Molecular Pathology of Nervous System Tumors Biological Stratification and Targeted Therapies / edited by Matthias A. Karajannis, David Zagzag.

This book serves as a comprehensive guide to the rapidly evolving field of molecular neuropathology of nervous system tumors, as well as the underlying biology and emerging molecular targeted therapies. Special emphasis is given to already established and emerging molecular diagnostic tests in neuro...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Karajannis, Matthias A. (Editor), Zagzag, David (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Molecular Pathology Library, 8
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Hereditary Predisposition to Primary CNS Tumors
  • 2. Brain Tumor Stem Cells
  • 3. Molecular Pathology Techniques.- 4. Low-grade Gliomas.- 5. Ependymoma.- 6.  Adult High Grade (Diffuse) Glioma.- 7.  High-Grade Gliomas and DIPG (Pediatric)
  • 8.  Oligodendroglial Tumors: Current Treatments and the Promise of Molecular Genetics.- 9. Molecular Pathology of Nervous System Tumors: Medulloblastoma and CNS Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors.- 10. Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma.- 11. Germ Cell Tumors.- 12.  Choroid Plexus Tumors.- 13. Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors.- 14.  Hemangioblastoma.- 15.  Schwannomas.- 16.  Molecular Pathology of Nervous System Tumors.- 17. Molecular Genetic Pathology of Meningiomas.      .