Brain and spinal tumors of childhood. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Editors: Walker, David A, 1953-; Perilongo, Giorgio; Taylor, Roger; Pollack, Ian F
• Contents: List of Contributors 1. Introduction David A. Walker, Giorgio Perilongo, Roger E. Taylor, and Ian F. Pollack 2. Epidemiology of Childhood Brain Tumors Richard J. McNally and Paul Graham Fisher 3. Clinical Presentation and Associated Syndromes of Brain Tumor David Walker, JoFen Liu, and Dhurgsharna Shanmugavadivel 4. Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors as Phenotypic Manifestation of Cancer Predisposition Syndromes Giorgio Perilongo, Irene Toldo, and Stefano Sartori 5. Anatomical and Biological Imaging of Pediatric Brain Tumor Rob A. Dineen, Shivaram Avula, Andrew C. Peet, Giovanni Morana, and Monika Warmuth- Metz 6. Neurosurgical Techniques and Strategies Jonathan E. Martin, Ian F. Pollack, and Robert F. Keating 7. Radiotherapy for Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors – Techniques and Strategies Nicola Thorp 8. Physical and Cognitive Rehabilitation for Children with Brain and Spinal Tumors Alexandra M. Gaynor, Helen Hartley, and Stephen A. Sands 9. Drug Delivery Gudrun Fleischhack, Martin Garnett, and Kévin Beccaria 10. Low- grade Glioma Presenting in the Optic Pathways and Hypothalamus (NF1. and Sporadic) Peter M.K. de Blank, Ian Simmons, Astrid Sehested, and Michael J. Fisher 11. Low- grade Glioma: Principles of Diagnosis and Drug Treatment Pablo Hernáiz Driever, Olaf Witt, Astrid Gnekow, Daniela Kandels, and Mark Kieran 12. High- grade Glioma Donald C. Macarthur, Christof M. Kramm, and Matthias A. Karajannis 13. Diff use Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Katherine E. Warren, Carolyn R. Freeman, and Dannis G. van Vuurden 14. Embryonal Tumors Simon Bailey and Jeff Michalski 15. Ependymoma in Childhood and Adolescence Richard Grundy and Eric Bouffet 16. Germ Cell Tumors of the Central Nervous System Matthew J. Murray, Ute Bartels, and James C. Nicholson 17. Atypical Teratoid / Rhabdoid Tumors – AT/ RT Michael C. Frühwald, Jaclyn A. Biegel, and Susan N. Chi 18. Craniopharyngioma Hermann L. Müller, Claire Alapetite, and Jeffrey Wisoff 19. Choroid Plexus Tumors and Meningiomas Kenneth K. Wong, Elwira Szychot, Jennifer A. Cotter, and Mark Krieger 20. Pediatric Spinal Tumors Rajiv R. Iyer, Nir Shimony, Mohammad Hassan A. Noureldine, Eric Bouffet, and George I. Jallo 21. Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Brain and Spinal Tumors Ralph Salloum, Katherine Baum, Melissa Gerstle, Helen Spoudeas, and Susan R. Rose 22. The Power of Patient Advocacy in Pediatric Neuro-oncology Kathy Oliver, Susan Awrey, Mark Brougham, Gloria Garcia Castellvi, Anita Granero, Rakesh Jalali, Sacha Langton-Gilks, Barrie Littlefield, Yuko Moue, Kathy Riley, Bonita Suckling, Hisato Tagawa, and Raees Tonse Index
• Edition: 2nd edition
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 618.92994711; Tumors in children; Spine -- Tumors; Brain -- Tumors
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000177947; 9781000177824; 9781000177886; 9781003090120
• Related ISBNs: 9781482242775
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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