Neuro-oncology /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam ; New York :
Elsevier,
[1997-]
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| Series: | Handbook of clinical neurology ;
v. 67. Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 68. Handbook of clinical neurology ; v. 69. |
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. Brain tumors: principles of biology, diagnosis and therapy
- pt. 2. Gliomas and other primary tumors of the brain and spinal cord
- pt. 3. Neurological disorders in systemic cancer.
- Biology of brain tumors
- Ontogeny and classification of brain tumors / M. Beatriz ... [et. al.]
- Regulatory pathways in normal and tumor cells / Ellen C. Zwarhoff
- Molecular genetics of hereditary and non-hereditary central nervous system tumors / Edward J. Dropcho
- Brain tumor edema and the role of the blood-brain barrier / Amer F. Samdani, Rafael J.. Tamargo and Don M. Long
- Pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension): mechanisms, causes and therapy / Saleh M. Al Deeb, Basim A. Yaqub and G.W. Bruyn
- General aspects of diagnosis and therapy of brain tumors.
- Epidemiology of brain tumors / Nicolaas I. Bohnen and Leonard T. Kurland
- Signs of focal lesions and of increased intracranial pressure in brain tumors / Kurt A. Jaeckle
- Brain tumor imaging / Robert A. Zimmerman
- Neuro-imaging of spinal tumors / George Krol
- Laboratory diagnosis of brain tumors / Johan M. Kros
- Principles and new techniques in neurosurgery / Thomas C. Chen and Michael L.J. Apuzzo
- Principles and new techniques in radiotherapy / Michael Brada and Gillian Ross
- Principles and application of chemotherapy in brain tumors / Paul L. Kornblith and William C. Welch.
- Immunotherapy and gene therapy / P.A.E. Sillevis Smitt and G.T. Manley
- Methodology of clinical trials in brain tumors / J. Hildebrand and T. Sahmoud
- Neurotoxicity and quality of life
- Radiation damage to the brain / K. Peterson and D.A. Rottenberg
- Combined radiation and chemotherapy induced disorders of the brain and spinal cord / M.C. Vigliani, R. Yaya-Tur and J.Y. Delattre
- Radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction in adults / M.C. Vigliani, C. Duyckaerts and J.Y. Delattre
- Issues of quality of life in neuro-oncology / Christina A. Meyers.