Central Nervous System Metastasis, the Biological Basis and Clinical Considerations

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Palmieri, Diane (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment, 18
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Cancer research.; Neurosciences.; Radiology.; Oncology.; Biomedicine.; Cancer Research.; Imaging / Radiology.; Biomedicine general.

This volume covers what is known regarding the natural history, basic biology, and clinical aspects, including imaging and treatment, of CNS metastasis. Three chapters cover the biology of the brain and brain metastases: molecular biology, includes what is known about specific genes/proteins involve...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface
• List of Contributors
• 1 An Introduction to Brain Metastasis
• 2 The Molecular Biology of Brain Metastasis
• 3 The Brain Microenvironment
• 4 Vascular permeability within brain metastases
• 5 Imaging Experimental Brain Metastases
• 6 Possibilities of Targeted Therapies for Brain Metastasis
• 7  Surgery for Brain Metastasis
• 8  Is There A Role for Systemic Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Brain Metastases?
• 9  Radiation Therapy of CNS Metastases
• 10  Leptomeningeal Metastasis
• 11 Quality of Life in CNS Metastasis
• Index.