Brain metastases from primary tumors : epidemiology, biology, and therapy.: epidemiology, biology, and therapy. Volume 2 (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by M.A. Hayat.
• Editors: Hayat, M. A, 1940-
• Contents: I. GENERAL APPLICATIONS 1. Brain Metastasis from Solid Tumors 2. The Role of Surgical Resection for Metastatic Brain Tumors 3. Whole Brain Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases: Is the Therapeutic Window Enlarging? II. NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER 4. Brain Metastasis in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Response to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor 5. Brain Metastasis from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Use of Egfr and Her-2 Status for Targeted Therapy 6. Brain Metastases from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Evidence in Management Using Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy 7. Brain Metastasis in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Immunohistochemical Markers III. BREAST CANCER 8. Brain Metastasis from Breast Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms 9. New Targeted Therapies for Brain Metastasis from Breast and Lung Cancer and Melanoma 10. Breast Cancers with Brain Metastases IV. MELANOMA 11. Brain Metastases in Melanoma Patients: Treatment with Adjuvant Postoperative Whole Brain Radiotherapy 12. Melanoma Progression in the Brain: Role of Pericytes, the Basal Lamina, and Endothelial Cells in Tumor Vascularization V. ESOPHAGEAL CANCER 13. Brain Metastases from Esophageal Cancer in the Presence of Her-2 Overexpression VI. RENAL CARCINOMA 14. Brain Metastasis from Renal Carcinoma: Locoregional and Systemic Treatments VII. GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER 15. Gastrointestinal Cancer and Brain Metastasis Outcomes and Management VIII. COLORECTAL CANCER 16. Brain Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer: Microenvironment and Molecular Mechanism IX. NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA 17. Brain Metastasis from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 616.99481; Brain -- Cancer
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128016893
• Related ISBNs: 9780128014196
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