Brain Tumors
By: Lauren Abrey, Warren Mason
Contributors: Mason, Warren P.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Fast Facts; Fast facts
Publisher: HEALTH Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Abingdon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 146
ISBN-13: 9781905832897; 9781905832873
Subjects: Brain; Tumors; Brain Neoplasms; HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; Cancer; MEDICAL; Oncology
Description: This highly readable second edition of Fast Facts: Brain Tumors challenges this view, starting from the premise that patients with brain tumors can truly benefit from a thoughtful multidisciplinary approach.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fast Facts: Brain Tumors Second edition; Imprint page; Introduction; Chapter 1: Classification and epidemiology; Chapter 2: Diagnosis; Chapter 3: Treatment; Chapter 4: Brain metastases; Chapter 5: Gliomas; Chapter 6: Meningiomas; Chapter 7: Neuronal tumors; Chapter 8: Pineal region tumors; Chapter 9: Skull base tumors; Chapter 10: Primary central nervous system lymphoma; Chapter 11: Brain tumor syndromes andtumor-like cysts; Chapter 12: Geriatric neuro-oncology; Useful resources; Index; Back cover.