_13

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