Tumors of the Central Nervous system, Volume 3 (eBook)

Preface. Introduction.-1 General introduction.- 2 Brain tumor classification using magnetic resonance spectroscopy.- 3 Cellular immortality in brain tumors: an overview.-Part 1Tumor to tumor passage of malignancy.- 4 Tumor-to-tumor metastases: extracranial tumor metastasis to intracranial  tumors.- 5 Brain metastases from breast cancer: treatment and prognosis.- 6 Brain metastasis in renal cell carcinoma patients.-7 Coexistance of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors in the lung and brain.- 8 Breast cancer and renal cell cancer metastases to the  brain.-9 Brain metastases from breast cancer: genetic profiling and neurosurgical therapy.-10 Central nervous system tumors in women who received capectiabine and lapatinib therapy for metastatic breast cancer.- Part II Biomarkers and diagnosis.-11 Functional role of the novel nrp/b tumor suppressor gene.-12 Brain tumors:diagnostic impact of pet using radiolabelled amino acids.-13 Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors: use of 18fdg-pet/ct.-14 Brain tumors: evaluation of perfusion using 3d-fse-pseudo-continous arterial spin labeling.-15 Cerebral cavernous malformations: advanced magnetic  resonance imaging.-16 Nosologic imaging of brain tumors using mri and mrsi.-17 Brain tumor diagnosis using pet with angiogenic vessel-targeting liposomes.-18 Frozen section evaluation of central nervous system lesions.-19 Clinical role of micrornas in different brain tumors.-Part III Therapy.-20 Electrochemotherapy for primary and secondary brain tumors.-21 Brain tumors: convection-enhanced delivery of drugs (method).- 22 Brain metastases: clinical outcomes for stereotactic radiosurgery (method).-23 Noninvasive treatment for brain tumors:magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound surgery.-24 Radioguided surgery of brain tumors.-25 Implications of mutant epidermal growth factor variant  III in brain tumor development and novel targeted therapies.-26 Endoscopic port surgery for intraparenchymal brain tumors.-27 Intracranial tumor surgery in the elderly patients.-28 Intracranial hemangiopericytoma: gamma knife surgery.-29 Stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral metastasis of digestive tract tumors.-30 Malignant brain tumors: role of radioresponsive gene therapy.-Part IV Prognosis.-31 Brain tumors: quality of life.-32 Health related quality of life in patients with high-grage gliomas.-33 Epilepsy  and brain tumors and antiepileptic drugs.-34 Familial caregivers of patients with brain cancer.-35 Pain management following craniotomy.-36 Air transportation of patients with brain tumors. Index.