Oxford Textbook of Neuro-Oncology

Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology series, the Oxford Textbook of Neuro-Oncology covers the pathophysiology, diagnosis, classification, and management of tumours of the nervous system.

List of contents

• 1: David N. Louis, Pieter Wesseling, and David W. Ellison: Introduction to WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System


• 2: Michael Weller, Andreas von Deimling, and Daniel Brat: Gliomas, Glioneuronal, and Neuronal Tumors: Introduction


• 2.1.1: Martin J. van den Bent, Daniel J. Brat, Frederic Dhermain, and Walter Stummer: Adult-type diffuse gliomas: Astrocytoma, IDH-Mutant


• 2.1.2: Wolfgang Wick and Guido Reifenberger: Adult-type diffuse gliomas: Oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant and 1p/19q-codeleted


• 2.1.3: Michael Weller, E. Antonio Chiocca, Sabine Mueller, Jennifer Yu, and Andreas von Deimling: Adult-type diffuse gliomas: Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype


• 2.2: Mariella Filbin, Christine Haberler, Daphne Haas-Kogan, Ian F. Pollack, David A. Reardon, and Sanda Alexandrescu: Pediatric-type diffuse low-grade gliomas


• 2.3: Michelle Monje, Steven BraunsteiMitchell Berger, and Hannes Vogel: Paediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas


• 2.4: Mariella Filbin, Sanda Alexandrescu, Daphne Haas-Kogan, Ian F. Pollack, David A. Reardon, Christine Haberler: Circumscribed astrocytic gliomas


• 2.5: Riccardo Soffietti, Hugues Duffau, Anita Mahajan, Maria Luisa Garrè, and Jason Huse: Glioneuronal and neuronal tumours


• 2.6: Mark R. Gilbert, Christina Tsien, Anandani Nellan, Cynthia Campen, Terri S. Armstrong, Mark Souweidane, and Roger McLendon: Ependymal Tumours


• 3: Didier Frappaz, Nikolaus Andratschke, Roberta Ruda, Manfred Westphal, and Christian Thomas: Choroid Plexus Tumours


• 4: Samuel Cheshier, François Doz, David W. Ellison, Thomas E. Merchant, and Stefan M. Pfister: Embryonal Tumours


• 5: Roger E. Taylor, Felice Giangaspero, Catherine Han, Michael Jenkinson, and Nancy Tarbell: Pineal tumours


• 6: Joerg Christian Tonn, Warren Mason, Alexander Muacevic, and David Reuss: Cranial and paraspinal nerve tumours


• 7: Priscilla K. Brastianos, Roland Goldbrunner, Damien Charles Weber, and Felix Sahm: Meningioma


• 8: Sith Sathornsumetee, Rakesh Jalali, Manfred Westphal, and Christian Mawrin: Mesenchymal, non-meningothelial tumours involving the central nervous system


• 9: Patrick Roth, Loreto Yanez, Ying Mao, and Keith Ligon: Melanocytic tumors


• 10: Tracy Batchelor: Haematolymphoid tumours involving the central nervous system: Introduction


• 10.1: Tracy Batchelor, Motoo Nagane, Tejpal Gupta, Lisa Roth, and Maurilio Ponzoni: Lymphomas


• 10.2: Oussama Abla and Jennifer Picarsic: Histiocytic Tumors of the Central Nervous System


• 11: Manmeet S. Ahluwalia, Matthew D. Hall, Hirokazu Takami, and Torsten Pietsch: Germ cell tumors


• 12: Joachim M. Baehring, Helen Shih, Zhong-Ping Chen, and Sandro Santagata: Tumors of the sellar region


• 13: Emilie Le Rhun and Dieta Bransdma: Metastases to the CNS: Introduction


• 13.1: Dieta Brandsma, David Schiff, Susan Short, Marcos Maldaun, and Elisabeth Rushing: Metastases to the brain and spinal cord parenchyma


• 13.2: Emilie Le Rhun, Giuseppe Minniti, Adrienne Boire, and Pieter Wesseling: Metastases to the meninges


• 13.3: Tali Siegal, Ofir Wolach, and Osnat Bairey: Secondary involvement of the central nervous system by hematopoietic malignancies


• 14: Scott R. Plotkin: Genetic tumour syndromes involving the CNS: Introduction


• 14.1: Scott R. Plotkin, D. Gareth Evans, Jay Loeffler, Sonia Partap, Shota Tanaka, and Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov: Neurofibromatosis 1


• 14.2: Scott R. Plotkin, D. Gareth Evans, Jay Loeffler, Sonia Partap, Shota Tanaka, and Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov: NF2-related schwannomatosis (formerly known as neurofibromatosis type 2)


• 14.3: Scott R. Plotkin, D. Gareth Evans, Jay Loeffler, Sonia Partap, Shota Tanaka, and Anat Stemmer-Rachamimov: Non-NF2-related schwannomatosis and rhabdoid tumour predisposition syndrome


• 14.4: Joachim P. Steinbach, Hiroshi Kanno, Othon Iliopoulos, and Karl H. Plate: Von Hippel Lindau Disease


• 14.5: Eleonora Aronica, Pradnya Gadgil, Nisha Giridharan, Howard Weiner, Peter B. Crino: Tuberous Sclerosis Complex


• 14.6: Ana S. Guerreiro Stucklin, Uri Tabori, and Cynthia Hawkins: Central and Peripheral Nervous System Tumor Predisposition Syndromes

About the author

Tracy Batchelor is the Chair in the Department of Neurology at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Co-Leader of the Neuro-Oncology Program at the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and the Martin A. Samuels Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA. He has spent his career focused on developing novel therapeutics for malignant brain tumours.

Michael Weller is the Chair in the Department of Neurology at University Hospital and University of Zurich, Switzerland. He served as President of the European Association of Neuro-Oncology and chaired the EORTC Brain Tumour Group. His research focuses on innovative therapeutic approaches to brain tumours in vitro, in experimental models in vivo, and in clinical trials.

Summary

Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology series, the Oxford Textbook of Neuro-Oncology covers the pathophysiology, diagnosis, classification, and management of tumours of the nervous system.

Additional text

Review from previous edition I highly recommend this text. It is a concise yet complete reference for clinicians wishing to review the latest diagnosis and treatment options.

Product details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.04.2025
• EAN: 9780198869702
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886970-2
• No. of pages: 400
• Series: Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; MEDICAL / Neurology, Neurology & clinical neurophysiology, Oncology, Neurology and clinical neurophysiology, MEDICAL / Oncology / General