Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 5

1. Methylation in Malignant Astrocytomas
María del Mar Inda, Juan A. Rey, Xing Fan, Javier S. Castresana

2. Deciphering the Function of Doppel Protein in Astrocytomas
Alberto Azzalin, Sergio Comincini

3. Astrocytic Tumors: Role of Antiapoptotic Proteins
Alfredo Conti, Carlo Gulì, Giuseppe J. Sciarrone, Chiara Tomasello

4. Deregulation of the Wnt/β-Catenin/Tcf Signaling Pathway in Astrocytomas
Gangadhara Reddy Sareddy, Phanithi Prakash Babu

5. Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma: Role of mTOR Pathway and Its Inhibitors
Katarzyna Kotulska, Sergiusz Jóźwiak

6. Role of Progesterone Receptor Isoforms in Human Astrocytomas Growth
Ignacio Camacho-Arroyo, Valeria Hansberg-Pastor, Edith Cabrera-Muñoz, Olivia Tania Hernández-Hernández, Aliesha González-Arenas

7. Astrocytic Tumors: Role of Carbonic Anhydrase IX
Joonas Haapasalo, Hannu Haapasalo, Seppo Parkkila

8. Development of Cysts in Pilocytic Astrocytomas: Role  of Eosinophilic Granular Bodies (Method)
Jai-Nien Tung, Tang-Yi Tsao, Kun-Tu Yeh, Ching-Fong Liao, Ming-Chung Jiang

9. Role of Synemin in Astrocytoma Cell Migration
Quincy Quick, Yihang Pan, Omar Skalli

10. Diffuse Astrocytomas: Immunohistochemistry of MGMT Expression
David Capper

11. Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors: An Epidemiology Review
Daniel L. Keene, Donna Johnston

12. RAF Fusion Genes and MAPK Activation in Pilocytic Astrocytomas
Sally R. Lambert, David T. W. Jones

13. Biomarker Discovery in Central Nervous System Neoplasms: Past, Present and Future
Anne F. Buckley, Roger E. McLendon, Carol J. Wikstrand, Darell D. Bigner

14. Astrocytomas: Role of Taurine in Apoptosis Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Kirstie S. Opstad

15. Imaging of Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1-Active Regions in Tumors Using a POS and 123I-IBB Method
Masashi Ueda, Hideo Saji

16. Diffuse Low-Grade Astrocytomas: P53-Mediated Inhibition of Angiogenesis
Timo Gaiser, Markus D. Siegelin

17. Spontaneous Regression of Cerebellar Astrocytomas
Mansoor Foroughi, Shibu Pillai, Paul Steinbok

18. Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma: Gene Expression Profiling
Magdalena Ewa Tyburczy, Bozena Kaminska

19. Time-Resolved Laser Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TRLIFS): A Tool for Intra-operative Diagnosis of Brain Tumors and Maximizing Extent of Surgical Resection
Pramod Butte, Adam N. Mamelak

20. Magnetic Resonance-Guided Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy for Brain Tumors
Kevin Beccaria, Michael S. Canney, Alexandre C. Carpentier

21. Nanotechnology-Based Therapy for Malignant Tumors of the Central Nervous System
Abraham Boskovitz, Abdullah Kandil, Al Charest

22. Pilocytic Astrocytoma: Pathological and Immunohistochemical Factors Affecting Surgical Treatment and Surveillance
Devon Haydon, Jeffrey Leonard

23. Pilomyxoid Astrocytomas: Chemotherapy
Hitoshi Tsugu, Shinya Oshiro, Fuminari Komatsu, Hiroshi Abe, Takeo Fukushima, Tooru Inoue, Fumio Yanai, Yuko Nomura

24. Astrocytomas: Predicting Survival and Recurrence Using Cerebral Blood Volume Measurements
Sotirios Bisdas

25. Electronic Patient-Reported Outcome Monitoring (ePROM) in Brain Tumour Patients
Lisa M. Wintner, Johannes M. Giesinger, Gabriele Schauer-Maurer, Bernhard Holzner

26. Intra-operative ICG Use in the Management of Hemangioblastomas
Loyola V. Gressot, Steven W. Hwang

27. Hemangioblastoma Cysts: Diagnosis Using Fluorescence with 5-Aminolevulinic Acid
Satoshi Utsuki, Hidehiro Oka, Kiyotaka Fujii

28. Hemangioblastoma: Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Anand Veeravagu, Bowen Jiang, Steven D. Chang

29. Gangliogliomas: Molecular Pathogenesis and Epileptogenesis
Eleonora Aronica, Pitt Niehusmann

30. Epilepsy-Associated Gangliogliomas: Identification of Genes with Altered Expression
Albert J. Becker

Keywords: Biomedicine, Cancer Research, Neuroradiology, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Surgery, Pathology