Brain Tumors
An Encyclopedic Approach, Expert Consult - Online and Print
By- Andrew Kaye, MB BS MD FRACS, 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, Australia
- Edward Laws Jr, MD, FACS, Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Director, Pituitary and Neuroendocrine Center, Brigham Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, MA.
Meet the increasing need for effective brain tumor management with the highly anticipated revision of Brain Tumors by Drs. Andrew H. Kaye and Edward R. Laws. Over the past decade, enormous advances have been made in both the diagnosis and the surgical and radiotherapeutic management of brain tumors. This new edition guides you through the latest developments in the field, including hot topics like malignant gliomas, functional brain mapping, neurogenetics and the molecular biology of brain tumors, and biologic and gene therapy. Youll also have easy access to the complete contents online, with links to PubMed and a downloadable image library, at www.expertconsult.com.
Audience
Neurosurgery
Hardbound, 1088 Pages
Published: December 2011
Imprint: Saunders
ISBN: 978-0-443-06967-3
Contents
1 Historical perspective 1
2 Stem cells and progenitor cell lineages in the central nervous system 6
3 Classification and pathogenesis of brain tumors 36
4 Epidemiology of brain tumors 595 Neurogenetics and the molecular biology of human brain tumors 83
6 Biologic therapy for malignant glioma 1027 Gene therapy for human brain tumors 114
8 Immunology of brain tumors and implications for immunotherapy 1259 Histopathology of brain tumors 138
10 Advanced imaging of brain tumors 18811 Neuro-ophthalmology of brain tumors 214
12 Epilepsy associated with brain tumors 23713 Anesthesia and intensive care management of patients with brain tumors 249
14 Surgical principles in the management of brain tumors 28215 Radiosurgery and radiotherapy for brain tumors 296
16 Clinical trials and chemotherapy 30617 Mouse models for brain tumor therapy 316
18 Management of brain tumors in the pediatric patient 32919 Management of recurrent gliomas and meningiomas 347
20 Low-grade astrocytomas 37221 Glioblastoma and malignant astrocytoma 384
22 Oligodendroglioma 40823 Brainstem tumors 424
24 Intracranial ependymomas 43525 Choroid plexus tumors 450
26 Uncommon glial tumors 46227 Medulloblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors 503
28 Acoustic neurinoma (vestibular schwannoma) 51829 Other schwannomas of cranial nerves 570
30 Brain tumors associated with neurofibromatosis 58831 Meningiomas 600
32 Meningeal hemangiopericytomas 63033 Meningeal sarcomas 638
34 Pineal cell and germ cell tumors 64635 Non-functional pituitary tumors 672
36 Diagnostic considerations and surgical results for hyperfunctioning pituitary adenomas 69237 Chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base 723
38 Glomus jugulare tumors 74339 Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses 750
40 Esthesioneuroblastoma: management and outcome 76741 Primary central nervous system lymphoma 779
42 Craniopharyngiomas 80743 Dermoid, epidermoid, and neurenteric cysts 831
44 Colloid cysts 84945 Metastatic brain tumors 864
