Tumors of the Brain and Spine

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: DeMonte, Franco (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Gilbert, Mark R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Mahajan, Anita (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), McCutcheon, Ian E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Buzdar, Aman U. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Freedman, Ralph S. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Σειρά: M. D. Anderson Cancer Care Series
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Neurosurgery.; Pathology.; Surgical oncology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Surgical Oncology.

Our rapidly increasing knowledge about tumors of the brain and spine has rendered these tumors more treatable than ever before. In the new world of central nervous system oncology, maximally complete resection is followed by conformal radiotherapy and often by chemotherapy, the selection of which is...

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• Surgical Strategies for High-Grade Gliomas
• Radiation Oncology for Tumors of the Central Nervous System: Improving the Therapeutic Index
• Cytotoxic Chemotherapy for Diffuse Gliomas
• Innovative Treatment Strategies for High-Grade Gliomas
• Pituitary Tumors in Oncology
• Management of Lung Cancer, Breast Cancer, and Melanoma Metastatic to the Brain
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• Tumors of the Extradural Spine
• Tumors of the Spinal Cord and Intradural Space
• Symptom Management for Patients with Brain Tumors: Improving Quality of Life.