Cancer of the nervous system / / [edited by] Peter M. Black, Jay S. Loeffler

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910780778203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Philadelphia : , : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, , [2005]; ©2005
• ISBN: 1-4511-6546-3
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (882 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): BlackPeter McL; LoefflerJay S
• Disciplina: 616.99/48
• Soggetti: Central nervous system - Diseases; Cancer
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cancer of the Nervous System""; ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""Preface""; ""I Epidemiology, Pathology, and Imaging of Brain Tumors""; ""Epidemiology of Primary Brain Tumors""; ""Neuropathology of Central Nervous System Tumors""; ""Clinical Presentation of Patients with Brain Tumors""; ""Imaging in Central Nervous System Tumors""; ""Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Adult Primary Brain Tumors""; ""Positron Emission Tomography for the Management of Brain Tumors""; ""Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Its Use in Brain Tumor Diagnosis and Therapy""; ""Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Neurosurgery""""II Principles of Brain Tumor Management and Therapy""; ""Principles of Pediatric Brain Tumor Surgery""; ""Principles of Brain Tumor Surgery in Adults""; ""Image-guided Surgery""; ""Principles of Brain Tumor radiotherapy""; ""Biologic-based Brain Tumor Therapy""; ""Chemotherapy for Central Nervous System Tumors""; ""Immunotherapy for Malignant Gliomas""; ""Gene Therapy""; ""Management of Non-Neoplastic Problems in Brain Tumor Patients""; ""Psychiatric Management of Brain Tumor Patients""; ""III Specific tumor types and their Treatment """"Meningiomas: Natural History, diagnosis, and imaging""; ""Meningioma: Surgery""; ""Meningioma: Skull Base Surgery""; ""Radiosurgery in the Treatment of ; Meningiomas""; ""Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Meningiomas""; ""Medical Management of Meningiomas""; ""Vestibular Schwannoma: Overview of Natural History and Diagnosis""; ""Surgery in the Treatment of Vestibular Schwannoma""; ""Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Vestibular Schwannomas""; ""Fractionated Stereotactic Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Acoustic Neuromas""; ""Vestibular Schwannomas in the Setting of Neurofibromatosis Type 2""""Medical Management of Pituitary Adenomas""; ""Surgery for Pituitary Adenoma1""; ""Fractionated Conformal Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Pituitary Tumors""; ""Craniopharyngiomas""; ""Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Spine""; ""LowGrade Supratentorial Glioma""; ""Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas of the Chiasm and Cerebellum""; ""Malignant Gliomas""; ""Sarcomas""; ""Ependymomas""; ""Medulloblastoma and Other Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors""; ""Hemangioblastoma""; ""Tumors of the Pineal Region""; ""Central Nervous System Lymphoma in AIDS and NonAIDS Patients""""Gliomas of the Spine""; ""Vertebral Body Tumors""; ""Rare Malignant Brain Tumors""; ""Surgery for Brain Metastases""; ""Radiotherapy and Radiosurgery for Brain Metastases""; ""Epidural Disease""; ""Neoplastic Meningitis""; ""Paraneoplastic Disorders of the Nervous System""; ""IV Basic and Applied Biology of Brain Tumors""; ""Hereditary Brain Tumor Syndromes""; ""Growth Factors in Brain Tumors""; ""Angiogenesis in Brain Tumors""; ""Invasion in Brain Tumors""; ""Molecular Genetics of Brain Tumors""; ""Predicting Medulloblastoma Outcome""