Malignant Brain Tumours

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxi

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2. Cellular and Molecular Approaches to the Study of Gliomas and Glial Development

   • Mark Noble, Karen Bevan, Deon Venter

   Pages 1-12

3. Molecular Genetics of Brain Tumours

   • C. E. Jones, A. E. Harding

   Pages 13-28

4. Current Concepts of the Histopathological Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System

   • S. R. VandenBerg, R. B. Hessler, M. B. S. Lopes

   Pages 29-108

5. General Introduction to the Clinical Features of Malignant Brain Tumours

   • M. F. Pell, D. G. T. Thomas

   Pages 109-114

6. Complications of Primary Malignant Brain Tumours

   • N. V. Todd, D. I. Graham

   Pages 115-150

7. Low-grade Gliomas

   • J. Koivukangas

   Pages 151-170

8. Management of Brain Tumours in Childhood

   • Jonathan Punt

   Pages 171-192

9. Central Nervous System Neoplasms in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

   • Yuen T. So, Richard L. Davis, Jay H. Beckstead

   Pages 193-201

10. Metastatic Brain Tumours

    • Kintomo Takakura

    Pages 203-220

11. Diagnostic Imaging of Brain Tumours

    • Brian E. Kendall, Jill V. Hunter

    Pages 221-264

12. Surgery for Primary Malignant Brain Tumours

    • J. Ashraf, R. Bradford

    Pages 265-298

13. Radiotherapy for Malignant Brain Tumours

    • M. Brada, L. Vanuytsel

    Pages 299-328

14. Chemotherapy of Malignant Brain Tumours

    • P. Krauseneck, B. Müller

    Pages 329-353

15. Immunotherapy of Brain Tumours

    • Yutaka Sawamura, Nicolas de Tribolet

    Pages 355-370

16. Back Matter

    Pages 371-377

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Malignant Brain Tumours is an excellent compendium of current thought and practice for clinicians, surgeons, and scientists. Additionally, it is an invaluable reference for graduate and post-graduate students. This book could also be used as a very comprehensive teaching text.

• Grading
• Nervous System
• attention
• brain
• classification
• genetics
• glioma
• imaging
• immunotherapy
• molecular genetics
• neuroscience
• physiology
• radiotherapy
• surgery
• tumor

"...an example of an excellent co-operation between neurosurgery and neuropathology...an excellent compendium of current thought and practice of brain tumours...The book may serve as a reference both for study, practice, research and teaching. It can be fully recommended" - Journal of Brain Research

• Institute of Neurology, Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital, London, UK

  David G. T. Thomas

• Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK

  David I. Graham

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