Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Clinical Management and Evolving Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Brain Tumors

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Terry Lichtor
Terry Lichtor

Rush University Medical Center,
United States of America

Published10 April 2013

Doi10.5772/45956

ISBN978-953-51-1058-3

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-7123-2

Copyright year2013

Number of pages654

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2. Functional MRI, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Magnetic Source Imaging and Intraoperative Neuromonitoring Guided Brain Tumor Resection in Awake and Under General Anaesthesia

By Zamzuri Idris, W M Nazaruddin W Hassan, Muzaimi Mustapha, Badrisyah Idris, Rahman Izaini Ghani and Jafri Malin Abdullah

2,798
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3. Modern Neuroimaging Techniques in The Diagnosis of Brain Tumours

By Concetta Alafaci, Francesca Granata, Mariano Cutugno, Maria Caffo, Gerardo Caruso and Francesco Maria Salpietro

2,166
4
4. Radiology Imaging Techniques of Brain Tumours

By Kamil Zeleňák, Cisáriková Viera and Poláček Hubert

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6. Pilocytic Astrocytoma: Anatomic, Pathological and Molecular Aspects

By Aline Paixao Becker, Cristovam Scapulatempo-Neto, Luciano Neder, Leila Chimelli and Rui M. Reis

4,339
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9. Metastatic Brain Tumors

By Steven N. Kalkanis and Sanjay Patra

1,617
10. Tumor Associated Epilepsy

By Edward K. Avila

1,742
2,058
12. Current Applications of 5-ALA in Glioma Diagnostics and Therapy

By Lei Teng, Mitsutoshi Nakada, Yutaka Hayashi, Takeshi Yoneyama, Shi-Guang Zhao and Jun-Ichiro Hamada

2,506
2
14. Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition and Progression of Glioblastoma

By Andrej Pala, Georg Karpel-Massler, Christian Rainer Wirtz and Marc- Eric Halatsch

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2
16. Telomeres and Brain Tumors

By Domenico La Torre, Giovanni Raffa, Chiara Tomasello, M’Hammed Aguennouz and Antonino Germano

1,864
17. Chromosomal Analysis: Clinical Applicability to Brain Cancers

By Fabio P. Estumano da Silva and Edivaldo H. C. de Oliveira

2,590
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18. Brainstem Gliomas

By Zhiping Zhou and Mark M. Souweidane

3,178
19. Chemotherapeutic Agent for Glioma

By Shinji Kohsaka and Shinya Tanaka

2,952
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20. Topoisomerase Therapy in the Treatment of Brain Tumors

By George Theodore, Niramol Savaraj and Lynn Feun

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23. The Stance of Antioxidants in Brain Tumors

By Pinar Atukeren and M. Ramazan Yigitoglu

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25. Interdisciplinary Surgical Management of Orbital and Maxillo- Ethmoidal Complex Disorders

By Jarosław Paluch, Jarosław Markowski, Jan Pilch, Agnieszka Piotrowska – Seweryn, Robert Kwiatkowski, Joanna Lewin-Kowalik, Czesław Zralek and Agnieszka Gorzkowska

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