1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910462660803321

Titolo

Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood / / edited by Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Mac Keith Press, 2005

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (372 p.)

Collana

Clinics in developmental medicine, , 0069-4835 ; ; no.166

Disciplina

618.92/994

Soggetti

Tumors in children - Tumors

Central nervous system

Nervous System Neoplasms

Age Groups

Neoplasms by Site

Persons

Nervous System Diseases

Diseases

Named Groups

Neoplasms

Central Nervous System Neoplasms

Child

Medicine

Health & Biological Sciences

Oncology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; AUTHORS' APPOINTMENTS; 1. INTRODUCTION Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis; REFERENCES; 2. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PAEDIATRIC CNS TUMOURS GA Amos Burke; Incidence of primary CNS tumours; Age and site distribution of primary brain and spinal tumours; Incidence of secondary and metastatic tumours; Epidemiological evidence for aetiological factors in primary childhood brain; Tumour syndromes;



Summary; REFERENCES; 3. PAEDIATRIC CNS TUMOURS: NEUROIMAGING Shelley Renowden; Neuroimaging techniques; Tumour types; REFERENCES

4. PATHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD CNS TUMOURS Lucy B Rorke-Adams and Jaclyn A Biegel Neuroepithelial tumours; Non-neuroepithelial tumours; REFERENCES; 5. MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO THE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD CNS TUMOURS Richard J Gilbertson; Advances in molecular biology techniques; Advances in pre-clinical disease models; Application of molecular biology to disease management; REFERENCES; Summary; 6. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CNS TUMOURS IN THE PAEDIATRIC POPULATION Jerard Ross and John Thorne; General care; Perioperative management

Surgical roles in common tumoursAdjuncts to surgical management; The role of neuroendoscopy in tumour management; Epilepsy surgery; REFERENCES; 7. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF RADIOTHERAPY Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis; Radiotherapy physics and biology; Techniques of radiotherapy administration; Side-effects of radiotherapy; Radiotherapy and the treatment of CNS tumours of childhood; Stereotactic radiosurgery in recurrent ependymoma; Conclusions and future directions; REFERENCES; 8. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMOTHERAPY Eddy Estlin; Pharmacology and tumours of the CNS; Chemosensitivity and CNS tumours

Clinical trials involving paediatric CNS tumoursRelationship between pharmacology, chemosensitivity and clinical effect; Summary and conclusions; REFERENCES; 9. MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS AT PRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN WITH CNS TUMOURS Stephen Lowis; Impaired consciousness, encephalopathy; Spinal cord compression; Electrolyte and endocrine disturbance; REFERENCES; 10. LOW-GRADE AND HIGH-GRADE ASTROCYTOMA Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis ; Low-grade glioma; High-grade astrocytoma; Conclusions; REFERENCES; 11. EPENDYMOMA Ute Bartels, Douglas J Hyder, Annie Huang and Eric Bouffet

Histopathological featuresMolecular biology and cytogenetic studies; Diagnostic features of intracranial ependymomas; Risk factors and prognostic considerations; Treatment; Recurrent ependymoma; Conclusions and further directions; REFERENCES; 12. BRAINSTEM TUMOURS Carolyn R Freeman and Jean-Pierre Farmer; Clinical presentation and imaging findings; Management; Prognosis; Controversies; REFERENCES; 13. PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOURS Stephen Lowis ; Pathology; Presentation; Assessment and staging; Prognostic factors; Therapy; Supratentorial PNET; Relapsed PNET; REFERENCES

14. INTRACRANIAL GERM CELL TUMOURS Susanne J Rogers and Frank H Saran

Sommario/riassunto

Covers all clinical aspects of central nervous system (CNS) tumours in children, including epidemiology and neuroimaging, the general principles of surgery and radiotherapy/chemotherapy as well as palliative care and quality of life.  It also includes diagnosis and management, important areas of research which are important for clinical practice.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISALENTO991002123229707536

Autore

Guglielminetti, Marziano

Titolo

Cesare Pavese : introduzione e guida allo studio dell'opera pavesiana : storia e antologia della critica / Marziano Guglielminetti, Giuseppe Zaccaria

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : Le Monnier, 1980

ISBN

8800642209

Descrizione fisica

VI, 194 p. ; 19 cm

Collana

Profili letterari

Altri autori (Persone)

Zaccaria, GiuseppeNole Canavese> <1947- ; author

Disciplina

853.912

Soggetti

Pavese, Cesare <1908-1950> Critica letteraria

Pavese, Cesare <1908-1950> Critica letteraria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia