Oncology of CNS Tumors

Description:

Knowledge about the etiology and diagnosis as well as treatment concepts of neu- oncologic diseases is rapidly growing. This turnover of knowledge makes it dif? cult for the physician engaged in the treatment to keep up to date with current therapies. This book sets out to close the gap and pursues several innovative concepts. As a comprehensive text on neuro-oncology, its chapters are interconnected, but at the same time some chapters or subdivisions are so thoroughly assembled that the whole volume gives the impression of several books combined into one. Neuropathology is treated in an extensive and clearly structured section. The int- ested reader ? nds for each tumor entity the latest well-referenced consensus rega- ing histologic and molecular pathology. Through this “book-in-the-book” concept, information on neuropathology is readily at hand in a concise form and without ov- loading the single chapters. Pediatric neuro-oncology differs in many entities from tumors in adult patients; also, certain tumors of the CNS are typically or mainly found only in the child. Therefore, pediatric neuro-oncology was granted its own, book-like section. Tumor entities that are treated differently in children and adults are included both in the pediatric neuro-oncology section and in the general section. Entities that typically occur only in the child and adolescent are found in the pediatric section in order to avoid redundancies.

Table of Contents:

Part I. General Aspects in Neurooncology

1. Pathology and Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System

2. Etiological and Epidemiological Aspects

3. Imaging of Central Nervous System Tumors

4. Tumor Biology

5. Concepts of Personalized Medicine in Neuro-oncology

6. Local Therapies

Part II. Neurooncology of the Cranial Space

7. Tumors of the Skull Including Chordoma

8. Meningiomas and Meningeal Tumors

9. WHO II and III Gliomas

10. Glioblastoma

11. Ependymomas and Tumors of the Ventricular System

12. Pituitary Adenomas

13. Tumors of the Pineal Region

14. Tumors of the Cranial Nerves

15. Hemangioblastoma and von Hippel-Lindau Disease

16. Orbital Tumors

17. Primary CNS Lymphoma

18. Brain Metastases and Leptomeningeal Metastases

Part III. Pediatric Neurooncology

19. Neurocutaneous Syndromes

20. Brainstem Tumors in Children

21. Supratentorial Lobar Gliomas in Childhood and Adolescence

22. Thalamic Gliomas

23. Optic Pathway Gliomas

24. Ganglioglioma

25. Cerebellar Astrocytomas

26. Rare Childhood Tumors: Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma and Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma

27. Ependymoma in the Children

28. Medulloblastoma

29. Dysembryoplastic Neuroectodermal Tumors

30. Craniopharyngioma: Current Classification, Management, and Future Directions

31. Intracranial Germ Cell Tumors

32. Choroid Plexus Tumors

33. Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors

Part IV. Spinal Neurooncology and Peripheral Nerve Tumors

34. Intramedullary Tumors

35. Intradural Extramedullary Tumors

36. Epidural Tumors and Metastases

37. Spinal Robotic Radiosurgery

38. Peripheral Nerve Sheath Tumors

Part V. Aspects of General Care in Neurooncology

39. Epilepsy and Anticonvulsant Therapy in Brain Tumor Patients

40. Hydrocephalus Related to CNS Malignancies in Adults

41. Gliomas and Pregnancy

42. Delayed Neurologic Complications of Brain Tumor Therapy

43. Quality of Life and Cognition

44. Palliative Care