Childhood Brain Tumours: Proton Beam Therapy
Fig. 8.1 Treatment planning study for a 3 year old child with a glioma. (a) Shows a VMAT photon plan and (b) a two field proton plan for a treatment…
Craniotomy for Intracranial Tumors: Role of Postoperative Hematoma in Surgical Mortality
N % Patients 2,630 100 Sex Male 1,275 48.5 Female 1,355 51.5 Age (years) 18–29.9 141 5.4 30–39.9 300 11.4 40–49.9 437 16.6 50–59.9 604 23.0 60–69.9 649 24.7…
The Role of Whole Brain Radiation Therapy for Metastatic Brain Tumors
where n = number of treatments, d = dose per fraction; and α/β = 10 Gy for tumor effects of each schedule. The standard WBRT dose is 30 Gy in 10 fractions given over 2 weeks…
Hyperinsulinemia Tends to Induce Growth Without Growth Hormone in Children with Brain Tumors After Neurosurgery
Reference No. of patients with BT No. of GWGH patients No. of obese GWGH Serum insulin at baseline Insulin secretion after loading Serum IGF-I Serum IGFBP-3 Serum leptin Serum prolactin…
Medulloblastomas: Survival Differences Between Children and Adults
Clinical Children are more likely to present with midline lesions and adults with hemispheric lesions. 83 % of children present with midline lesions compared with 49 % of adults (Sarkar…
Human Brain Tumor Growth: Role of Aquaporins
Fig. 4.1 AQP-4 immunocytochemical localization in the peripheral areas of glioblastoma nultiforme primary surgical specimens (a), in relapsed surgical specimens from patients treated with radiotherapy (b) and with chemiotherapy and…
Inhibition of Neuroblastoma Progression by Targeting Lymphangiogenesis: Role of an Endogenous Soluble Splice-Variant of VEGFR-2
Fig. 6.1 Immunostaining for esVEGFR-2 in tissues of human, 8–10 weeks old, embryos and fetuses. (a) adrenal gland (ad), liver (li) and diaphragm (di). (b) liver. (c) intercostal muscles (im),…
Prolactinomas: Role of VEGF, FGF-2 and CD31
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014M.A. Hayat (ed.)Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 12Tumors of the Central Nervous System1210.1007/978-94-007-7217-5_3 3. Prolactinomas: Role of VEGF, FGF-2 and CD31 Maria Ines1, Perez Millán1, Carolina Cristina2, Silvia Inés Berner3 and Damasia Becu-Villalobos1 …
rTMS in Visual Hemineglect After Stroke
Fig. 8.1 Visual hemineglect in copying Rey figure. The patient largely ignores the left side of the figure and copies only parts of the right side Finally, neglect is an…
Neurophysiology of rTMS: Important Caveats When Interpreting the Results of Therapeutic Interventions
Fig. 1.1 (a) Basics of TMS. A large pulse of current in the external stimulating coil generates a rapidly changing magnetic field that rises to, and falls from, 1 T…
