High-Grade Gliomas

I. Classification of High-Grade Glioma

1. Histologic Classification of High-Grade Gliomas
Richard A. Prayson

2. Molecular Classifications
Gregory N. Fuller

II. Clinical Characteristics

3. Pediatric High-Grade Glioma
Bruce H. Cohen

4. Adult High-Grade Glioma
Nicholas Butowski, Susan Chang

III. Diagnostic Tools for High-Grade Glioma

5. Computerized Tomography
Manzoor Ahmed, Thomas J. Masaryk

6. Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Paul M. Ruggieri

7. Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
G. Evren Keles, Soonmee Cha, Mitchel S. Berger

8. Imaging Tumor Biology
Timothy P. L. Roberts, Andrea Kassner

9. Nuclear Imaging of Gliomas
Alexander M. Spence, David A. Mankoff, Mark Muzi, Kristin Swanson

10. Magnetoencephalography
Michael P. Steinmetz, Jürgen Lüders, Edward C. Benzel

IV. Management

11. General Considerations
Glen H. J. Stevens

12. Surgical Techniques
Gene H. Barnett

13. Radiation Therapy
Hiral K. Shah, Minesh P. Mehta

14. Brachytherapy
Marcus L. Ware, P. K. Sneed, Michael W. McDermott

15. Radiosurgery
John H. Suh, Gene H. Barnett

16. Chemotherapy
Manmeet Singh Ahluwalia, David M. Peereboom

17. Nursing Considerations
Kathleen Lupica, Gail Ditz

V. Contemporary Investigational Treatments

18. Convection-Enhanced Delivery
Andrew A. Kanner

19. Immunotoxins for Glioma Therapy
Syed Rafat Husain, Raj K. Puri

20. Small Molecule Agents
Michael Vogelbaum, Tina Thomas

21. Cytokine Immuno-Gene Therapy for Malignant Brain Tumors
Roberta P. Glick, Terry Lichtor, Henry Lin, Edward P. Cohen

22. Monoclonal Antibodies
Abraham Boskovitz, David A. Reardon, Carol J. Wikstrand, Michael R. Zalutsky, Darell D. Bigner

23. Clinical Trials of Oncolytic Viruses for Gliomas
E. Antonio Chiocca, M. L. Lamfers

24. Biological Modifiers
Alexander Mason, Steven Toms, Aleck Hercbergs

25. Gene Therapy
Maciej S. Lesniak, Alessandro Olivi

26. Boron Neutron Capture Therapy of Brain Tumors
Rolf F. Barth, Jeffrey A. Coderre, M. Graça H. Vicente, Thomas E. Blue, Shin-Ichi Miyatake

27. Photodynamic Therapy
Bhadrakant Kavar, Andrew H. Kaye

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Oncology