Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood
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Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood

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Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood

About this book

Ranging from epidemiology and neuroimaging through the general principles of surgery and radiotherapy/chemotherapy to issues of palliative care and quality of life, this concise, broad-ranging and practical text covers all clinical aspects of central nervous system tumours in children.It provides an overview of current important issues in diagnosis and management, and focuses on important areas of research, with an emphasis on the areas likely to impact on clinical practice.It is essential reading for paediatric oncologists, medical and clinical oncologists, neurosurgeons, and paediatricians involved in the care of children with brain tumours, trainees in these and related specialties, specialist nurses and paramedical staff.

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Information

Publisher
Mac Keith Press
Year
2005
Print ISBN
9781898683384
eBook ISBN
9781898683384
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Neurology

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. AUTHORS’ APPOINTMENTS
  3. 1. INTRODUCTION Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis
  4. 2. THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PAEDIATRIC CNS TUMOURS GA Amos Burke
  5. 3. PAEDIATRIC CNS TUMOURS: NEUROIMAGING Shelley Renowden
  6. 4. PATHOLOGY AND MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY OF CHILDHOOD CNS TUMOURS Lucy B Rorke-Adams and Jaclyn A Biegel
  7. 5. MOLECULAR APPROACHES TO THE UNDERSTANDING AND TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD CNS TUMOURS Richard J Gilbertson
  8. 6. SURGICAL MANAGEMENT OF CNS TUMOURS IN THE PAEDIATRIC POPULATION Jerard Ross and John Thorne
  9. 7. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF RADIOTHERAPY Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis
  10. 8. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CHEMOTHERAPY Eddy Estlin
  11. 9. MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS AT PRESENTATION FOR CHILDREN WITH CNS TUMOURS Stephen Lowis
  12. 10. LOW-GRADE AND HIGH-GRADE ASTROCYTOMA Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis
  13. 11. EPENDYMOMA Ute Bartels, Douglas J Hyder, Annie Huang and Eric Bouffet
  14. 12. BRAINSTEM TUMOURS Carolyn R Freeman and Jean-Pierre Farmer
  15. 13. PRIMITIVE NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOURS Stephen Lowis
  16. 14. INTRACRANIAL GERM CELL TUMOURS Susanne J Rogers and Frank H Saran
  17. 15. CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA AND CARCINOMA Stephen Lowis
  18. 16. CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA Eddy Estlin
  19. 17. MIXED NEURONAL TUMOURS Eddy Estlin
  20. 18. SPINAL CORD TUMOURS IN CHILDREN Douglas J Hyder, Peter B Dirks, Ute Bartels and Eric Bouffet
  21. 19. METASTATIC DISEASE AFFECTING THE CNS Stephen Lowis
  22. 20. LATE EFFECTS OF CNS TUMOURS Adam Glaser and Gary Butler
  23. 21. AN OVERVIEW OF CEREBRAL FUNCTIONING AND ITS APPLICATION IN THE DEVELOPING BRAIN Andrew Curran
  24. 22. PALLIATIVE CARE Erica Mackie
  25. 23. CONCLUSIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis
  26. INDEX