Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 12

Part I. Molecular Mechanisms

1. Classification/Diagnosis of Brain Tumors Using Discriminant Function Analysis
Magdalena Szczerbowska-Boruchowska

2. Neuronal Differentiation in the Adult Brain: CDK6 as the Molecular Regulator
Nicolas Caron, Emmanuelle C. Genin, Renaud Vandenbosch, Pierre Beukelaers, Laurent Nguyen, Brigitte Malgrange

3. Prolactinomas: Role of VEGF, FGF-2 and CD31
Maria Ines, Perez Millán, Carolina Cristina, Silvia Inés Berner, Damasia Becu-Villalobos

4. Human Brain Tumor Growth: Role of Aquaporins
Beatrice Nico, Simona Ruggieri, Domenico Ribatti

5. Molecular and Functional Characterization of Human Adipocytes
Antonella Poloni, Giulia Maurizi

Part II. Children’s Cancer

6. Inhibition of Neuroblastoma Progression by Targeting Lymphangiogenesis: Role of an Endogenous Soluble Splice-Variant of VEGFR-2
Jürgen Becker

7. Hyperinsulinemia Tends to Induce Growth Without Growth Hormone in Children with Brain Tumors After Neurosurgery
Norishi Ueda, Hideyuki Iwayama

8. Childhood Brain Tumours: Proton Beam Therapy
Yasmin Lassen-Ramshad, Jørgen B. Petersen, Akmal Safwat, Henrik Pagh Schultz, Morten Høyer

9. Pathogenesis of Medulloblastoma: Role of Molecular Genetic Alterations
Mustafa Nadi, Claudia Faria, James T. Rutka

10. Medulloblastomas: Survival Differences Between Children and Adults
Nicolas Smoll

11. Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Risk of Glioma and Meningioma Following Radiotherapy
Lucie M. Turcotte, Joseph P. Neglia

12. Survivors of Childhood Cancer: Risk of New Primary Neoplasms of the CNS
Lucie M. Turcotte, Joseph P. Neglia

Part III. Treatments

13. Brain Tumor Typing and Therapy Using Combined Ex Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Molecular Genomics
Loukas G. Astrakas, A. Aria Tzika

14. Atlas-Based Segmentation of Tumor-Bearing Brain Images
Stefan Bauer, Roland Wiest, Johannes Slotboom, Mauricio Reyes

15. Nonthermal Irreversible Electroporation as a Focal Ablation Treatment for Brain Cancer
Paulo A. Garcia, John H. Rossmeisl, Thomas L. Ellis, Rafael V. Davalos

16. The Role of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Brain Tumors
Melvin Omodon, Steven Kalkanis

17. Craniotomy for Intracranial Tumors: Role of Postoperative Hematoma in Surgical Mortality
Torstein R. Meling, Benjamin Lassen, Eirik Helseth

18. Pituitary Adenomas: Treatment Using the Endonasal Approach
Leo F. S. Ditzel Filho, Nancy McLaughlin, Domenico Solari, Daniel M. Prevedello, Amin B. Kassam, Ricardo L. Carrau, Daniel F. Kelly

19. Intracranial Tumors: Treatment with Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Giuseppe Talamonti, Giuseppe D’Aliberti, Alberto Debernardi

20. Incidence of Recraniotomy for Postoperative Infections After Surgery for Intracranial Tumors
Torstein R. Meling, Benjamin Lassen, Eirik Helseth

21. Transsphenoidal Surgery for Non-Adenomatous Tumors: Effect on Pituitary Function
Garni Barkhoudarian, Aaron Cutler, Daniel F. Kelly

22. Treatment of Brain Tumors: Electrochemotherapy
Mette Linnert, Birgit Agerholm-Larsen, Faisal Mahmood, Helle K. Iversen, Julie Gehl

23. Comparison of Navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation to Direct Electrical Stimulation for Mapping the Motor Cortex Prior to Brain Tumor Resection
Satoshi Takahashi, Thomas Picht

24. The Role of Glutathione and the Glutathione-Linked Enzyme Systems in Brain Tumor Drug Resistance
Donald S. Backos, Robyn L. Poerschke, Christopher C. Franklin, Philip Reigan

25. Drugs for Primary Brain Tumors: An Update
Lauren Nye, Timothy Huyck, Jeffrey Raizer

26. Neurosurgical Treatment for Brain Metastases: Clinical Features, Operative Strategies, Recurrence and Survival
Andreas M. Stark

Part IV. Radiosurgery

27. Image-Guided Radiosurgery for Hypothalamic Hamartomas
Karen Huscher, Pantaleo Romanelli

28. Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Spinal Pathology
Pantaleo Romanelli, Alfredo Conti

29. Image-Guided Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Optic Nerve Sheath Meningiomas
Pantaleo Romanelli, Alfredo Conti

30. Brain Metastases: The Application of Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Technological Advances
Siavash Jabbari, Lijun Ma, Paul Sanghera, Eric L. Chang, Sam T. Chao, Alex Karotki, Hany Soliman, Simon S. Lo, Daniel Letourneau, James Perry, David A. Larson, Arjun Sahgal

31. Treatment of Chordomas by Stereotactic Radiosurgery with a Linear Accelerator: Comparison with Other Modes
Fraser C. Henderson, Kyle McCool, Juliet Seigle, Gregory J. Gagnon

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