Cancer of the Nervous System

Part I. Basic Principles of Epidemiology and Diagnosis Epidemiology of Brain Tumors Neuropathology of Central Nervous System Tumors Molecular Neuropathology Imaging SPECT in the Evaluation of Adult Primary Brain Tumors PET Imaging in Gliomas MR Spectroscopy and Its Use in Brain Tumor Diagnosis and of Potentially Guiding Therapy Imaging--fMRI Clinical Presentation of Patients with Brain Tumors Part II. Basic Principles of Treatment Prnciples of pediatric brain tumor surgery Principles of Brain Tumor Surgery for Adults Image Guided Tumor Surgery Principles of Brain Tumor Radiotherapy Principles of Cytotoxic Chemotherapy Biological Based Brain Tumor Therapy Immunotherapy Gene Therapy Management of Non-Neoplastic Problematic Brain Tumor Patients Psychiatric Management of Brain Tumor Patients Pain Management and Quality of Life in Patients with Brain Tumors Part III. Benign Brain Tumors Meningioma: Natural History, Diagnosis, and Imaging Meningioma: Skull Base Surgery Meningioma: Other Meningioma Surgery The Role of Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Meningiomas The Role of Fractionated Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Persistent or Recurrent or Inoperable Meningiomas Meningioma: Role of Medical Management Vestibular Schwannoma: Overview of Natural History and Diagosis Vestibular schwannoma: Role of Surgery The Role of Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Vestibular Schwannomas Fractioned Stereotactic Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Acoustic Neuromas Vestibular Schwannomas in the Setting of Neurofibromatosis Type II Pituitary Adenoma: Medical Management Pituitary adenoma: Surgery The Role of Fractionated Conformal Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Pituitary Adenomas Surgery for Craniopharyngioma Craniopharyngioma Non 8th Nerve Schwannomas of Cranium Nerve Sheath Tumors of the Spine Part IV. Malignant Brain Tumors Low-grade Supratentorial Gliomas Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas of Chiasm and Cerrebellum Malignant Gliomas Sarcomas of the skull base Ependymomas Medulloblastoma and PNET Hemangioblastoma Tumors of the Pineal Region Central Nervous System Lymphoma in AIDS and Non-AIDS Patients Gliomas of the Spine Vertebral Body Tumors Rare Malignant Brain Tumors Part V. Metastatic Disease Radiotherapy / Radiosurgery for Brain Metastasis Chemotherapy for Central Nervous System Tumors Epidural Disease Neoplastic meningitis Paraneoplastic Diseases of the Nervous System Part VI. Basic Science Hereditary Brain Tumor Syndromes Growth Factors Angiogenesis Invasion Immunobiology Animal Models Molecular Genetics of Brain Tumors Predicting Medulloblastoma Outcome Predictive Markers in Gliomas Molecular Markers of Metastatic Disease Stem Cell Biology and Brain Tumors Issues Regarding Death and Dying in Brain Tumor Patients