Table of Contents
Foreword
Raymond Sawaya and W.K. Alfred Yung
Chapter 1
Epidemiology of Brain Tumors
Bondy, Franco DeMonte
Chapter 2
Molecular Genetics and Neuropathology of Intracranial Tumors: Lessons for Therapy
Fuller, Aldape, and Ian E. McCutcheon
Chapter 3
Radiology of brain tumors: Structure and Physiology
Hunter, Jelovani, and Anita Mahajan
Chapter 4
Surgically Curable Intracranial Tumors
Franco DeMonte and Ian E. McCutcheon
Chapter 5
Low-grade Gliomas: Evidence-Based Options
Lang and Ian E. McCutcheon
Chapter 6
Surgical Strategies for High-Grade Gliomas
Prabhu and Ian E. McCutcheon
Chapter 7
Pituitary Tumors: Endocrine and Surgical Aspects
Ian E. McCutcheon and Franco DeMonte
Chapter 8
Radiation Oncology for Tumors of the Central Nervous System: Improving the Therapeutic Index
Woo and Mark R. Gilbert
Chapter 9
Malignant Gliomas: Cytotoxic Chemotherapy
Mark R. Gilbert and Anita Mahajan
Chapter 10
Innovative Treatment Sstrategies for High-Grade Gliomas
Conrad, Heimberger, and Franco DeMonte
Chapter 11
Common Metastases to Brain: Carcinomas of Breast, Lung, Kidney, and Skin
Weinberg and Anita Mahajan
Chapter 12
Leptomeningeal Dissemination of Systemic Cancer
Groves and Mark R. Gilbert
Chapter 13
Lymphoma Affecting the Central Nervous System
Pro and Mark R. Gilbert
Chapter 14
Tumors of the Extradural Spine
Mendel and Anita Mahajan
Chapter 15
Tumors of the Spinal Cord and Intradural Space
Rhines and Franco DeMonte
Chpater 16
Symptom Management in the Patient with Brain Tumor: Improving Quality of Life
Burton, Konzen, Meyers, and Mark R. Gilbert
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