Advanced Imaging of Adult Brain Tumors with MRI and PET
4 Advanced Imaging of Adult Brain Tumors with MRI and PET Geoffrey S. Young, Jan Stauss and Srinivasan Mukundan Abstract We briefly review the major advanced MRI techniques used in…
Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors
10 Management of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors Nicholas H. Post and Paul R. Cooper Intramedullary spinal cord tumors (IMSCTs) are rare, a fact that is reflected by the paucity of…
Paraneoplastic Disorders
18 Paraneoplastic Disorders Myrna R. Rosenfeld and Josep Dalmau Introduction Paraneoplastic neurological disorders (PND) are a heterogeneous group of disorders that can affect any part of the neuraxis, including the…
Brain Metastases
13 Brain Metastases Silvia Hofer and Michael Brada Introduction Brain metastases are a common manifestation of malignancy, affecting approximately 10% of patients with solid tumors. The majority develop in the…
Neurotoxicity of Chemotherapy
16 Neurotoxicity of Chemotherapy Kate Scatchard and Siow Ming Lee Introduction Neurological side effects are a common complication following chemotherapy, and can adversely affect clinical management of the cancer patient….
Primary CNS Lymphoma
9 Primary CNS Lymphoma M. Sierra Del Rio, A. Rousseau, Carole Soussain and Hoang-Xuan Khe Introduction Primary CNS lymphomas (PCNSL) are extranodal malignant lymphomas arising within the brain, eyes, leptomeninges,…
Extraaxial Brain Tumors
11 Extraaxial Brain Tumors Nader Pouratian, Ashok R. Asthagiri, David Schiff and Jason P. Sheehan Introduction Extraaxial brain tumors (EBTs) include an array of tumors that arise from structures and…
Neurological Complications of Bone Marrow and Organ Transplantation
19 Neurological Complications of Bone Marrow and Organ Transplantation Claudio S. Padovan and Andreas Straube Introduction Organ transplantation is the only curative treatment for advanced cases of kidney, heart, liver,…
Malignant Gliomas in Adults
5 Malignant Gliomas in Adults Andrew D. Norden, Jan Drappatz and Patrick Y. Wen Introduction Malignant gliomas (MG) account for more than 75% of the approximately 20,500 newly diagnosed malignant…
Low Grade Astrocytomas
6 Low Grade Astrocytomas Lawrence D. Recht, Hannes Vogel and Griffith R. Harsh Introduction In the 1970s, 80% of nonglioblastoma gliomas were considered to be diffuse astrocytomas. The percentages of…
