Primary Tumours of the Central Nervous System,9781901865370

Primary Tumours of the Central Nervous System

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781901865370
ISBN10: 1901865371
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): CRC Press
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Summary

Written by leading professionals in the field of neuro-oncology, this book provides a valuable overview and presentation of the most up-to-date ideas in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of intracranial tumors. Covering the recent diagnostic and therapeutic tools available in the radiological armanentarium, including MRI, stereotactic needle biopsy, functional MRI, 3D conformal radiotherapy (RT), radiosurgery, fractionated stereotactic RT, new chemotherapy agents and novel regimens, gene therapy, and anti-angiogenesis factors, and illustrated with quality images throughout, the book will be of great interest to all health professionals in this field.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
I General principles relevant to diagnosis and treatment
Classification, incidence and etiology of intracranial tumors
3(33)
Invasion, angiogenesis and the blood-brain barrier
36(29)
Principles of diagnosis
65(32)
Principles of therapy
97(52)
II Management of specific tumors
Glial tumors
149(40)
Meningeal tumors
189(32)
Neuronal, mixed and neuronalglial and embryonal tumors
221(28)
Pineal region tumors
249(21)
Tumors of cranial nerves and skull base
270(26)
Pituitary and sellar region tumors
296(24)
Primary central nervous system lymphoma and other hemopoietic tumors
320(20)
Miscellaneous central nervous system neoplasms and `tumors'
340(27)
Intracranial metastases
367(28)
Index 395

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