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…
Fig. 1.1 White-light microscope images of hematoxylin-eosin stained tissue section of selected brain tumors: (a) – gemistocytic astrocytoma (III grade); (b) – oligodendroglioma (II grade); (c) – glioblastoma multiforme (IV…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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),…
© 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 …
