Brain Tumors
An Encyclopedic Approach
- 2nd Edition - March 5, 2001
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Editors: Andrew H. Kaye, Edward R. Laws Jr
- Language: English
Completely revised and updated, the second edition of the extremely successful Brain Tumors incorporates current conceptual, technical and practical advances in the field. It inc… Read more
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Completely revised and updated, the second edition of the extremely successful Brain Tumors incorporates current conceptual, technical and practical advances in the field. It includes significant technical advances in the diagnosis, classification and analysis of brain tumors, advances in the surgical and radiotherapeutic management of many types of brain tumors, and advances in chemotherapy, immunotherapy and biological therapies. The book is both clinically focused and very accessible, making it very popular with busy clinicians tackling difficult problems.
Neurosurgeons in training and in practice.
Secondary market: Oncologists
Secondary market: Oncologists
SECTION I BASIC PRINCIPLES
Historical perspective.
The developing brain & cellular targets for neoplastic transformation.
Classification & pathogenesis of brain tumor.
Epidemiology of brain tumors & factors in prognosis.
Neurogenetics & the molecular biology of human brain tumors.
Biochemistry & metabolism of brain tumors.
Gene therapy for brain tumors.
Immunology of brain tumors & implications for immunotherapy.
Histopathology immunochemistry & ultrastructure of brain tumors.
Brain edema, increased intracranial pressure vascular effects and other epiphenomena of human brain tumors.
Clinical imaging & laboratory diagnosis of brain tumors.
Neuro-ophthalmology of brain tumors.
Epilepsy associated with brain tumors.
Functional and metabolic imaging of brain tumors.
Anesthesia & intensive care management of patients with brain tumors.
Surgical principles in the management of brain tumors.
Stereotaxis in the diagnosis and management of brain tumors.
Radiosurgery for brain tumors and Radiation Therapy.
Chemotherapy for brain tumors.
Clinical trials and combined modality therapy for adult glioma.
Experimental therapy for brain tumors.
Experimental models of brain tumors.
Management of brain tumors in the pediatric patient.
SECTION II SPECIFIC BRAIN TUMORS
Part I Gliomas
Management of recent gliomas and meningiomas.
Low grade astrocytomas.
Glioblastoma multiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma.
Oligodendroglioma.
Intracranial ependymomas.
Choroid plexus papilloma.
Uncommon glial tumors.
Part II Neuronal and neuronal precursor tumors
Medulloblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors.
Part III Nerve sheath tumors
Acoustic neurinoma (vestibular schwannoma).
Acoustic neurinoma (vestibular schwannoma) - the suboccipital approach.
Other schwannomas of cranial nerves.
Brain tumors associated with neurofibromatosis.
Part IV Meningeal tumors
Meningiomas.
Meningeal hemangiopericytomas.
Meningeal sarcoma.
Part V Pineal region tumors
Pineal cell and germ cell tumors.
Part VI Pituitary tumors
Pituitary tumors.
Part VII Skull base tumors
Chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the cranial base.
Glomus jugulare tumors.
Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses.
Esthesioneuroblastoma - management and outcome.
Part VIII Cerebal lymphoma
Cerebal lymphoma.
Part IX Tumor-like malformations
Craniopharyngioma.
Dermoid, epidermoid and neurenteric cysts.
Colloid cysts.
Part X Metastatic brain tumors
Metastatic brain tumors.
Appendix
Index
Historical perspective.
The developing brain & cellular targets for neoplastic transformation.
Classification & pathogenesis of brain tumor.
Epidemiology of brain tumors & factors in prognosis.
Neurogenetics & the molecular biology of human brain tumors.
Biochemistry & metabolism of brain tumors.
Gene therapy for brain tumors.
Immunology of brain tumors & implications for immunotherapy.
Histopathology immunochemistry & ultrastructure of brain tumors.
Brain edema, increased intracranial pressure vascular effects and other epiphenomena of human brain tumors.
Clinical imaging & laboratory diagnosis of brain tumors.
Neuro-ophthalmology of brain tumors.
Epilepsy associated with brain tumors.
Functional and metabolic imaging of brain tumors.
Anesthesia & intensive care management of patients with brain tumors.
Surgical principles in the management of brain tumors.
Stereotaxis in the diagnosis and management of brain tumors.
Radiosurgery for brain tumors and Radiation Therapy.
Chemotherapy for brain tumors.
Clinical trials and combined modality therapy for adult glioma.
Experimental therapy for brain tumors.
Experimental models of brain tumors.
Management of brain tumors in the pediatric patient.
SECTION II SPECIFIC BRAIN TUMORS
Part I Gliomas
Management of recent gliomas and meningiomas.
Low grade astrocytomas.
Glioblastoma multiforme and anaplastic astrocytoma.
Oligodendroglioma.
Intracranial ependymomas.
Choroid plexus papilloma.
Uncommon glial tumors.
Part II Neuronal and neuronal precursor tumors
Medulloblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors.
Part III Nerve sheath tumors
Acoustic neurinoma (vestibular schwannoma).
Acoustic neurinoma (vestibular schwannoma) - the suboccipital approach.
Other schwannomas of cranial nerves.
Brain tumors associated with neurofibromatosis.
Part IV Meningeal tumors
Meningiomas.
Meningeal hemangiopericytomas.
Meningeal sarcoma.
Part V Pineal region tumors
Pineal cell and germ cell tumors.
Part VI Pituitary tumors
Pituitary tumors.
Part VII Skull base tumors
Chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the cranial base.
Glomus jugulare tumors.
Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses.
Esthesioneuroblastoma - management and outcome.
Part VIII Cerebal lymphoma
Cerebal lymphoma.
Part IX Tumor-like malformations
Craniopharyngioma.
Dermoid, epidermoid and neurenteric cysts.
Colloid cysts.
Part X Metastatic brain tumors
Metastatic brain tumors.
Appendix
Index
- Edition: 2
- Published: March 5, 2001
- Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
- Language: English
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Andrew H. Kaye
Affiliations and expertise
Head of Department and James Stewart Professor of Surgery. Department of Surgery, The University of Melbourne; Director, Department of Neurosurgery, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaEL
Edward R. Laws Jr
Edward R. Laws is currently the Director of the Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He was formerly the President of the American College of Surgeons and has served as President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Editor of Neurosurgery, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery, Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and President of the Pituitary Society.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Director, Pituitary and Neuroendocrine Center, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, MA.