Pediatric Neuro-oncology

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Scheinemann, Katrin (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Bouffet, Eric (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Medicine & Public Health.

“The editors…have done an outstanding job of presenting…complex information in a lucid manner – this book is a must-read for the global community of aspiring students and neuro-oncology practitioners.”   Amar Gajjar, MD in the Foreword   This is a succinct introduction to pediatric neuro-oncology. ...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. Epidemiology of pediatric brain tumors
• 3. Clinical signs and symptoms of pediatric brain tumors
• 4. Neuro-imaging
• 5. Neuro-surgery
• 6. Low grade glioma
• 7. High grade glioma
• 8. Medulloblastoma/ PNET
• 9. Ependymoma
• 10. Germ cell tumors
• 11. ATRT
• 12. Craniopharyngeoma
• 13. Rare brain tumors (CPP, CPC etc.)
• 14. Infant brain tumors
• 15. Radiotherapy
• 16. Chemotherapy
• 17. Targeted treatment
• 18. Long term sequelae
• 19. Neurocognitive outcome
• 20. Quality of life
• 21. Palliative care
• 22. Cancer syndromes
• 23. Brain tumor stem cells
• 24. Pediatric neurooncology in developing countries
• 25. Neuropathology 26. HDCT/ ASCT
• 27. Developmental neurobiology
• 28. Basic science of pediatric brain tumors.