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Current Understanding and Treatment of Gliomas

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Editors:
  1. Jeffrey Raizer

    1. Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

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  2. Andrew Parsa

    1. Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

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  • Describes current treatment approaches and novel therapies
  • Explains the importance of advances in understanding of glioma biology
  • Discusses new clinical trial designs
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Cancer Treatment and Research (CTAR, volume 163)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Epidemiology of Gliomas

    • Quinn T. Ostrom, Haley Gittleman, Lindsay Stetson, Selene M. Virk, Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan
    Pages 1-14

  3. Glioma Biology and Molecular Markers

    • Adam L. Cohen, Howard Colman
    Pages 15-30

  4. Surgery for Gliomas

    • Matthew C. Tate
    Pages 31-47

  5. Radiation Therapy of Glioblastoma

    • Igor J. Barani, David A. Larson
    Pages 49-73

  6. Low-Grade Glioma

    • Priya Kumthekar, Jeffrey Raizer, Simran Singh
    Pages 75-87

  7. Treatment of Anaplastic Glioma

    • Wolfgang Wick, Benedikt Wiestler, Michael Platten
    Pages 89-101

  8. Current Medical Treatment of Glioblastoma

    • Vyshak Alva Venur, David M. Peereboom, Manmeet S. Ahluwalia
    Pages 103-115

  9. Novel Chemotherapeutic Approaches in Adult High-Grade Gliomas

    • Justin T. Jordan, Patrick Y. Wen
    Pages 117-142

  10. Immunotherapy for Malignant Gliomas

    • Orin Bloch
    Pages 143-158

  11. Glioblastoma in the Elderly

    • Marc C. Chamberlain
    Pages 159-170

  12. Palliative and Supportive Care for Glioma Patients

    • Tobias Walbert, Kristen Chasteen
    Pages 171-184
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About this book

This book reviews the significant advances in our understanding of glioma biology that have been achieved during the past decade and describes in detail the resultant new approaches to treatment. Improvements in surgical techniques, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy are comprehensively covered, with discussion of their impact in decreasing patient morbidity and increasing survival. In addition, individual chapters are devoted specifically to current treatment for low-grade gliomas, anaplastic gliomas, and glioblastoma multiforme. Other topics addressed include treatment of the elderly patient,  investigating emerging therapies from small molecules to immunotherapy and palliative care. This timely book will be a valuable source of up-to-date information for practitioners and will also be of interest to researchers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Neurology, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

    Jeffrey Raizer

  • Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA

    Andrew Parsa

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Current Understanding and Treatment of Gliomas

  • Editors: Jeffrey Raizer, Andrew Parsa

  • Series Title: Cancer Treatment and Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12048-5

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-12047-8Published: 12 December 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38043-8Published: 10 September 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-12048-5Published: 02 December 2014

  • Series ISSN: 0927-3042

  • Series E-ISSN: 2509-8497

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 184

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oncology, Neurology, Radiotherapy

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