Advances in surgical pathology. Brain cancer

Advances in surgical pathology. Brain cancer / [edited by] Andreana Rivera, Hidehiro Takei - xii, 257 pages : illustrations - Advances in surgical pathology series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Section I. Overview Normal histology Section II. Histopathology Diffuse (infiltrating) gliomas Circumscribed astrocytomas (pilocytic astrocytoma, pilomyxoid, astrocytoma, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma, and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma) Ependymomas Other neuroepithelial tumors (chordoid glioma, astroblastoma, angiocentric glioma) Neuronal/mixed glioneuronal tumors Embryonal tumors Choroid plexus tumors (choroid plexus papilloma, atypical choroid plexus papilloma, choroid plexus carcinoma, xanthogranuloma of the choroid plexus, and metastasis) Pineal region tumors Sellar and suprasellar region tumors Meningeal tumors Hereditary syndromes Tumors of cranial and peripheral nerves and other tumors Hematolymphoid and histiocytic tumors Central nervous system metastasis Section III. Imaging Correlation of imaging with pathology Section IV. Molecular pathtology Glial tumors Nonglial tumors Section V. Current therapy and prognosis Brain cancer treatment

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Brain--Cancer--Pathophysiology
Brain--Cancer--Diagnosis
Brain--Cancer--Imaging

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