Brain tumors : biology, pathology, and clinical references /

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Author / Creator:Schiffer, Davide.
Edition:2nd rev. ed.
Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, c1997.
Description:xx, 695 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2606948
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ISBN:3540616225 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [536]-688) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Cytogenesis of the Central Nervous System
  • 2. Factors of the Transformation Process
  • 3. Experimental Tumors
  • 4. Antigens of Phenotypic Expression and Differentiation Markers
  • 5. Pathology of the Host-Tumor Interaction
  • 6. Classification and Nosography of Neuroepithelial Tumors
  • 7. The Concept of Malignancy: Anaplasia, Cell Proliferation, Metastasis
  • 8. Descriptive Epidemiology of Primary Nervous System Tumors
  • 9. Astrocytic Tumors
  • 10. Oligodendroglial Tumors
  • 11. Ependymal Tumors
  • 12. Choroid Plexus Tumors
  • 13. Tumors Composed of Neural Cells
  • 14. Pineal Gland Tumors
  • 15. Embryonal Tumors
  • 16. Glomus Tumors, Paragangliomas
  • 17. Tumors of the Cranial and Spinal Nerves
  • 18. Tumors of the Meninges
  • 19. Mesenchymal Tumors
  • 20. Vascular Tumors
  • 21. Tumors and Dysontogenetic Lesions
  • 22. Phakomatosis and Dysgenetic Syndromes
  • 23. Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas
  • 24. Metastases
  • 25. Biological Basis of Therapies
  • 26. Effects of Treatment on Brain Tumors and Normal Nervous Tissue.