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-inc

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Front cover
Preface
Acknowledgments
Contents
Contributors
PART I: PRINCIPLES OF DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
Chapter 1. Principles of Neurosurgical Therapy
Chapter 2. Principles of Radiation Therapy
Chapter 3. Principles of Chemotherapy
Chapter 4. New Approaches to Brain Tumor Therapy
Chapter 5. Imaging in Neurooncology
Chapter 6. Neurooncological Syndromes
Chapter 7. Pathology and Classification of Tumors of the Nervous System
PART II: PRIMARY NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMORS
Chapter 8. Astrocytic Tumors
Chapter 9. Oligodendroglioma and Mixed Tumors
Chapter 10. Ependymal Tumors
Chapter 11. Tumors of the Choroid Plexus
Chapter 12. Neuroepithelial Tumors of Unknown Origin
Chapter 13. Neuronal and Glioneuronal Neoplasms of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 14. Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
Chapter 15. Embryonal Tumors
Chapter 16. Peripheral Neuroblastic Tumors
Chapter 17. Meningiomas
Chapter 18. Malignant Central Nervous System Neoplasms of Mesenchymal Origin
Chapter 19. Primary Lymphoma of the Central Nervous System
Chapter 20. Tumors of the Sellar Region: Craniopharyngioma and Pituitary Adenoma
Chapter 21. Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
Chapter 22. Germinoma, Nongerminomatous Germ Cell Tumors
PART III: NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATIONS OF CANCER
Chapter 23. Central Nervous System Metastases
Chapter 24. Increased Intracranial Pressure and Extradural Compression Syndromes
Chapter 25. Leptomeningeal Cancer
Chapter 26. Neurovascular Complications of Cancer
Chapter 27. Symptomatic Epilepsy
Chapter 28. Cancer and the Peripheral Nervous System
Chapter 29. Neurological Complications of Cancer Therapy
Chapter 30. Paraneoplastic Autoimmunity Affecting the Nervous System
Index
About the Editors
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