Current understanding and treatment of gliomas / Jeffrey Raizer, Andrew Parsa, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Raizer, Jeffrey, editor.

Parsa, Andrew, editor.

Series:

Cancer treatment and research ; volume 163.

Cancer treatment and research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gliomas--Treatment.

Gliomas.

Brain--Cancer.

Brain.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cham [Switzerland] : Springer, [2015]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

This book reviews the significant advances in our understanding of glioma biology that have been achieved during the past decade and describes in detail the resultant new approaches to treatment. Improvements in surgical techniques, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are comprehensively covered, with discussion of their impact in decreasing patient morbidity and increasing survival. In addition, individual chapters are devoted specifically to current treatment for low-grade gliomas, anaplastic gliomas, and glioblastoma multiforme. Other topics addressed include treatment of the elderly patient, investigating emerging therapies from small molecules to immunotherapy and palliative care. This timely book will be a valuable source of up-to-date information for practitioners and will also be of interest to researchers.

Contents:

Epidemiology of gliomas

Glioma Biology and molecular markers

Surgery for gliomas

Radiation for gliomas

Current treatment of low grade gliomas

Current treatment of AG

Current treatment of GBM

Novel Chemotherapy approaches in gliomas

Vaccine and Immunotherapy approaches

Malignant gliomas in elderly

Palliative care for glioma patients.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9783319120485

3319120484

OCLC:

897466508

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