Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 8

Preface. I Astrocytoma.-1. Astrocytoma cell line: role of brain natriuretic peptide.-2 Malignant brain astrocytomas: extent of resection affects survival. II Medulloblastoma.-3 Medulloblastoma: classification (a review).-4 Medulloblastomas: clinically important microrna genes.-5 Medulloblastoma: role of otx2 transcription factors.-6 Molecular mechanisms of chemoresistance in medulloblastoma.-7 Extraneural metastasis in medulloblastoma.-8 Medulloblastoma: therapy with bortezomib/tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand.-9 Standard-risk medulloblastoma: hyperfractionated radiotherapy.III Retinoblastoma.-10 Retinoma and retinoblastoma: genomic hybridisation.-11. cell cycle control by ataxia telangiectasia mutated protein through regulating retinoblastoma protein phosphorylation.-12. Role of survivin in retinoblastoma: diagnosis and prognosis.-13 Retinoblastoma: the role of epigenetics.-14 Retinoblastoma: disease, diagnosis, therapy and management.-15 Long-term survivors of retinoblastoma: risk of increased second malignancy.-16 New cancers among long-term survivors of retinoblastoma. IV chordoma.-17 Chordoma: role of cam5.2.-18 Chordomas and chondrosarcomas: treatment with particle radiotherapy.-19 Skull base chordomas: endonasal endoscopic transclival approach. V Craniopharyngioma.-20 Craniopharyngioma: comparison between supra-orbital versus endonasal keyhole approaches.-21 The expanded endoscopic endonasal approach for primary and recurrent craniopharyngiomas.-22 Craniopharyngioma: the role of radiation.-23. cystic craniopharyngiomas: intratumoral bleomycin therapy. VI Oligodendroglioma.-24 Anaplastic oligodendroglioma metastasized to extraneural sites.-25 Recurrent oligodendroglioma: treatment with bevacizumab. VII Ependymoma.-26 Ependymoma: an overview.-27 Ependymomas: prognosis based on genetic aberrations.-28 Aberrant dna methylation in ependymomas.-29 Progressively metastasizing ependymoma: genomic aberrations.-30 Extradural ependymoma: diagnosis using magnetic resonance imaging.-31 Primary malignant ependymoma of the abdominal cavity: diagnosis.-32 Atypical histologic features and patterns of malignant evolution in tanycytic ependymoma.-33 Intracranial ependymoma: role for chemotherapy. Index.