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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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

12 Medical Complications in the Management of Brain Tumors Robin Grant Introduction Patients with brain tumors present with neurological symptoms in a variety of different ways, usually either to their…

3 Clinical Features of Brain Tumors Lakshmi Nayak and Lisa M. Deangelis Introduction The symptoms and signs of a brain tumor resemble those seen in other focal neurological diseases, but…

2 Recent Advances in Epidemiology of Brain Tumors James L. Fisher, Judith Schwartzbaum and Margaret R. Wrensch In this chapter, we describe recent advances and challenges in the study of…