Central nervous system tumours of childhood / edited by Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Estlin, Eddy.

Lowis, Stephen.

Series:

Clinics in developmental medicine ; no. 166.

Clinics in developmental medicine, 0069-4835 ; no. 166

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tumors in children.

Central nervous system--Tumors.

Central nervous system.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Mac Keith Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Covers all clinical aspects of central nervous system (CNS) tumours in children, including epidemiology and neuroimaging, the general principles of surgery and radiotherapy/chemotherapy as well as palliative care and quality of life. It also includes diagnosis and management, important areas of research which are important for clinical practice.

Contents:

Sect. I Introduction, and overview of diagnosis, biology and therapy

1. Introduction / Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis

2. The epidemiology of paediatric CNS tumours / GA Amos Burke

3. Paediatric CNS tumours: neuroimaging / Shelley Renowden

4. Pathology and molecular oncology of childhood CNS tumours / Lucy B. Rorke-Adams and Jaclyn A Biegel

5. Molecular approaches to the understanding and treatment of childhood CNS tumours / Richard J Gilbertson

6. Surgical management of CNS tumours in the paediatric population / Jerard Ross and John Thorne

7. General principles of radiotherapy / Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis

8. General principles of chemotherapy / Eddy Estlin

9. Management of complications at presentation for children with CNS tumours / Stephen Lowis

Sect. II CNS tumours of childhood

10. Low-grade and high-grade astrocytoma / Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis

11. Ependymoma / Ute Bartels, Douglas J Hyder, Annie Huang and Eric Bouffet

12. Brainstem tumours / Carolyn R Freeman and Jean-Pierre Farmer

13. Primitive neuroectodermal tumours / Stephen Lowis

14. Intracranial germ cell tumours / Susanne J Rogers an Frank H Saran

15. Choroid plexus papilloma and carcinoma / Stephen Lowis

- 16. Craniopharyngioma / Eddy Estlin

17. Mixed neuronal tumours / Eddy Estlin

18. Spinal cord tumours in children / Douglas H. Hyder, Peter B Dirks, Ute Bartels and Eric Bouffet

19. Metastatic disease affecting the CNS / Stephen Lowis

Sect. III Late effects, rehabilitation and palliative care

20. Late effects of CNS tumours / Adam Glaser and Gary Butler

21. An overview of cerebral functioning and its application in the developing brain / Andrew Curran

22. Palliative care / Erica Mackie

Sect. IV Summary

23. Conclusions and future directions / Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

946263551