Cancer PracticeVolume 10, Issue 6 p. 266-268 Neuropsychological and Emotional Challenges in a 38-Year-Old Man with a Brain Tumor Mark Itzen , MD, Mark Itzen , MD Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorJohn Sheldon , MD, John Sheldon , MD Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorChristina A. Meyers , PhD, ABPP, Christina A. Meyers , PhD, ABPP Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorDonna Green , RN, BSN, BA, OCN, Donna Green , RN, BSN, BA, OCN Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorCarolyn Long , MSW, LCSW, Carolyn Long , MSW, LCSW Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorBarbara Buckley , MSW, LCSW, Barbara Buckley , MSW, LCSW Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author Mark Itzen , MD, Mark Itzen , MD Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorJohn Sheldon , MD, John Sheldon , MD Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorChristina A. Meyers , PhD, ABPP, Christina A. Meyers , PhD, ABPP Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorDonna Green , RN, BSN, BA, OCN, Donna Green , RN, BSN, BA, OCN Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorCarolyn Long , MSW, LCSW, Carolyn Long , MSW, LCSW Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this authorBarbara Buckley , MSW, LCSW, Barbara Buckley , MSW, LCSW Department of Social Work, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PennsylvanniaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Research Medical Center, Kansas City, MissouriProfessor of Neuropsychology, Department of Neuro-Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TexasRadiation Oncology Nursing Coordinator, Maine Medical Center, Portland, MaineClinical Social Workers, UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, San Francisco, CaliforniaSearch for more papers by this author First published: 29 October 2002 https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1523-5394.2002.106003.x Department Editors: Laura J. Hilderley, RN, MS; Ryan R. Iwamoto, RN, CS, MN; and M. Tish Knobf, RN, PhD, FAAN. 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