Tumors of the Central Nervous system, Volume 3

1. Introduction
M.A. Hayat

2. Brain Tumor Classification Using Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Juan M. García-Gómez

3. Cellular Immortality in Brain Tumors: An Overview
Ruman Rahman, Richard G. Grundy

4. Tumor-to-Tumor Metastasis: Extracranial Tumor Metastatic to Intracranial Tumors
Jian-Qiang Lu, Arthur W. Clark

5. Brain Metastases from Breast Cancer: Treatment and Prognosis
Kazuhiko Ogawa, Shogo Ishiuchi, Sadayuki Murayama

6. Brain Metastasis in Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients
Aida Loudyi, Wolfram E. Samlowski

7. Coexsistence of Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumor in the Lung and Brain
Naveen Sankhyan, Suvasini Sharma, Sheffali Gulati

8. Breast Cancer and Renal Cell Cancer Metastases to the Brain
Jonas M. Sheehan, Akshal S. Patel

9. Breast Cancer Brain Metastases: Genetic Profiling and Neurosurgical Therapy
Andreas M. Stark

10. Central Nervous System Tumours in Women Who Received Capecitabine and Lapatinib Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer
Stephanie Sutherland, Stephen Johnston

11. Functional Role of the Novel NRP/B Tumor Suppressor Gene
Theri Leica Degaki, Marcos Angelo Almeida Demasi, Mari Cleide Sogayar

12. Brain Tumors: Diagnostic Impact of PET Using Radiolabelled Amino Acids
Karl-Josef Langen, Matthias Weckesser, Frank Floeth

13. Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors: Use of 18FDG-PET/CT
Andre A. Roux, Abhijit Guha

14. Brain Tumors: Evaluation of Perfusion Using 3D-FSE-Pseudo-Continuous Arterial Spin Labeling
Hanna Järnum, Linda Knutsson, Elna-Marie Larsson

15. Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Robert Shenkar, Sameer A. Ansari, Issam A. Awad

16. Nosologic Imaging of Brain Tumors Using MRI and MRSI
Jan Luts, Teresa Laudadio, Albert J. Idema, Arjan W. Simonetti, Arend Heerschap, Dirk Vandermeulen, Johan A.K. Suykens, Sabine Huffel

17. Brain Tumor Diagnosis Using PET with Angiogenic Vessel-Targeting Liposomes
Kosuke Shimizu, Naoto Oku

18. Frozen Section Evaluation of Central Nervous System Lesions
Richard Prayson

19. Clinical Role of MicroRNAs in Different Brain Tumors
Richard Hummel, Jessica Maurer, Joerg Haier

20. Electrochemotherapy for Primary and Secondary Brain Tumors
Mette Linnert, Birgit Agerholm-Larsen, Faisal Mahmood, Helle K. Iversen, Julie Gehl

21. Brain Tumors: Convection-Enhanced Delivery of Drugs (Method)
Anne-Laure Laine, Emilie Allard, Philippe Menei, Catherine Passirani

22. Brain Metastases: Clinical Outcomes for Stereotactic Radiosurgery (Method)
Ameer L. Elaimy, Alexander R. MacKay, Wayne T. Lamoreaux, Robert K. Fairbanks, John J. Demakas, Barton S. Cooke, Benjamin J. Arthurs, Christopher M. Lee

23. Noninvasive Treatment for Brain Tumors: Magnetic Resonance-Guided Focused Ultrasound Surgery
Ernst Martin, Ferenc A. Jolesz

24. Radioguided Surgery of Brain Tumors
Laurent Menard

25. Implications of Mutant Epidermal Growth Factor Variant III in Brain Tumor Development and Novel Targeted Therapies
Murielle Mimeault, Surinder K. Batra

26. Endoscopic Port Surgery for Intraparenchymal Brain Tumors
Pawel G. Ochalski, Johnathan A. Engh

27. Intracranial Tumor Surgery in Elderly Patients
Paul Ronning, Torstein Meling, Siril Rogne, Eirik Helseth

28. Intracranial Hemangiopericytoma: Gamma Knife Surgery
Jason P. Sheehan, Edward M. Marchan

29. Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Cerebral Metastases of Digestive Tract Tumors
Jesse J. Savage, Jason P. Sheehan

30. Malignant Brain Tumors: Role of Radioresponsive Gene Therapy
Hideo Tsurushima, Akira Matsumura

31. Brain Tumors: Quality of Life
Cristina D’Angelo, Antonio Mirijello, Giovanni Addolorato, Vincenzo Antonio D’Angelo

32. Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with High Grade Gliomas
Eefje M. Sizoo, Martin J.B. Taphoorn

33. Epilepsy and Brain Tumours and Antiepileptic Drugs
Sophie Dupont

34. Familial Caregivers of Patients with Brain Cancer
Youngmee Kim

35. Pain Management Following Craniotomy
Doug Hughes, Scott Y. Rahimi

36. Air Transportation of Patients with Brain Tumours
Peter Lindvall, Tommy Bergenheim

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