Pediatric CNS Tumors

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Low-Grade Gliomas

   • Gregory Gan, Daphne Haas-Kogan

   Pages 1-35

3. High-Grade Gliomas

   • Sabine Mueller, Daphne Haas-Kogan

   Pages 37-48

4. Brainstem Gliomas

   • Nader Sanai, Michael Prados

   Pages 49-65

5. Ependymoma

   • Matthew D. Smyth, Joshua Rubin

   Pages 67-87

6. Embryonal Tumors

   • Sonia Partap, Paul Graham Fisher

   Pages 89-114

7. Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors

   • Sean M. McBride, Daphne Haas-Kogan

   Pages 115-133

8. Craniopharyngioma

   • Michael E. Sughrue, Robert H. Lustig, Benjamin Fisch, Michael W. McDermott

   Pages 135-158

9. Neuronal Tumors

   • Edward F. Chang, Nalin Gupta

   Pages 159-173

10. Choroid Plexus Tumors

    • Nalin Gupta

    Pages 175-185

11. Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors

    • Isaac Yang, Andrew T. Parsa

    Pages 187-204

12. Rare Tumors

    • Sunanda Pejavar, Daphne Haas-Kogan

    Pages 205-222

13. Neurocutaneous Syndromes and Associated CNS Tumors

    • Sabine Mueller, Daphne Haas-Kogan

    Pages 223-246

14. Modern Neuroimaging of Pediatric Brain Tumors

    • Sean O. Bryant, Soonmee Cha, A. James Barkovich

    Pages 247-272

15. Current Surgical Management

    • Nalin Gupta, Kurtis I. Auguste, Mitchel S. Berger

    Pages 273-285

16. Chemotherapy

    • Theodore Nicolaides, Biljana Horn, Anuradha Banerjee

    Pages 287-312

17. Advances in Radiation Therapy

    • Sean M. McBride, Daphne A. Haas-Kogan

    Pages 313-334

18. Late Effects of Treatment and Palliative Care

    • Denah Taggart, Robert Goldsby, Anuradha Banerjee

    Pages 335-353

19. Back Matter

    Pages 355-357

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Pediatric CNS Tumors is a detailed review of childhood brain tumors with a particular emphasis on providing treatment algorithms for each tumor type. Controversies and current therapeutic agents under development are also discussed. The second edition includes expanded chapters on embryonal tumors, rare tumor types, and supportive care for patients with brain tumors.

• Chemotherapy
• Pediatric brain tumor
• Radiation therapy
• Tumor
• brainstem
• glioma
• imaging
• low grade glioma
• low-grade glioma
• Radiaton Oncology

From the reviews of the second edition: “This is an update of a 2004 compendium of childhood central nervous systems tumors with standard, current information on the diagnosis and treatment of these malignancies. … The book is sufficiently detailed to be valuable to experts in the field, but it also will appeal to anyone caring for children afflicted with these tumors as a general reference. … It is quite well done, complete, and easy to read. It is a valuable addition to the current books on childhood neurosurgery care.” (Robert M. Arensman, Doody’s Review Service, March, 2010)

• Departments of Neurological Surgery and Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  Nalin Gupta

• Departments of Pediatrics and Neurological Surgery, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  Anuradha Banerjee

• Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurological Surgery, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, USA

  Daphne Haas-Kogan

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