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

• Pubblicazione: London, : Mac Keith Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (372 p.)
• Disciplina: 618.92/994
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): EstlinEddy; LowisStephen
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462660803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Clinics in developmental medicine ; ; no. 166.