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Record Nr.

UNINA9910346845203321

Autore

Khatua Soumen

Titolo

Update in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology / Soumen Khatua, Natasha Pillay Smiley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019

Basel, Switzerland : , : MDPI, , 2019

ISBN

9783038975403

3038975400

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (138 p.)

Soggetti

Medicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This Special Issue of Bioengineering explores topics in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology ranging from preclinical modeling to translational research and neurocognitive outcomes. The topics are as below.  Radiotherapy advances in pediatric brain tumors; Neurofibromatosis 1 and brain tumors in children; Molecular biology of pediatric gliomas and therapeutic insights; Embryonal tumors of the central nervous system in children-era of targeted therapeutics; Preclinical models in pediatric brain tumors-clinical relevance; Molecular neuroimaging of brain tumors; Palliative care for children with central nervous system malignancies; Neurocognitive and psychosocial outcomes following pediatric brain tumors.