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This book provides the most current advancements in the medical care of glioma patients, accompanied by clinical cases. Clinical implementations of the new multilayered integrated diagnosis of gliomas according to WHO CNS5 are also demonstrated here. New adjuvant therapies, such as chemotherapy/targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and physiotherapy, are discussed in the book. The book also covers the applications of genomics and epigenomics of gliomas in clinical practice. In essence, this book shows the management of gliomas with new treatment modalities, which can prolong the overall survival time of patients fighting glioma.
The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. The present version has been revised technically and linguistically by the authors in collaboration with a professional translator.
List of contents
Epidemiology and pathogenic factors of glioma.- Progress in molecular classification of glioma.- Liquid biopsy occupies an important position in the diagnosis and treatment of glioma in the future.- Research progress of glioma stem cells.- Research progress of tumor microenvironment in diagnosis and treatment of glioma.- Advances in genomics and epigenetics analysis of glioma.- Application of multimodal imaging technology in diagnosis and treatment of glioma.- Application of brain function research in perioperative period of glioma.- Glioma chemotherapy/targeted therapy based on molecular markers.- Immunotherapy is the future direction of adjuvant treatment of glioma.- Application of neuro-tumor multidisciplinary team in the diagnosis and treatment of glioma.- Glioma clinical trials.- Physiotherapy for glioma.
About the author
Editor Ying Mao, MD, PhD, is a surgeon at Department of Neurosurgery at Huashan Hospital, and the President of Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. He is the Designate Director of Chinese Neurosurgical Society, Branch of Chinese Medical Association. He is also the book editor of Surgical Atlas of Cerebral Revascularization, 2021, Springer, 978-981-16-0373-0.
