"Brain and Spinal Tumors: Primary and Secondary" ed. by Lee Roy Morgan, Feyzi Birol Sarica

The goal of this book to provide information and data that will be useful for both researchers and practitioners to develop new approaches for the management of Central Nervous System (CNS) malignancies.

Numerous new concepts and procedures are reviewed and discussed in this book and allude to the transport of drugs to the brain. New radiation concepts are also presented, plus management of toxicities associated with both treatment modalities.


Contents
1.Principles of Neuropharmacodynamics: As Applied to Neuro-Oncology
2.IDH-Mutant Gliomas
3.Intradural Extramedullary Spinal Tumors
4.Jugular Foramen Paragangliomas
5.Surgery for Recurrent Glioblastoma
6.Surgical Principles for Spinal and Paraspinal Neurofibromas
7.The Role of Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas
8.Toxicity of Cranial and Spinal Cord Irradiation
9.Pediatric Medulloblastoma: A Radiation Oncologist Perspective
10.Laser Ablation for Gliomas
11.Neoplastic Brain, Glioblastoma, and Immunotherapy
12.Advances in the Systemic Treatment of Melanoma Brain Metastases
13.Angiogenesis in Malignant Gliomas and Bevacizumab Resistance
14.Innovations in Metastatic Brain Tumor Treatment
15.A Nutrition Perspective on the Ketogenic Diet as Therapy for Malignant Brain Cancer