Intracranial metastases : current management strategies /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, Mass. :
Blackwell/Futura,
[2004]
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Table of Contents:
- Management of intracranial metastases : history
- The epidemiology of brain metastasis
- The biology of brain metastasis
- Brain metastases : histopathological and diagnostic pitfalls
- Imaging of metastatic tumors of the brain
- Intracranial metastases : medical management and prognostic factors
- Surgical management and techniques
- Whole-brain radiation therapy
- Radiosurgery for single and multiple brain metastases
- Stereotactic radiation of intracranial metastases
- Chemotherapy for brain metastases
- Metastatic lung cancer
- Current management strategies in intracranial breast cancer metastasis
- Management of brain metastasis in malignant melanoma patients
- Brain metastases from renal cell carcinoma
- Metastatic colorectal carcinoma
- Brain metastasis from cancer of an unknown primary site
- Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis : diagnosis and management
- Brain metastases from gynecologic cancers
- Brain metastases from genitourinary cancer : germ cell, testicular, prostate and bladder cancer
- Brain metastasis from upper gastrointestinal tract cancers : esophageal, gastric, hepatic, gallbladder, and pancreatic
- Brain metastases from thyroid carcinoma and other endocrine malignancies
- Brain mestastasis from sarcomas
- Metastic tumors of the skull base
- Neuropsychological impact of brain metastasis and its treatment
- Adjuvant approaches for preventing brain metastases
- Intracranial metastases : management guidelines and decision-making