Bookedited by M.A. Hayat.
Summary: Like the ten preceding volumes in the series Tumors of the Central Nervous System, this book is distinguished for its comprehensive approach, its distinguished roster of some 93 contributors representing 8 different countries and its embrace of leading-edge technology and methods. Volume 11: Pineal, Pituitary, and Spinal Tumors concentrates on the diagnosis, prognosis and therapy of four types of tumors, namely Glioblastoma, Meningioma, Schwannoma and Spinal Tumors. The book offers an in-depth survey of a range of new technologies and their applications to tumor diagnosis, treatment and therapy assessment. The contributors explain in thorough detail a range of current and newly developed imaging methods, including molecular imaging and PET scan. Also covered is molecular profiling of brain tumors to select therapy in clinical trials of brain tumors. Discussion includes a review of such surgical treatments as resection and the application of non-invasive stereotactic radiosurgery for treating high-risk patients with brain metastasis. Additional discussion is devoted to tumor seeding.
Contents:
Part I. Imaging. An introduction to brain tumor imaging / Amit Mehndiratta [and 4 others] ; Molecular imaging of brain tumors / Nora Sandu, Toma Spiriev, and and Bernhard Schaller ; Use of 11c-4dst-pet for imaging of human brain tumors / Tadashi Nariai [and 3 others]
Part II. Glioma and glioblastoma. Diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging-based tractography for glioma surgery / Shiro Ohue [and 3 others] ; Angiocentric glioma, pilomyxoid astrocytoma, and Pituicytoma: new entities in the world health organization classification / Jamie L. Odem and Douglas C. Miller ; Diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas in children: treatment (an Update) / Amy Lee Bredlau and David N. Korones ; Gliomatosis cerebri: implications of genetic findings / Marcel Seiz and Christian Hartmann ; Impact of bevacizumab chemotherapy on glioblastomas / Brandyn A. Castro and Manish K. Aghi ; Glioblastoma microvesicles transport RNA and proteins Promoting tumor growth / David Gonda [and 4 others] ; MicroRNA in the pathophysiology of glioblastoma / Jessian Munoz, Steven J. Greco, and Pranela Rameshwar ; Surgical management of incidental low-grade gliomas / Johan Pallud and Emmanuel Mandonnet
Part III. Stereotactic radiosurgery. Stereotactic radiosurgery for the treatment of brain metastases / Emmanouil Fokas ; Local control of low-volume brain metastases using stereotactic radiosurgery / Howard Hsu [and 3 others] ; Tumor seeding after stereotactic brain biopsy / Gordan Grahovav ; Intracranial stereotactic radiosurgery in high risk patients with metastases from radioresistant primary tumors / Varun Kumar Chowdry and Seung Shin Hahn ; Brain metastases: treatment with stereotactic iodine-125 brachytherapy / Maximilian I. Ruge, Philipp Kickingereder, and Harald Treuer ; Stereotactic radiosurgery for skull base meningiomas / Daniel M.S. Raper, Robert M. Starke, and Ricardo J. Komotar
Part IV. Spinal cord tumors. Pediatric spinal cord tumors / Chiazo Amene, Michael Levy, and John Crawford ; Radiosurgery for intramedullary spinal cord tumors / Anand Veeravagu [and 3 others] ; Novalis spinal radiosurgery / David Ly, Christopher J. Anker, and Meic H. Schmidt ; Etiology and outcomes of pediatric spinal cord tumors / Susan Biffl
Part V. Meningioma. Selection of elderly meningioma patients for surgery using a Clinical-radiological grading system as a predictor of outcome / Manuela Caroli [and 5 others] ; Cranial meningioma in neurofibromatosis type 2 patients: role of mutations / Miriam J. Smith and D. Gareth R. Evans ; Classification of meningioma using immunogenic antigens / Nicole Ludwig ; Treatment of benign meningiomas using radiosurgery / Antonio Santacroce [and 5 others] ; Necrotic rhabdoid meningiomas: histopathological diagnosis / Ewa Matyja and Wiesława Grajkowska
Part VI. Schwannomas. Multiple schwannomas: diagnosis and treatment / Takashi Eguchi [and 9 others] ; Treatment of patients with vestibular schwanommas using gamma knife radiosurgery / Toshinori Hasegawa ; Schwannomas in the craniocervical region: complete surgical removal / Zaman Mirzadeh and Robert F. Spetzler ; Cranial base surgery of hypoglossal schwannomas / Yoichi Nonaka and Takanori Fukushima
Index.