Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 13

1. Surgery

   1. Resection of Brain Tumors: Intraoperative Confocal Microscopy Technology

      • Nader Sanai, Robert F. Spetzler

      Pages 161-167

   2. Brainstem Cavernomas, Accessible Lesions: Surgery

      • Adib A. Abla, Robert F. Spetzler

      Pages 169-175

   3. The Role of Surgical Resection for Metastatic Brain Tumors

      • Aqueel Pabaney, Steven N. Kalkanis

      Pages 177-184

2. Brain Metastasis

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 185-185

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   2. Factors Responsible for Local Recurrence of Brain Metastasis

      • Akash J. Patel, Raymond Sawaya

      Pages 187-193

   3. Role of MMP2 in Brain Metastasis

      • George Stoica, Gina Lungu

      Pages 195-205

   4. Differentiating Choroid Plexus Tumors from Metastatic Carcinomas: Use of Inwardly Rectifying K+ Channel KIR7.1 and Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter-1

      • Rudi Beschorner

      Pages 207-211

3. General CNS Diseases

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-213

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   2. Alexander Disease: Role of Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein

      • Tomokatsu Yoshida, Masanori Nakagawa

      Pages 215-221

   3. Lipoma: An Overview

      • María Elena Erro Aguirre, Elena Hernández M. de Lapiscina

      Pages 223-229

   4. Tumefactive Demyelination

      • Adrian Häne, Ulrich Roelcke

      Pages 231-237

   5. Immunotherapies for Brain Cancer: From Preclinical Models to Human Trials

      • Thomas J. Wilson, Marianela Candolfi, Hikmat Assi, Mariela Moreno Ayala, Yohei Mineharu, Shawn L. Hervey-Jumper et al.

      Pages 239-251

   6. The Role of Hyaluronic Acid and Its Receptors in the Growth and Invasion of Brain Tumors

      • Yushan Kim, Sanjay Kumar

      Pages 253-266

   7. Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Brain Damage: Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mononuclear Cells Transplantation

      • Pedro M. Pimentel-Coelho, Rosalia Mendez-Otero

      Pages 267-277

   8. Pathological Angiogenesis: An Overview

      • Jennifer Roth, Rajiv D. Desai, Robert Friesel, Peter C. Brooks

      Pages 279-292

   9. Use of Mobile Phones and Brain Cancer Risk in Children?

      • Martin Röösli, Maria Feychting, Joachim Schüz

      Pages 293-300

4. Back Matter

   Pages 301-308

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Volume 13: Pineal, Pituitary, and Spinal Tumors is organized in six sections, for convenience and quick access to critical information. Section I, Types of Tumors includes a chapter on molecular characterization of Embryonal tumors, a chapter on diagnosis of metastatic oligodendroglioma using fine-needle aspiration cytology, one covering intra-arterial chemotherapy of oligodendroglial tumors and another on the role of cyclooxygenase-2 in the development and growth of Schwannomas, and others, closing with a chapter on trigeminal neuralgia with cerebellopontine angle tumors. Section II, Diagnosis, includes two chapters on cell counting in histopathologic slides of tumors. Section III offers three chapters which discuss aspects of intraoperative ultrasonography. Section IV covers brain tumor surgery, and Section V surveys Brain Metastasis. The final section offers a wide-ranging review of General Diseases, with chapters on, among others, Alexander Disease; Lipoma; Transplantation of human umbilical cord blood mononuclear cells in cases of neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain damage; and a chapter discussing the use of mobile phones and brain cancer risk in children. Like its twelve predecessors in the series, this volume merits distinction for its thorough approach, its roster of 78 distinguished contributors representing 14 different countries and its detailed examination of leading-edge technology and methods.

• Diagnosis of brain tumors
• Neurosurgery
• Radiotherapy
• Types of brain tumors
• Ultrasonography
• Diagnostic Radiology

From the book reviews:

“The purpose is to provide the latest literature on aggressive primary and metastatic brain tumors, in addition to their surgical and nonsurgical management. The audience includes practicing neurosurgeons, neurologists, oncologists and radiation oncologists, neuroradiologists, neuropathologists, and neuroscientists. … This volume chooses some challenging topics in brain tumors, rendering good reviews and discussing both conventional teaching and new concepts.” (Ramsis Farid Ghaly, Doody’s Book Reviews, November, 2014)

“This is the 13th volume in a whole series on the pathology, radiographic history, diagnosis, and treatment of malignant and nonmalignant brain tumors. As part of the series, this is an outstanding discussion of brain tumors including surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy of CNS tumors. I recommend this book to neurooncologists and neurosurgeons.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, July, 2014)

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