Gliomas
By: Andreas von Deimling (ed.).
Series: Recent results in cancer research -- 171
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Berlin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9783540312055; 9783540312062
Subjects: Gliom; Therapy; Glioma; Diagnosis; Gene Therapy; Gliomas
Description: Gliomas, which comprise astrocytic, oligodendroglial, and ependymal lesions, are the most frequent primary intracranial tumors. This volume summarizes the enormous advances in our knowledge of gliomas that have occurred during recent years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: pt. 1. Gliomas; title: Astrocytic tumors / Markus J. Riemenschneider and Guido Reifenberger; title: Molecular pathology of oligodendroglial tumors / Christian Hartmann and Andreas von Deimling; title: Ependymal tumors / Martin Hasselblatt; title: Pediatric gliomas / Stefan Pfister and Olaf Witt; title: Hereditary tumor syndromes and gliomas / David Reuss and Andreas von Deimling; title: pt. 2. Management of gliomas; title: Surgical management of intracranial gliomas / Matthias Simon and Johannes Schramm; title: Radiation therapy / Stephanie E. Combs; title: Adjuvant therapy / Wolfgang Wick and Michael Weller; title: Other experimental therapies for glioma / Manfred Westphal and Katrin Lamszus; title: Neurotoxicity of treatment / Pasquale Calabrese and Uwe Schlegel; title: Neuroimaging / R. Klingebiel and G. Bohner; title: pt. 3. Angiogenesis in gliomas / Marcia Machein and Lourdes Sánchez de Miguel; title: Gene regulation by methylation / Wolf C. Mueller and Andreas von Deimling; title: Brain tumor stem cells / Christian Nern, Daniel Sommerlad, Till Acker, and Karl H. Plate.