Demystifying the Diagnosis of Gliomas

Palmer, Cheryl Ann

doi:10.1007/0-387-32025-3_13

Cheryl Ann Palmer M.D.⁸

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Grading of gliomas of the central nervous system remains a controversial subject among neuropathologists. Different grading systems have proliferated, likely due to the inability of one system to completely classify all tumors. Most of the systems used today are based on the 1929 system of Bailey and Cushing. As expected, all of the systems have their advantages and proponents, as well as their drawbacks. Dissension among various institutions regarding grading systems and the propagation of different grading systems via publications in medical journals also serve to confuse the clinicians responsible for the care of patients with brain tumors, largely neurologists, neuro-oncologists, and neurosurgeons.

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Departments of Pathology and Neurology, Division of Neuropathology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Cheryl Ann Palmer M.D. (Associate Professor)

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Immunohistochemistry Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
David C. Chhieng M.D., M.B.A. (Associate Professor and Director) (Associate Professor and Director)
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Gene P. Siegal M.D., Ph.D. (Professor of Pathology, Cell Biology, and Surgery, Director, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Senior Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center) (Professor of Pathology, Cell Biology, and Surgery, Director, Division of Anatomic Pathology, Senior Scientist, UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center)

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Palmer, C.A. (2005). Demystifying the Diagnosis of Gliomas. In: Chhieng, D.C., Siegal, G.P. (eds) Updates in Diagnostic Pathology. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 563. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-32025-3_13

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