The Genetics and Molecular Biology of Neural Tumors

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sandberg, Avery A. (Editor), Stone, John F. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2008.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Human genetics.; Molecular biology.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Cell biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Cancer Research.; Cell Biology.; Molecular Medicine.

Collecting an extensive amount of information from thousands of publications by leading investigators in this rapidly developing field, The Genetics and Molecular Biology of Neural Tumors provides a convenient and up-to-date one volume source for research in neural tumors of various cellular origins...

Table of Contents:

• Benign Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors: Neurofibromas, Schwannomas, and Perineuriomas
• Malignant Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors
• Meningioma
• Hemangioblastoma of the Central Nervous System
• Paraganglioma and Pheochromocytoma
• Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumors of the Central Nervous System
• Neuroblastoma and Related Tumors
• Medulloblastoma, Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, and Pineal Tumors
• Key Mechanisms and Pathways.