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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972479803321

Autore

Greenberg Harry <1946->

Titolo

Brain tumors / / Harry S. Greenberg, William F. Chandler, Howard M. Sandler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-770583-9

1-280-83124-3

9786610831241

0-19-802965-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (367 p.)

Collana

Contemporary neurology series ; ; 54.

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

616.99281

Soggetti

Brain - Tumors

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1999.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 TUMORS: CURRENT PRACTICE; 6. RADIATION THERAPY FOR 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 OLIGO-ASTROCYTOMA; 11. POSTERIOR FOSSA TUMORS; 12. PRIMARY CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LYMPHOMA

13. PITUITARY AND PINEAL REGION TUMORS14. EXTRA-AXIAL BRAIN TUMORS; 15. BRAIN METASTASES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Based on individual clinical experiences, this book provides a foundation for tumour pathology, biology, radiology, and the treatment modalities of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.