Neuro-Oncology Compendium for the Boards and Clinical Practice

Maciej M. Mrugala, MD, PhD Neuro-oncologist, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Professor of Medicine, Comprehensive Neuro-Oncology Program and Neuro-Oncology Fellowship Program Chair of the Neuro-Oncology Section of the American Academy of Neurology Na Tosha N. Gatson, MD, PhD, FAAN Medical Director, Neuro-Oncology Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center Associate Professor of Medicine and Neurology University of Arizona College of Medicine Sylvia Kurz, MD PhD Interim Director, Neuro-Oncology Program Brain and Spine Tumor Center, Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center New York University Langone Health Kathryn S. Nevel, MD Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology Indiana University Health and Indiana University School of Medicine Brain Tumor Center, Indiana University Health Jennifer L. Clarke, MD, MPH Professor of Clinical Neurology and Neurological Surgery UCSF Weill Institute of Neurosciences Division of Neuro-oncology, University of California, San Francisco Member, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Neuro-Oncology Overview
1. Neuropathology Primer
2. Imaging of Central Nervous System Tumors

Adult Neuro-Oncology
3. Glioblastoma
4. Diffuse Glioma
5. Meningioma
6. Ependymoma
7. Tumors of the Pituitary Gland
8. Germ Cell Tumors
9. Intraventricular Tumors
10. Rare Tumors in Adults, including Medulloblastoma
11. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma and Hematopoietic Neoplasms affecting the Nervous System
12. Metastatic disease in the Central Nervous System
13. Tumors Affecting the Spinal Cord

Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
14. Epidemiology and General Overview of Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors
15. Neurosurgical Management of Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors
16. Pediatric Embryonal Tumors
17. Pediatric Low Grade Glioma
18. Pediatric High Grade Glioma

Management of Neuro-Oncologic disease
19. Neurosurgical Management of Adult Central Nervous System Tumors
20. Radiotherapy in Neuro-oncology
21. Principles of Systemic Therapy in Neuro-Oncology
22. Device-based Treatments in Neuro-Oncology

Complications of Systemic and Central Nervous System Cancers
23. Neurologic Complications in Cancer Patients
24. Paraneoplastic Neurological Syndromes
25. Neuro-Oncologic Emergencies

Genetics and Neuro-Oncologic Disease
26. Familial Cancer Syndromes
27. The Neurofibromatoses

Special Considerations in Neuro-Oncology
28. Designing and Deciphering Clinical Trials: Methodological ingredients to nourish a healthy study
29. Procedures and Well-Care Clinics in Neuro-Oncology: Roles for Advanced Practice Providers
30. Neuro-Oncology in the Elderly
31. Palliative Care in Neuro-Oncology
32. The Neuro-Oncology of Women (N.O.W.)