Malignant Brain Tumours

✍ Scribed by Mark Noble, Karen Bevan, Deon Venter (auth.), David G. T. Thomas MA, FRCP(G), FRCS Ed., David I. Graham MBBCh, PhD, FRCPath, FRS(Ed) (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag London
Year: 1995
Tongue: English
Leaves: 411
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

"...an example of an excellent co-operation between neurosurgery and neuropathology...an excellent compendium of current thought and practice of brain tumours...The book may serve as a reference both for study, practice, research and teaching. It can be fully recommended" - Journal of Brain Research

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Cellular and Molecular Approaches to the Study of Gliomas and Glial Development....Pages 1-12
Molecular Genetics of Brain Tumours....Pages 13-28
Current Concepts of the Histopathological Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System....Pages 29-108
General Introduction to the Clinical Features of Malignant Brain Tumours....Pages 109-114
Complications of Primary Malignant Brain Tumours....Pages 115-150
Low-grade Gliomas....Pages 151-170
Management of Brain Tumours in Childhood....Pages 171-192
Central Nervous System Neoplasms in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome....Pages 193-201
Metastatic Brain Tumours....Pages 203-220
Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Tumours....Pages 221-264
Surgery for Primary Malignant Brain Tumours....Pages 265-298
Radiotherapy for Malignant Brain Tumours....Pages 299-328
Chemotherapy of Malignant Brain Tumours....Pages 329-353
Immunotherapy of Brain Tumours....Pages 355-370
Back Matter....Pages 371-377

✦ Subjects

Neurology; Neurosurgery; Oncology; Neurosciences; Pathology

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