Local Therapies for Glioma Present Status and Future Developments

In addition to surgery and radiotherapy, local treatment modalities for the management of brain tumours are increasingly being developed and clinically tested. This book describes for the first time basic tumour biology as well as all current procedures in progress at the most recent level of knowledge, presented by leading experts in the respective fields. Image guided resection procedures, fluorescence guided surgery, developments in interstitial radiosurgery are addressed, just as intracavitary chemotherapy and all current concepts and studies of interstitial targeted therapy. Owing to its topicality this book will remain for long the standard for this comprehensively treated subject.

Summary

In addition to surgery and radiotherapy, local treatment modalities for the management of brain tumours are increasingly being developed and clinically tested. This book describes for the first time basic tumour biology as well as all current procedures in progress at the most recent level of knowledge, presented by leading experts in the respective fields. Image guided resection procedures, fluorescence guided surgery, developments in interstitial radiosurgery are addressed, just as intracavitary chemotherapy and all current concepts and studies of interstitial targeted therapy. Owing to its topicality this book will remain for long the standard for this comprehensively treated subject.

Product details

• Assisted by: J.-C. Tonn (Editor), M. Westphal (Editor), Z. Ram (Editor), J. -C. Tonn (Editor), J -C Tonn (Editor), -C Tonn (Editor), Z Ram (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Wien
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 26.07.2013
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine
• EAN: 9783709172285
• ISBN: 978-3-7091-7228-5
• Pages: 186
• Illustrations: IX, 186 p.
• Dimensions (packing): 21 x 27.9 cm
• Weight (packing): 504 g
• Series: Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement > 88; Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement; Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum > 88
• Subjects: Neurochirurgie, C, Neurowissenschaften, neurosurgery, Medicine, Neurology, Neuroscience, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Oncology, Neurosciences, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, surgical oncology, cancer therapy