Primary Central Nervous System Tumors

1. Epidemiology and Risk Factors
Christine Lu-Emerson, Andrew D. Norden

2. Molecular Pathogenesis
Howard Colman, Ken Aldape

3. Cellular Origins of Malignant Glioma: The Cancer Stem Cell Polemic
Christopher M. Taylor, Claire M. Sauvageot, Patrick Y.C. Wen, Charles D. Stiles

4. Principles of Supportive Care
Jan Drappatz, Patrick Y.C. Wen

5. Principles of Clinical Trial Design and Response Assessment
Nicholas Butowski, Susan Chang

6. Complications of Therapy
Derek R. Johnson, Jonathan B. Ashman, Paul D. Brown, Daniel H. Lachance, Jan C. Buckner

7. Neuropsychological Function and Quality of Life
Jeffrey S. Wefel, Terri A. Armstrong, Sadhna Kohli

8. Low-Grade Gliomas
Jonathan H. Sherman, David Weintraub, M. Beatriz S. Lopes, David Schiff

9. High-Grade Astrocytomas
Sith Sathornsumetee, David A. Reardon

10. Anaplastic Oligodendrogliomas and Mixed Gliomas
Jacoline E.C. Bromberg, Martin J. Bent

11. Ependymomas
Mark R. Gilbert, Roberta Ruda, Riccardo Soffietti

12. Uncommon Gliomas in Adults: Brainstem Gliomas, Pilocytic Astrocytomas, and Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytomas
Ryan Merrell, Andrew D. Norden

13. Pediatric Tumors
Michelle A. Lee, Nathan J. Robison, Susan N. Chi, Sridharan Gururangan, Mark W. Kieran

14. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma
Elizabeth R. Gerstner, Tracy T. Batchelor

15. Meningiomas
Marc C. Chamberlain

16. Pituitary Adenomas
Gabriel Zada, Whitney Woodmansee, Ursula Kaiser, Edward R. Laws

17. Vestibular Schwannomas
Mohamed E. Abazeed, Frederick G. Barker, Scott R. Plotkin, Jay S. Loeffler, Helen A. Shih

18. Medulloblastomas
Alba A. Brandes, Enrico Franceschi

19. Pineal Region Tumors
Harry C. Brastianos, Priscilla K. Brastianos, Jaishri Blakeley

20. Genetic Syndromes
Mikael L. Rinne, Scott R. Plotkin

21. Rare Tumors
Erik J. Uhlmann, Andrew D. Norden

22. Spinal Tumors
Camilo A. Molina, Ziya L. Gokaslan, Daniel M. Sciubba

Avainsanat: Medicine & Public Health, Oncology, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Radiotherapy