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Brain tumors

Harry S. Greenberg, William F. Chandler, Howard M. Sandler

(Contemporary neurology series, 54)

Oxford University Press, 1999

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Written for neurologists and other physicians who participate in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors, the authors based this book on their individual clinical experiences. The text is practical. The first seven chapters provide a foundation for tumor pathology, biology, radiology, and the treatment modalities of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Each of the tumor-specific chapters has a common format, reviewing the history, epidemiology, biology, pathology, clinical symptoms, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis and complications. There is a particular emphasis on treatment in these chapters.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Brain Tumor Classification, Grading, and Epidemiology
  • 2. Brain Tumor Biology
  • 3. Tumor Imaging and Response
  • 4. Surgery for Brain Tumors
  • 5. Radiation Therapy for Brain Tum ors: Current Practice
  • 6. Radiation Therapy of Brain Tumors: Recent Advances and Experimental Methods
  • 7. Brain Tumor Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy
  • 8. Malignant Astrocytoma
  • 9. Pilocytic Astrocytoma, Low Grade Astrocytoma, and other "Benign" Neuroepithelial Neoplasms
  • 10. Oligodendroglioma and Olgio-Astrocytoma
  • 11. Posterior Fossa Tumors
  • 12. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
  • 13. Pituitary and Peneal Region Tumors
  • 14. Extra-Axial Brain Tumors

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