ABSTRACT

Brain tumors have a longstanding reputation for being intractable to therapy, and with evidence suggesting that the incidence of some brain tumors is increasing, this has become the most feared cancer. However, with improvements in imaging technologies, radiation therapy and chemotherapy , as well as a greater knowledge of the genetic causes of bra

chapter |18 pages

Genetic risk factors

chapter |1 pages

Treatment of brain edema

chapter |7 pages

Mechanisms of steroid action

chapter 3|1 pages

Principles of diagnosis

chapter |22 pages

Clinical findings

chapter |6 pages

Differential diagnosis

chapter |3 pages

References

chapter 4|5 pages

Principles of therapy

chapter |19 pages

Operative procedures

chapter |12 pages

Atrophy, hydrocephalus

chapter |5 pages

Supportive therapy

chapter |11 pages

References

chapter 5|4 pages

Glial tumors

chapter |6 pages

Genetic alterations

chapter |9 pages

Biopsy

chapter |13 pages

Oligodendroglial tumors

chapter |8 pages

Choroid plexus tumors

chapter 6|1 pages

Meningeal tumors

chapter |31 pages

Meningioma

chapter |8 pages

Other tumors of ‘embryonal’ origin

chapter 8|6 pages

Pineal region tumors

chapter |1 pages

Germ cell tumors

chapter |14 pages

Etiology

chapter 9|14 pages

Tumors of cranial nerves and skull base

chapter |6 pages

Tumors of nasopharynx and

chapter 10|3 pages

Pituitary and sellar region tumors

chapter |2 pages

Endocrine abnormalities

chapter |2 pages

Laboratory evaluation

chapter |7 pages

Differential diagnosis

chapter |3 pages

Pituitary carcinoma

chapter |7 pages

Treatment

chapter |15 pages

Other diagnostic tests

chapter |11 pages

Neoplastic cysts and cyst-like tumors

chapter 13|7 pages

Intracranial metastases

chapter |7 pages

Pathology

chapter |7 pages

Treatment

chapter |7 pages

Specific treatment situations