Tumors of the Brain and Spine

Product Details
Book Publisher: Springer (05 June, 2007)
ISBN: 0387292012
Book author: R. Sawaya, W.K.A. Yung, Franco DeMonte, Mark R. Gilbert, Anita Mahajan, Ian E. McCutcheon

Book Description:
Tumors of the Brain and Spine focuses primarily on the standard approaches to the treatment of benign, primary low-grade to high-grade, and metastatic tumors in the brain and spine used by surgeons and clinicians at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. It is written mainly for the primary care oncologist, general neurologist, and general neurosurgeon. Chapters on treatment focus on neurosurgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, both singly and in combination. Chapters on symptom management, the molecular genetics and neuropathology of intracranial tumors, the leptomeningeal dissemination of systemic cancer, the epidemiology of brain tumors, and innovative treatment strategies round out the volume.
| Tags: Neurology, Oncology, Neurosurgery, Surgical oncology |