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Author:   M.A. Hayat
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Volume:   12
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.085kg
ISBN:  

9789400772168

ISBN 10:   9400772165
Pages:   386
Publication Date:   17 October 2013
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface. I Molecular mechanisms.- Classification/diagnosis of brain tumors using discriminate function analysis.- Neuronal differentiation in the adult brain: cdk6 as the molecular regulator.- Prolactinomas: role of vegf, fgf-2 and cd31.- Human brain tumor growth: role of aquaporins.- Molecular and functional characterization of human adipocytes.- II Children’s cancer.- Inhibition of neuroblastoma progression by targeting Lymphangiogenesis: role of an endogenous soluble splice-variant of vegfr-2.- Hyperinsulinemia tends to induce growth without growth hormone in children with brain tumors after neurosurgery.- Childhood brain tumors: proton beam therapy.- Pathogenesis of medulloblastoma: role of molecular genetic alterations.- Medulloblastomas: survival differences between children and adults.- Survivors of childhood cancer: risk of glioma and meningioma following radiotherapy.- Survivors of childhood cancer: risk of new primary neoplasms of the cns.-III Treatments.- Brain tumor typing and therapy using combined ex vivo magnetic resonance spectroscopy and molecular genomics.- Atlas-based segmentation of tumor-bearing brain images.- Nonthermal irreversible electroporation as a focal ablation treatment for brain cancer.- The role of whole brain radiation therapy for metastatic brain tumors.- Craniotomy for intracranial tumors: role of postoperative hematoma in surgical mortality.- Pituitary adenomas: treatment using the endonasal approach intracranial tumors: treatment with endoscopic neurosurgery.- Incidence of recraniotomy for postoperative infections after surgery for intracranial tumors.- Transsphenoidal surgery for non-adenomatous tumors: effect on pituitary function.- Treatment of brain tumors: electrochemotherapy.- Comparison of navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation to direct electrical stimulation for mapping the motor cortex prior to brain tumor resection.- The role of glutathione and the glutathione-linked enzyme systems in brain tumor drugresistance.- Drugs for primary brain tumors: an update.- Neurosurgical treatment for brain metastases: clinical features, operative strategies, recurrence, and survival. IV Radiosurgery.- Image-guided radiosurgery for hypothalamic hamartomas.- Image-guided stereotactic radiosurgery for spinal pathology.- Image guided stereotactic radiosurgery for optic nerve sheath meningiomas.- Brain metastases: the application of stereotactic radiosurgery and technological advances.- Treatment of chordomas by stereotactic radiosurgery with a linear accelerator: comparison with other modes. Index.

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