Central Nervous System Metastasis, the Biological Basis and Clinical Considerations

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Palmieri, Diane (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Cancer Metastasis - Biology and Treatment, 18
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.