Brain tumors : principles of biology, diagnosis and therapy

In Memoriam Dr Macdonald Critchley - G.W. Bruyn. Foreword. List of contributors. I. Biology Of Brain Tumors. 1. Ontogeny and classification of brain tumors (M.B.S. Lopes, B.W. Scheithauer, S.R. VandenBerg). 2. Regulatory pathways in normal and tumor cells (E.C. Zwarthoff). 3. Molecular genetics of hereditary and non-hereditary central nervous system tumors (E.J. Dropcho). 4. Brain tumor edema and the role of the blood-brain barrier (A.F. Samdani, R.J. Tamargo, D.M. Long). 5. Pseudotumor cerebri (benign intracranial hypertension): mechanisms, causes and therapy (S.M. Al Deeb, B.A. Yaqub, G.W. Bruyn). II. General Aspects Of Diagnosis And Therapy Of Brain Tumors. 6. Epidemiology of brain tumors (N.I. Bohnen, L.T. Kurland). 7. Signs of focal lesions and of increased intracranial pressure in brain tumors (K.A. Jaeckle). 8. Brain tumor imaging (R.A. Zimmerman). 9. Neuro-imaging of spinal tumors (G. Krol). 10. Laboratory diagnosis of brain tumors (J.M. Kros). 11. Principles and new techniques in neurosurgery (T.C. Chen, M.L.J. Apuzzo). 12. Principles and new techniques in radiotherapy (M. Brada, G. Ross). 13. Principles and application of chemotherapy in brain tumors (P.L. Kornblith, W.C. Welch). 14. Immunotherapy and gene therapy (P.A.E. Sillevis Smitt, G.T. Manley). 15. Methodology of clinical trials in brain tumors (J. Hildebrand, T. Sahmoud). III. Neurotoxicity and Quality of Life. 16. Radiation damage to the brain (K. Peterson, D.A. Rottenberg). 17. Combined radiation and chemotherapy-induced disorders of the brain and spinal cord (M.C. Vigliani, R. Yaya-Tur, J.-Y. Delattre). 18. Radiation-induced cognitive dysfunction in adults (M.C. Vigliani, C. Duyckaerts, J.-Y. Delattre). 19. Issues of quality of life in neuro-oncology (C.A. Meyers). Index.