1. Contents

   Table of Contents Pages: 1 - 2

2. Neuro-Oncology in a Nutshell

   • Joachim M. Baehring

   OriginalPaper Pages: 99 - 100

3. Mild Heat Shock Induces Autophagic Growth Arrest, But Not Apoptosis in U251-MG and U87-MG Human Malignant Glioma Cells

   • Tadashi Komata
   • Takao Kanzawa
   • Ryuichi Tanaka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 101 - 111

4. Prognostic Value of Mdm2, p53 and p16 in Patients with Astrocytomas

   • Stella M. Ranuncolo
   • Mirta Varela
   • Lydia Puricelli

   OriginalPaper Pages: 113 - 121

5. MR Imaging of Mouse Leptomeningeal Metastases

   • Dieta Brandsma
   • Martin J.B. Taphoorn
   • Erwin Blezer

   OriginalPaper Pages: 123 - 130

6. Expression of G-CSF and GM-CSF in Human Meningiomas Correlates with Increased Tumor Proliferation and Vascularization

   • Bernhard Braun
   • Manfred Lange
   • Margareta M. Mueller

   OriginalPaper Pages: 131 - 140

7. Deletions of Chromosomes 1p and 19q are Detectable on Frozen Smears of Gliomas by FISH: Usefulness for Stereotactic Biopsies

   • Corinne Bouvier
   • Patrice Roll
   • Dominique Figarella-Branger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 141 - 149

8. Dural Spread of a Merkel Cell Tumor

   • Sergei I. Bannykh
   • Lawrence Hansen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 151 - 151

9. Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors: A Single Institution Experience and Review of the Literature

   • A.A. Smith
   • E. Weng
   • N.K. Foreman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 153 - 159

10. A Report of Primary Brain Fibrosarcoma with Literature Review

    • Ning Cai
    • Leonard B. Kahn

    OriginalPaper Pages: 161 - 167

11. Sclerosing Meningioma: Clinicopathological Study of Four Cases

    • So-Hyang Im
    • Chun K. Chung
    • Je G. Chi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 169 - 175

12. Successful Removal After Radiotherapy and Vascular Embolization in a Huge Tentorial Epithelioid Hemangioendothelioma: A Case Report

    • Toshihiko Kubota
    • Kazufumi Sato
    • Yuji Handa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 183

13. Meningioma Arising From the Trigeminal Nerve: A Case Report and Literature Review

    • Yasunori Fujimoto
    • Amami Kato
    • Toshiki Yoshimine

    OriginalPaper Pages: 185 - 187

14. Neuro-Oncology International Calendar of Events 2004

    Events Pages: 189 - 190

15. Instructions for Authors

    Instructions for Authors Pages: 191 - 195