Controversies in Neuro-Oncology : Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery / by: Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo, Raza, Shaan M..

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Ahluwalia, Manmeet S., Author.

Arrillaga-Romany, Isabel., Author.

Asthagiri, Ashok R., Author.

Avendaño, Javier., Author.

Barkhoudarian, Garni., Author.

Beahm, David., Author.

Bekelis, Kimon, Author.

Bello, Lorenzo., Author.

Berger, Mitchel S., Author.

Brem, Henry., Author.

Bruce, Jeffrey N., Author.

Cahill III, Daniel P., Author.

Carter, Bob S., Author.

Chaichana, Kaisorn L., Author.

Chamoun, Roukoz., Author.

Chang, Steven D., Author.

Chen, Clark C., Author.

Chiocca, Antonio., Author.

Choudhry, Osamah J., Author.

Colby, Geoffrey P., Author.

Coll, Juan Barges., Author.

Coon, Alexander L., Author.

Couldwell, William T., Author.

Valle, Ramiro Del., Author.

DeMonte, Franco, Author.

Dey, Mahua., Author.

Duffau, Hugues, Author.

Dunbar, Erin M., Author.

Ebiana, Victoria., Author.

Eck, Jason C., Author.

Elder, Bradley., Author.

Evans, James J., Author.

Farrell, Christopher J., Author.

Flickinger, J. C. (John C.), Author.

Francis, Howard., Author.

Garje, Rohan., Author.

Germanwala, Anand V., Author.

Gonda, David., Author.

Gordon, Chad R., Author.

Groves, Mari L., Author.

Hadjipanayis, Costas G., Author.

Hardesty, Douglas A., Author.

Ho, Sze Chun., Author.

Husain, Zain A., Author.

Hwang, Brian Yu-Jin., Author.

Jackson, Christopher, Author.

Jallo, George., Author.

Kano, Hideyuki, Author.

Karim, Syed M. A., Author.

Kenning, Tyler J., Author.

Kleinberg, Lawrence., Author.

Kondziolka, Douglas, Author.

Kut, Carmen., Author.

Kwok, Young., Author.

Laterra, John., Author.

Laws Jr., Edward R., Author.

Lesniak, Maciej S., Author.

Lim, Michael, Author.

Lin, Li-Mei., Author.

Liu, James K., Author.

Liu, James K. C., Author.

Lobo, Bjorn., Author.

Lonser, Russell R., Author.

Lunsford, Dade., Author.

Luther, Neal., Author.

Mahmood, Usama., Author.

Malone, Hani R., Author.

Mehta, Minesh., Author.

Morcos, Jacques., Author.

Motivala, Soriaya., Author.

Nadi, Mustafa, Author.

Nakaji, Peter, Author.

Nduom, Edjah K., Author.

Niranjan, Ajay, Author.

Norden, Andrew., Author.

Patel, Smruti K., Author.

Patil, Chirag G., Author.

Pradilla, Gustavo, Author.

Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo., Author.

Raza, Shaan M., Author.

Recinos, Pablo F., Author.

Redmond, Kristin Janson., Author.

Regine, William F., Author.

Rigamonti, Daniele., Author.

Riva, Marco, Author.

Roberts, David W., Author.

Rosen, Marc R., Author.

Rutka, James T., Author.

Ruzevick, Jacob., Author.

Sanai, Nader, Author.

Sankey, Eric., Author.

Schiraldi, Michael., Author.

Schwartz, Theodore H., Author.

Shankar, Ganesh M., Author.

Sheehan, Jason, Author.

Spetzler, Robert F., Author.

Swanson, Edward W., Author.

Tamargo, Rafael J., Author.

Taºkapilioglu, Özgür., Author.

Taylor, Jennie W., Author.

Vaccaro, Alexander R., Author.

Veeravagu, Anand, Author.

Waters, Dawn., Author.

Weingart, Jon D., Author.

Weintraub, David B., Author.

Wen, Patrick Y., Author.

Wilson, David A., 1926-2018, Author.

Witek, Alex M., Author.

Wolf, David S., Author.

Woodworth, Graeme F., Author.

Xu, David S., Author.

Xu, Zhiyuan, Author.

Yang, Tong, Author.

Contributor:

Quiñones-Hinojosa, Alfredo, Editor.

Raza, Shaan M., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brain--Tumors--Radiotherapy.

Brain.

Brain--Tumors--Surgery.

Brain--Tumors--Treatment.

Evidence-based medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (522 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Thieme, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery, written by world-renowned experts, is a comprehensive guide that compiles, synthesizes, and summarizes the most relevant scientific literature available in neurosurgical oncology. It provides objective recommendations based on the data found in the literature, giving physicians the information they need to make fully informed treatment decisions.

Contents:

Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contributors

1 Introduction to Best Evidence Medicine

Section I Astrocytomas

2 The Role of Gross Total Resection in Low-Grade Gliomas

3 The Role of Surgery in the Management of High-Grade Gliomas (Newly Diagnosed, Recurrent, and Multifocal High-Grade Gliomas)

4 Adjuvants in the Surgical Resection of Astrocytomas (Intraoperative MRI and 5-ALA)

5 The Role of Intraoperative Mapping in the Resection of Low-Grade Gliomas

6 The Role of Awake Craniotomy in the Resection of Astrocytomas

7 The Role of Surgery versus Biopsy in the Management of Gliomas in the Elderly (Patients over 65)

8 The Role of Surgery in Brainstem Gliomas (Pediatric and Adult)

9 The Role of Local Drug Delivery in Management of Newly Diagnosed and Recurrent High-Grade Gliomas

10 The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Astrocytomas

11 Salvage Therapy for High-Grade Gliomas

Section II Pineal Region Tumors

12 Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors-Treatment Paradigms

13 Surgery versus Initial Trial of Radiation in the Management of Pineal Region Tumors

14 The Role of Gross Total Resection in the Management of Pineal Region Tumors

Section III Intraventricular Tumors

15 The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Subtotal Resection and High-Grade Ependymomas

16 The Role of Surgery in the Management of Asymptomatic Colloid Cysts without Hydrocephalus

17 Evidence-Based Management of Central Neurocytoma (Gross Total Resection versus Subtotal Resection and the Role of Adjunctive Therapies)

18 The Role of Surgery in Intraventricular High-Grade Astrocytomas

Section IV Hemangioblastomas.

19 The Role of Surgery in von Hippel-Lindau Disease with Craniospinal Hemangioblastomas

20 The Role of Radiosurgery in the Management of Hemangioblastomas

Section V Medulloblastoma

21 The Role of Surgery in the Treatment of Children with Medulloblastoma

22 The Role of Adjuvant Therapy in Medulloblastoma with and without Neuroaxis Seeding

Section VI Metastases

23 Surgery, Radiosurgery, or Whole Brain Radiotherapy for One to Three Asymptomatic Intracranial Metastases

24 Surgery Followed by Radiosurgery Boost for Metastases

25 The Role of Surgery in Patients Presenting with Multiple Metastases

26 Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS) versus Whole-Brain Radiation Therapy (WBRT) in the Management of Multiple Brain Metastases

27 Evidence-Based Management of Leptomeningeal Metastasis from Solid Tumors

Section VII Extra-Axial Tumors and Skull Base Tumors

28 The Role of Radiosurgery in Newly Diagnosed Meningiomas

29 The Role of Preoperative Embolization for Meningiomas (Skull Base and Non-Skull Base)

30 Adjuvant Therapies (Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy) for Atypical and Anaplastic Meningiomas

31 Extent of Resection and Selection of Operative Approaches in the Surgical Management of Petroclival Meningiomas

32 Need for Gross Total Resection of Cranial Base Meningiomas

Section VIII Hemangiopericytomas

33 Is There a Need for Gross Total Resection in Management of Hemangiopericytomas in the Era of Radiosurgery?

Section IX Meningeal Sarcoma

34 The Role of Surgery and Adjuvant Therapies for Meningeal Sarcoma with Brain Invasion

Section X Pituitary Tumors

35 The Role of Surgery in Nonfunctioning Pituitary Macroadenomas

36 The Role of Inferior Petrosal Sinus Sampling for Cushing Disease with Modern Dynamic Magnetic Resonance Imaging

37 The Role of Surgery for Recurrent Cushing's Disease.

38 Management of Pituitary Apoplexy (Early versus Delayed Surgery)

39 Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Functioning and Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas

Section XI Craniopharyngiomas

40 Controversies in the Surgical Treatment of Craniopharyngiomas

41 Use of Radiotherapy in Optimizing Management of Craniopharyngioma

42 Intra-Cyst Therapies for Craniopharyngiomas

Section XII Cranial Base Malignancies

43 Open versus Endoscopic Resection of Midline Anterior Cranial Base Malignancy

44 The Role of Craniofacial Resection in Anterior Skull Base Malignancies

Section XIII Chordomas

45 The Role of Surgery in the Management of Skull Base Chordomas

46 Radiosurgery and Fractionated Radiotherapy Techniques for Chordomas

Section XIV Vestibular Schwannomas

47 Radiosurgery versus Surgery versus Observation in the Initial Management of Vestibular Schwannomas

48 Goals of Surgery in the Management of Vestibular Schwannomas

Section XV Glomus Jugulare Tumors

49 Surgery versus Radiosurgery for Glomus Jugulare Tumors

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

ISBN:

1-60406-756-X

OCLC:

868976190