Brain Tumors

Erscheinungsjahr 1999
ISBN: 978-0-19-512958-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 183 mm x 260 mm, Gewicht: 886 g

Written for neurologists and other physicians who participate in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors, the authors based this book on their individual clinical experiences. The text is practical. The first seven chapters provide a foundation for tumor pathology, biology, radiology, and the treatment modalities of surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy. Each of the tumor-specific chapters has a common format, reviewing the history, epidemiology, biology, pathology, clinical symptoms, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis and complications. There is a particular emphasis on treatment in these chapters.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Greenberg, Harry S.

Chandler, William F.

Sandler, Howard M.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Neurologie, Klinische Neurowissenschaft
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Onkologie, Krebsforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- 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 Tum ors: Current Practice

- 6: Radiation Therapy of 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 Olgio-Astrocytoma

- 11: Posterior Fossa Tumors

- 12: Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma

- 13: Pituitary and Peneal Region Tumors

- 14: Extra-Axial Brain Tumors