Textbook of neuro-oncology / [edited by] Mitchel S. Berger, Michael D. Prados ; associate editors Ossama al-Mefty ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berger, Mitchel S.

Prados, Michael.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nervous system--Tumors.

Nervous system.

Brain Neoplasms.

Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial.

Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms.

Skull Base Neoplasms.

Spinal Cord Neoplasms.

Medical Subjects:

Brain Neoplasms.

Neoplasms, Neuroepithelial.

Peripheral Nervous System Neoplasms.

Skull Base Neoplasms.

Spinal Cord Neoplasms.

Physical Description:

xx, 854 pages : illustrations (partly color) ; 29 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Elsevier Saunders, [2005]

Summary:

This new resource presents today's most comprehensive, multidisciplinary coverage of cancers of the central and peripheral nervous system. Experts in neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neuropathology, neuro-oncology, and all other relevant fields present well-rounded, in-depth, cutting-edge information on epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment for each type of tumor entity. This practical organization allows readers to efficiently access complete clinical knowledge on any form of neurological cancer.

Contents:

Section A Basic Science / Section Editors: Mitchel S. Berger, Michael D. Prados 3

Chapter 1 Epidemiology of Brain Tumors / Margaret Wrensch, Terri Chew, Mitchel S. Berger, Yuriko Minn, Melissa L. Bondy 3

Chapter 2 Molecular and Cell Biology / Russell O. Pieper, Joseph F. Costello 8

Chapter 3 Animal Models / Dominique B. Hoelzinger, Michael E. Berens 13

Section B Diagnosis / Section Editors: Mitchel S. Berger, Michael D. Prados 19

Chapter 4 Diagnostic Imaging / Soonmee Cha 19

Chapter 5 Pathologic Classification / Scott R. VandenBerg 28

Section C Treatment Principles / Section Editors: Mitchel S. Berger, Michael D. Prados 45

Chapter 6 Neuroendocrinology / Sandeep Kunwar 45

Chapter 7 Neurotology / William H. Slattery III, Marlan R. Hansen 45

Chapter 8 Neuro-Ophthalmology / Creig S. Hoyt 58

Chapter 9 Surgical Strategies in the Management of Brain Tumors / G. Evren Keles, Mitchel S. Berger 62

Chapter 10 Basic Concepts Underlying Radiation Therapy / Kristin Bradley, Minesh Mehta 70

Chapter 11 Chemotherapy Principles / Ian F. Parney, Michael D. Prados 75

Chapter 12 Neurointerventional Techniques / Christopher F. Dowd, Van V. Halbach, Randall T. Higashida 80

Chapter 13 Immunotherapy / James Waldron, Andrew T. Parsa 87

Chapter 14 Gene Therapy for Malignant Gliomas / Devin K. Binder 93

Chapter 15 Functional Outcomes / Christina A. Meyers 101

Chapter 16 Clinical Trials / Susan M. Chang, Kathleen R. Lamborn 105

Part II Tumor-Specific Principles 109

Section D Intra-axial Tumors / Section Editors: Mitchel S. Berger, G. Evren Keles 111

Chapter 17 Diffuse Astrocytoma / G. Evren Keles, Tarik Tihan, Eric C. Burton, Michael D. Prados, Mitchel S. Berger 111

Chapter 18 Anaplastic Astrocytoma / Steven Brem, Susan Snodgrass, Margaret Booth-Jones, James Pearlman, Reed Murtagh, Frank Vrionis, S. Clifford Schold, Jr., Marguerite Wotoczek-Obadia, Amyn Rojiani 122

Chapter 19 Glioblastoma Multiforme / Ian F. Parney, Michael D. Prados 143

Chapter 20 Pilocytic Astrocytoma / Edward R. Smith, David H. Ebb, Nancy J. Tarbell, Fred G. Barker II 149

Chapter 21 Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma / Ziya Gokaslan, Tarik Tihan 156

Chapter 22 Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma and Tuberous Sclerosis Complex / Asis Kumar Bhattacharyya, Patrick Shannon, Mark Bernstein 160

Chapter 23 Oligodendroglial Tumors / Johan M. Kros, Ping-pin Zheng, John G. Wolbers, Martin J. van den Bent 167

Chapter 24 Mixed Gliomas / W.K. Alfred Yung, Joann Aaron, Kenneth D. Aldape 177

Chapter 25 Ependymoma / Allan H. Friedman, Roger E. McLendon, James N. Provenzale, Henry S. Friedman 190

Chapter 26 Choroid Plexus Tumors / Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Peter Jun, Jaque Jumper, Tarik Tihan, Michael W. McDermott 199

Chapter 27 Astroblastoma / Ivo W. Tremont-Lukats, Kenneth D. Aldape 208

Chapter 28 Gliomatosis Cerebri / Justin S. Smith, Susan M. Chang, Kathleen R. Lamborn, Michael D. Prados, Mitchel S. Berger, G. Edward Vates 211

Chapter 29 Chordoid Glioma of the Third Ventricle / Gary L. Gallia, Martin G. Pomper, Alessandro Olivi 218

Chapter 30 Mixed Neuronal and Glial Tumors / Richard A. Prayson, Lilyana Angelov, Gene H. Barnett 222

Chapter 31 Neuronal Tumors / Scott R. VandenBerg 227

Chapter 32 Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor / Walter A. Hall, H. Brent Clark 237

Chapter 33 Pineocytoma / Andrew T. Parsa, Jeffrey N. Bruce 240

Chapter 34 Pineoblastoma / Susan M. Chang, Fred G. Barker II, Tarik Tihan 248

Chapter 35 Medulloblastoma / Geoffrey R. Barger, James G. Douglas, William J. Kupsky, Andrew E. Sloan, Imad T. Zak 253

Chapter 36 Adult Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors / Marc C. Chamberlain, Thomas Chen, Sara H. Kim, Deborah L. Cummins 270

Chapter 37 Lipomatous Tumors / Jason S. Weinstein, Bette K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters, Kevin O. Lillehei 274

Chapter 38 Fibrous Tumors / Egon M.R. Doppenberg, J. Chris Zacko, Michael Y. Chen, William C. Broaddus 282

Chapter 39 Melanocytic Tumors / Nezih Oktar, Tarik Tihan, G. Evren Keles 287

Chapter 40 Hemangioblastomas / G. Edward Vates, Kurtis Ian Auguste, Mitchel S. Berger 294

Chapter 41 Lymphomas and Hemopoietic Neoplasms / Enrico C. Lallana, Lisa M. DeAngelis 301

Chapter 42 Germ Cell Tumors / Masao Matsutani 310

Section E Extra-axial and Cranial Base Tumors: Tumors of the Cranial Base with Special Consideration of Skull Base Tumors / Section Editor: Ossama Al-Mefty 321

Chapter 43 Acoustic Neuromas (Vestibular Schwannomas) / Cordula Matthies, Madjid Samii 321

Chapter 44 Nonacoustic Schwannomas of the Cranial Nerves / Samer Ayoubi, Ossama Al-Mefty 330

Chapter 45 Meningiomas / Ketan R. Bulsara, Ossama Al-Mefty, Dennis C. Shrieve, Edgardo J. Angtuaco 335

Chapter 46 Meningeal Hemangiopericytomas and Sarcomas / Samer Ayoubi, Ossama Al-Mefty 346

Chapter 47 Pituitary Adenomas / Jeffrey J. Laurent, K. Michael Webb, John A. Jane, Jr., Edward R. Laws, Jr. 351

Chapter 48 Chordomas and Chondrosarcomas of the Cranial Base / Ossama Al-Mefty, Benedicto O. Colli, Edgardo J. Angtuaco, Eugen B. Hug 357

Chapter 49 Paragangliomas of the Skull Base / Aramis Teixeira, Ossama Al-Mefty, Muhammad M. Husain 366

Chapter 50 Carcinoma of the Paranasal Sinuses and Olfactory Neuroblastoma / Franco DeMonte, Daryl R. Fourney, Adam S. Garden, Eduardo M. Diaz, Jr. 371

Chapter 51 Craniopharyngioma / Tetsuo Kanno 385

Chapter 52 Epidermoid Tumors / Emad T. Aboud, Ali F. Krisht 388

Section F Metastases to the Brain / Section Editor: Raymond Sawaya 391

Chapter 53 Brain Metastasis from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer / Adam N. Mamelak, Fredric Grannis, Robert Morgan, Jr., Richard D. Pezner 391

Chapter 54 Small Cell Lung Carcinoma / Deborah T. Blumenthal, Gordon A. Watson, Richard Wheeler 399

Chapter 55 Management of Central Nervous System Metastases from Breast Carinoma / Ali Schwaiki, Vaneerat Ratanatharathorn, Laura F. Hutchins, Said El-Shihabi, Mark E. Linskey 404

Chapter 56 Brain Metastases from malignant Melanoma / John H. Sampson, Timothy D. Shafman, James H. Carter, Jr., Allan H. Friedman, Hilliard F. Seigler 430

Chapter 57 Brain Metastases: Renal Cell Carcinoma / Kevin O. Lillehei, Brian D. Kavanagh 439

Chapter 58 Intracerebral Metastatic Colon Carcinoma / Timothy Ryken, Thomas Carlisle, John M. Buatti 443

Chapter 59 Gynecologic Malignancies / Sabrina M. Walski-Easton, Walter A. Hall 451

Chapter 60 Multidisciplinary Management of Patients with Brain Metastases from an Unknown Primary Tumor / Robert J. Bohinski, Kevin P. Redmond, Abdul-Rahman Jazieh, Ronald E. Warnick 457

Chapter 61 Skull Base Metastasis / Franco DeMonte, Fadi Hanbali, Matthew T. Ballo 466

Section G Spinal Axis Tumors / Section Editors: Andrew T. Parsa, Paul C. McCormick 476

Chapter 62 Spinal Axis Tumors: Incidence, Classification, and Diagnostic Imaging / Andrew T. Parsa, Tarik Tihan, Paul C. McCormick 476

Chapter 63 Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Spine / James Waldron, Philip R. Weinstein 485

Chapter 64 Spinal Meningiomas / Aaron A. Cohen-Gadol, William E. Krauss 489

Chapter 65 Myxopapillary Ependymomas / Ian F. Parney, Andrew T. Parsa 493

Chapter 66 Intramedullary Ependymomas / Theodore Schwartz, Andrew T. Parsa, Paul C. McCormick 497

Chapter 67 Spinal Cord Astrocytomas: Presentation, Management, and Outcome / Ira M. Goldstein, John K. Houten 501

Chapter 68 Spinal Cord Hemangioblastomas / Russell R. Lonser, Edward H. Oldfield 506

Chapter 69 Benign Tumors of the Spine / James Waldron, Christopher Ames 511

Chapter 70 Malignant Primary Tumors of the Vertebral Column / Dean Chou, Ziya Gokaslan 517

Chapter 71 Therapeutic Options for Treating Metastatic Spine Tumors / Mark H. Bilsky, Jeremy Wang 521

Chapter 72 Intrinsic Metastatic Spinal Cord Tumors / John H. Chi, Andrew T. Parsa 531

Section H Peripheral Nerve Tumors / Section Editors: Michel Kliot, Keith Kwok 535

Chapter 73 Evaluation and Management of Benign Peripheral Nerve Tumors and Masses / Keith Kwok, Jefferson C. Slimp, Donald E.

Born, Robert Goodkin, Michel Kliot 535

Chapter 74 Malignant Peripheral Nerve Tumors / Mubarak Al-Gahtany, Rajiv Midha, Abhijit Guha, W. Bradley Jacobs 564

Section I Pediatric Neuro-Oncology / Section Editor: James T. Rutka 572

Chapter 75 Supratentorial Low-Grade Gliomas / Sheila K. Singh, Peter B. Dirks 572

Chapter 76 Optic Pathway Gliomas / Cian J. O'Kelly, James T. Rutka 579

Chapter 77 Thalamic Gliomas / Mark M. Souweidane 587

Chapter 78 Midbrain Gliomas / Charles Matouk, Patrick McDonald, James M. Drake 599

Chapter 79 Supratentorial High-Grade Gliomas / Ian F. Pollack 604

Chapter 80 Lhermitte-Duclos Disease / Raafat Yahya, Todd Mainprize, Cynthia Hawkins, Juan M. Bilbao, James T. Rutka 612

Chapter 81 Cerebellar Astrocytomas / Cornelia S. von Koch, John H. Chi, Nalin Gupta 617

Chapter 82 Brainstem Gliomas / Bruce Kaufman 627

Chapter 83 Dorsally Exophytic Brainstem Gliomas / Prithvi Narayan, Timothy B. Mapstone 634

Chapter 84 Cervicomedullary Gliomas / Eve C. Tsai, James T. Rutka 638

Chapter 85 Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma / Concezio Di Rocco, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Ceasare Colosimo, Felice Giangaspero 646

Chapter 86 Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma / Ganesh Rao, John R. W. Kestle 649

Chapter 87 Hypothalamic Hamartomas / A. Leland Albright 652

Chapter 88 Ependymoma / Thomas E. Merchant, Robert A. Sanford 656

Chapter 89 Medulloblastoma / Cormac O. Maher, Corey Raffel 666

Chapter 90 Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors / Mandeep S. Tamber, Peter B. Dirks 675

Chapter 91 Dysembryoplastic Neuroepithelial Tumor / Michael D. Taylor, Todd Mainprize, Cynthia Hawkins 682

Chapter 92 Pediatric Meningiomas / Steve Casha, James M. Drake, James T. Rutka 687

Chapter 93 Pineal Region Tumors in Children / Tadanori Tomita 692

Chapter 94 Pituitary Tumors in Children / Ratan D. Bhardwaj, James T. Rutka 701

Chapter 95 Craniopharyngioma / Rose Du, Michael W. McDermott, Nalin Gupta 710

Chapter 96 Germ Cell Tumors in Children / Toshihiko Wakabayashi, Jun Yoshida 720

Chapter 97 Choroid Plexus Tumors / Nabeel Al-Shafai, Raafat Yahya, James T. Rutka 729

Chapter 98 Colloid Cysts in Children / R. Loch Macdonald 735

Chapter 99 Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors / Michael D. Taylor, Lucy B. Rorke 744

Chapter 100 Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis / Abhaya V. Kulkarni, Cynthia Hawkins 751

Chapter 101 Pediatric Skull Base Tumors / Henry E. Aryan, Hal S. Meltzer, Derek A. Bruce, Michael L. Levy 758

Chapter 102 Tumors of the Skull / Tien T. Nguyen, J. Gordon McComb 765

Chapter 103 Epidural Spinal Tumors / Paul Steinbok, Stephen John Hentschel, Robert D. Labrom, Michael Sargent, Caron Stralendorf, Karen Goddard, Glenda Hendson 777

Chapter 104 Spinal Column Tumors in Pediatric Patients / Douglas L. Brockmeyer, Wayne M. Gluf 788

Chapter 105 Pediatric Intradural and Extramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors / John C. Wellons III, W. Jerry Oakes 794

Chapter 106 Intramedullary Spinal Tumors / Joseph H. Piatt, Jr. 801

Chapter 107 Peripheral Nerve Tumors in Children / W. Bradley Jacobs, Rajiv Midha, Mubarak Al-Gahtany 811

Chapter 108 Neurocutaneous Syndromes / Paul Kongkham, James T. Rutka 818.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0721681484

OCLC:

54407519