Brain Tumors: Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Treatment (Neurological Disease and Therapy Book 89)

Emphasizing new and emerging therapies in each chapter, this reference provides essential information for clinicians to provide accurate diagnoses and select the most appropriate treatment regimens for patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors and neurological complications of cancer. Edited by a leading cast of authorities on the topic - including the Chief and Associate Editors of the "Journal of Neuro-oncology"--This easily-accessible guide reviews the epidemiology, identification, and management of brain tumors while exploring the latest advances in this increasingly diverse field Emphasizing New And Emerging Therapies In Each Chapter, This Reference Provides Information For Clinicians To Provide Accurate Diagnoses And Select The Most Appropriate Treatment Regimens For Patients With Primary And Metastatic Brain Tumors And Neurological Complications Of Cancer. It Reviews The Epidemiology, Identification, And Management Of Brain Tumors While Exploring The Latest Advances In This Increasingly Diverse Field. Principles Of Neurosurgical Therapy -- Principles Of Radiation Therapy -- Principles Of Chemotherapy -- New Approaches To Brain Tumor Therapy -- Imaging In Neurooncology -- Neurooncological Syndromes -- Pathology And Classification Of Tumors Of The Nevous System -- Astrocytic Tumors -- Oligodendrolioma And Mixed Tumors -- Ependymal Tumors -- Tumors Of The Choroid Plexus -- Neuroepithelial Tumors Of Unknown Origin -- Neuronal And Glioneuronal Neoplasms Of The Central Nervous System -- Pineal Parenchymal Tumors -- Embryonal Tumors -- Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors -- Meningiomas -- Malignant Central Nervous System Neoplams Of Mesenchymal Origin -- Primary Lymphoma Of The Central Nervous System -- Tumors Of The Sellar Region: Craniopharyngioma And Pituitary Adenoma -- Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors -- Germinoma, Nongermiomatous Germ Cell Tumors -- Central Nervous System Metastases -- Increased Intracranial Pressure And Extradural Compression Syndromes -- Leptomeningeal Cancer -- Neurovascular Complications Of Cancer -- Symptomatic Epilepsy -- Cancer And The Peripheral Nervous System -- Neurological Complications Of Cancer Therapy -- Paraneoplastic Autoimmunity Affecting The Nervous System. Edited By Joachim M. Baehring, Joseph M. Piepmeier. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Presents useful information for clinicians to provide accurate diagnoses and select the most appropriate treatment regimens for patients with primary and metastatic brain tumors and neurological complications of cancer. This book is edited by a experts on the topic - including the Chief and Associate Editors of the ''Journal of Neuro-oncology''