Overview
- Up to date information on multidisciplinary management of CNS tumors
- No competitive volume on the market
- Of significant interest to all physicians involved in brain tumor treatment and to those who manage research programs in basic science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Medical Radiology (MEDRAD)
Part of the book sub series: Radiation Oncology (Med Radiol Radiat Oncol)
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Table of contents(34 chapters)
About this book
The American Cancer Society anticipates that 16,500 patients will be diagnosed with primary malignant tumors of the central nervous system in 2000, with about 200,000 individuals presenting with brain metastases. The advances in the treatment of solid tumors have contributed significantly to the major increase in metastatic cancers to the brain. Of the primary malignant tumors of the brain, more than 50% are high-grade gliomas; the incidence has been increasing among older patients over the past decade. Major developments in new technologies in the treatment of primary brain tumors as well as metastatic disease are covered in depth. Even though management is difficult, advances are being made. This book is a concerted effort to present data regarding basic science research efforts alongside their translation into clinical practice using combined, integrated multimodal programs of treatment. Progress has been made, but innovatice approaches need to be pursued.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Zbigniew Petrovich
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, USA
Luther W. Brady
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Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
Michael L. J. Apuzzo
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Department of Radiotherapy, Eberhard-Karls-Universität, Tübingen, Germany
Michael Bamberg
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Combined Modality Therapy of Central Nervous System Tumors
Editors: Zbigniew Petrovich, Luther W. Brady, Michael L. J. Apuzzo, Michael Bamberg
Series Title: Medical Radiology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-56411-6
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-66053-8Published: 14 September 2000
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-00627-5Published: 09 April 2003
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-56411-6Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 0942-5373
Series E-ISSN: 2197-4187
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 640
Number of Illustrations: 205 b/w illustrations, 22 illustrations in colour
Topics: Imaging / Radiology, Radiotherapy, Neurosurgery, Oncology, Pathology