Gliomas

by Berger, Mitchel S. Weller, Michael

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Full title :Gliomas / edited by Mitchel S. Berger, Michael Weller.

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Publication Date:2016.

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Publisher(s):Academic Press
Place of Publication:Amsterdam
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

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Description:1 online resource.

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ISBN:9780128030073, 0128030070
oclc:ocn953858183
LC Classification:RC280.B7
Dewey Decimal:616.99481

Section 1 Diagnosis and treatment 1. Epidemiology 2. Presenting signs and symptoms in brain tumors 3. Neuroimaging 4. Surgical approaches for the gliomas 5. Histological classification of gliomas 6. Molecular classification of gliomas 7. Next generation molecular diagnostics 8. Principles of radiation therapy 9. Principles of pharmacotherapy 10. Principles of immunotherapy 11. Experimental therapies: gene therapies and oncolytic viruses Section 2 Complications and symptomatic management 12. Complications of glioma surgery 13. Complications from radiotherapy 14. Complications from pharmacotherapy 15. Vascular complications in glioma patients 16. Epilepsy and brain tumors 17. Rehabilitation of patients with glioma 18. Psycho-oncology 19. Palliative care at the end of life in glioma patients Section 3 Disease specific chapters 20. Pilocytic astrocytomas 21. Astrocytic gliomas (WHO Grades II and III) 22. Low grade and anaplastic oligodendroglioma 23. Glioblastoma 24. Rare glial tumors 25. Ependymoma -- A heterogeneous tumor of uncertain origin and limited therapeutic options.