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Meet the increasing need for effective brain tumor management with the highly anticipated revision of Brain Tumors by Drs. Andrew H. Kaye and Edward R. Laws. Over the past decade, enormous advances have been made in both the diagnosis and the surgical and radiotherapeutic management of brain tumors. This new edition guides you through the latest developments in the field, including hot topics like malignant gliomas, functional brain mapping, neurogenetics and the molecular biology of brain tumors, and biologic and gene therapy. You'll also have easy access to the complete contents online, with links to PubMed and a downloadable image library, at www.expertconsult.com. Benefit from the knowledge and experience of Drs. Andrew H. Kaye and Edward R. Laws, globally recognized experts in the field of neurosurgery, as well as many other world authorities. Access the complete searchable contents online at www.expertconsult.com, with links to PubMed and a downloadable image library. Stay up to date with the latest developments in the field, including management of malignant gliomas; functional brain mapping; neurogenetics and the molecular biology of brain tumors; biologic and gene therapies; and much more. Apply the expert's best practices with their key points . The expert guidance of Drs. Kaye and Laws allows you to effectively deal with the increasing incidence of brain tumors, from diagnosis to surgical and radiotherapeutic management.

Table of Contents:
1 Historical perspective 1 2 Stem cells and progenitor cell lineages in the central nervous system 6 3 Classification and pathogenesis of brain tumors 36 4 Epidemiology of brain tumors 59 5 Neurogenetics and the molecular biology of human brain tumors 83 6 Biologic therapy for malignant glioma 102 7 Gene therapy for human brain tumors 114 8 Immunology of brain tumors and implications for immunotherapy 125 9 Histopathology of brain tumors 138 10 Advanced imaging of brain tumors 188 11 Neuro-ophthalmology of brain tumors 214 12 Epilepsy associated with brain tumors 237 13 Anesthesia and intensive care management of patients with brain tumors 249 14 Surgical principles in the management of brain tumors 282 15 Radiosurgery and radiotherapy for brain tumors 296 16 Clinical trials and chemotherapy 306 17 Mouse models for brain tumor therapy 316 18 Management of brain tumors in the pediatric patient 329 19 Management of recurrent gliomas and meningiomas 347 20 Low-grade astrocytomas 372 21 Glioblastoma and malignant astrocytoma 384 22 Oligodendroglioma 408 23 Brainstem tumors 424 24 Intracranial ependymomas 435 25 Choroid plexus tumors 450 26 Uncommon glial tumors 462 27 Medulloblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors 503 28 Acoustic neurinoma (vestibular schwannoma) 518 29 Other schwannomas of cranial nerves 570 30 Brain tumors associated with neurofibromatosis 588 31 Meningiomas 600 32 Meningeal hemangiopericytomas 630 33 Meningeal sarcomas 638 34 Pineal cell and germ cell tumors 646 35 Non-functional pituitary tumors 672 36 Diagnostic considerations and surgical results for hyperfunctioning pituitary adenomas 692 37 Chordomas and chondrosarcomas of the skull base 723 38 Glomus jugulare tumors 743 39 Carcinoma of the paranasal sinuses 750 40 Esthesioneuroblastoma: management and outcome 767 41 Primary central nervous system lymphoma 779 42 Craniopharyngiomas 807 43 Dermoid, epidermoid, and neurenteric cysts 831 44 Colloid cysts 849 45 Metastatic brain tumors 864

About the Author :
Edward R. Laws is currently the Director of the Pituitary/Neuroendocrine Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He was formerly the President of the American College of Surgeons and has served as President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, President of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Editor of Neurosurgery, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for International Education in Neurosurgery, Director of the American Board of Neurological Surgery, President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, and President of the Pituitary Society.

Review :
"The book will be indispensable for anyone involved in the study of brain tumors, especially for neuropathologists, neurologists, neurosurgeons, endocrinologists, and radiologists. The editors have gathered well-known experts to author each of the 63 chapters, providing the reader with a comprehensive selection of important issues on all aspects of brain tumors and ensuring that this book will become a classic source of multidisciplinary information..The book is particularly useful as a first source of integrated information for the everyday practice of neuro-oncology." - New England Journal of Medicine, review of the previous edition


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780443069673
  • Publisher: Elsevier Health Sciences
  • Publisher Imprint: Churchill Livingstone
  • Edition: Revised edition
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 216 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0443069670
  • Publisher Date: 06 Dec 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 276 mm
  • No of Pages: 1088
  • Sub Title: An Encyclopedic Approach, Expert Consult - Online and Print


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