TY  - BOOK
AU  - Estlin,Eddy
AU  - Lowis,Stephen
ED  - ProQuest (Firm)
TI  - Central nervous system tumours of childhood
AV  - RC280.N43 C46 2005
U1  - 618.92/994 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - London
PB  - Mac Keith Press
KW  - Tumors in children
KW  - Central nervous system
KW  - Tumors
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sect. I; Introduction, and overview of diagnosis, biology and therapy --; 1; Introduction; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis --; 2; The epidemiology of paediatric CNS tumours; GA Amos Burke --; 3; Paediatric CNS tumours: neuroimaging; Shelley Renowden --; 4; Pathology and molecular oncology of childhood CNS tumours; Lucy B. Rorke-Adams and Jaclyn A Biegel --; 5; Molecular approaches to the understanding and treatment of childhood CNS tumours; Richard J Gilbertson --; 6; Surgical management of CNS tumours in the paediatric population; Jerard Ross and John Thorne --; 7; General principles of radiotherapy; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis --; 8; General principles of chemotherapy; Eddy Estlin --; 9; Management of complications at presentation for children with CNS tumours; Stephen Lowis --; Sect. II; CNS tumours of childhood --; 10; Low-grade and high-grade astrocytoma; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis --; 11; Ependymoma; Ute Bartels, Douglas J Hyder, Annie Huang and Eric Bouffet --; 12; Brainstem tumours; Carolyn R Freeman and Jean-Pierre Farmer --; 13; Primitive neuroectodermal tumours; Stephen Lowis --; 14; Intracranial germ cell tumours; Susanne J Rogers an Frank H Saran --; 15; Choroid plexus papilloma and carcinoma; Stephen Lowis ---; 16; Craniopharyngioma; Eddy Estlin --; 17; Mixed neuronal tumours; Eddy Estlin --; 18; Spinal cord tumours in children; Douglas H. Hyder, Peter B Dirks, Ute Bartels and Eric Bouffet --; 19; Metastatic disease affecting the CNS; Stephen Lowis --; Sect. III; Late effects, rehabilitation and palliative care --; 20; Late effects of CNS tumours; Adam Glaser and Gary Butler --; 21; An overview of cerebral functioning and its application in the developing brain; Andrew Curran --; 22; Palliative care; Erica Mackie --; Sect. IV; Summary --; 23; Conclusions and future directions; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
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