Current Understanding and Treatment of Gliomas

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Raizer, Jeffrey (Editor), Parsa, Andrew (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Cancer Treatment and Research, 163
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiotherapy.; Oncology.; Neurology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This book reviews the significant advances in our understanding of glioma biology that have been achieved during the past decade and describes in detail the resultant new approaches to treatment. Improvements in surgical techniques, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are comprehensively covered, wi...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology of gliomas
• Glioma Biology and molecular markers
• Surgery for gliomas
• Radiation for gliomas
• Current treatment of low grade gliomas
• Current treatment of AG
• Current treatment of GBM
• Novel Chemotherapy approaches in gliomas
• Vaccine and Immunotherapy approaches
• Malignant gliomas in elderly
• Palliative care for glioma patients.