BookAnita Mahajan, Arnold Paulino, editors.
Contents:
Epidemiology of childhood brain tumors / Philip J. Lupo, Surya P. Rednam, and Murali Chintagumpala
Histopathology of primary tumors of the central nervous system / Adekunle M. Adesina
Imaging of pediatric central nervous system tumors / Edgar G. Ordonez-Rubiano, Rachel S. Hicklen, Laura Rivera-Osorio and Jason M. Johnson
Surgical principles in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors / Eric N. Momin, Mahmood Khan, and Andrew Jea
Chemotherapeutic strategies in brain tumors / Soumen Khatua
Medulloblastoma / Arnold C. Paulino and Christian Carrie
Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor / Mary Frances McAleer
Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) and ETMR / Susan L. McGovern
Ependymoma / Rosangela Correa Villar and Thomas E. Merchant
Low-grade glioma / Rolf-Dieter Kortmann and Arnold C. Paulino
Optic pathway glioma / Julie A. Bradley, Ronny L. Rotondo, and Daniel J. Indelicato
High-grade glioma / Scheryll Alken, Fernando Carceller, Henry Mandeville, and Frank Saran
Brainstem tumors / Carolyn R. Freeman, Jean-Pierre Farmer, and Nada Jabado
Central nervous system germinoma / Yuta Shibamoto and Shinya Takemoto
Central nervous system nongerminomatous germ cell tumors / Ji Hoon Phi, Chuhl Joo Lyu, and Joo-Young Kim
Craniopharyngioma / Andrew J. Bishop and David R. Grosshans
CNS leukemia / Yi An and Kenneth B. Roberts
Spinal tumors / Natia Esiashvili, Ronica Nanda, Mohammad Khan, and Bree Eaton
Choroid plexus tumors / Arthur K. Liu, Todd Hankinson, and Johannes E. A. Wolff
Proton therapy for skull base chordomas in the pediatric and adolescent patient / Eugen B. Hug
Pituitary tumors : pituitary adenomas and langerhans cell histiocytosis associated diabetes insipidus / Ralph P. Ermoian
Pediatric brain metastases / Radhika Sreeraman Kumar and Ronny L. Rotondo
Anesthesia for immobilization / Pascal Owusu-Agyemang
Image guidance in pediatric brain radiotherapy / Sara Alcorn and Stephanie Terezakis
Conformal radiation therapy for pediatric CNS tumors / Thomas B. Daniels and Nadia N. Laack
Proton therapy for pediatric brain tumors / Anita Mahajan
Craniospinal irradiation / Bree R. Eaton, Judith Adams, and Torunn I. Yock
Special radiation techniques for pediatric brain tumors / Susan M. Hiniker and Iris C. Gibbs
Reirradiation / Patricia E. Daly and Normand J. Laperriere
Neuropsychological late effects of radiotherapy for pediatric brain tumors / Marsha Nortz Gragert, Tanya N. Antonini, and Lisa S. Kahalley
Endocrine sequelae of central nervous system irradiation / Steven G. Waguespack and Wassim Chemaitilly
Ophthalmic outcomes for children treated with CNS radiation / Irene T. Tung and Jane C. Edmond
Hearing / Paul W. Gidley
Vascular late effects of cranial radiation / Christine Hill-Kayser and Louis Constine
Second neoplasms after successful treatment for pediatric central nervous system tumors / Mark J. Amsbaugh and Shiao Y. Woo
Afterword / Edward C. Halperin.