Clinical Management and Evolving Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Brain Tumors

A dramatic increase in knowledge regarding the molecular biology of brain tumors has been established over the past few years, and this has lead to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for these patients. In this book a review of the options available for the clinical management of patien...

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description A dramatic increase in knowledge regarding the molecular biology of brain tumors has been established over the past few years, and this has lead to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for these patients. In this book a review of the options available for the clinical management of patients with these tumors are outlined. In addition advances in radiology both for pre-operative diagnostic purposes along with surgical planning are described. Furthermore a review of newer developments in chemotherapy along with the evolving field of photodynamic therapy both for intra-operative management and subsequent therapy is provided. A discussion of certain surgical management issues along with tumor induced epilepsy is included. Finally a discussion of the management of certain unique problems including brain metastases, brainstem glioma, central nervous system lymphoma along with issues involving patients with a brain tumor and pregnancy is provided.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-664852024-03-31T22:45:49Z Clinical Management and Evolving Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Brain Tumors Lichtor, Terry Oncology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJC Diseases and disorders::MJCL Oncology A dramatic increase in knowledge regarding the molecular biology of brain tumors has been established over the past few years, and this has lead to the development of novel therapeutic strategies for these patients. In this book a review of the options available for the clinical management of patients with these tumors are outlined. In addition advances in radiology both for pre-operative diagnostic purposes along with surgical planning are described. Furthermore a review of newer developments in chemotherapy along with the evolving field of photodynamic therapy both for intra-operative management and subsequent therapy is provided. A discussion of certain surgical management issues along with tumor induced epilepsy is included. Finally a discussion of the management of certain unique problems including brain metastases, brainstem glioma, central nervous system lymphoma along with issues involving patients with a brain tumor and pregnancy is provided. 2021-04-20T15:44:48Z 2021-04-20T15:44:48Z 2013 book ONIX_20210420_9789535110583_1844 9789535110583 9789535171232 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/66485 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/3277/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/45956 10.5772/45956 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9789535110583 9789535171232 IntechOpen 654 open access
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Clinical Management and Evolving Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Brain Tumors
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title_full Clinical Management and Evolving Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Brain Tumors
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title_short Clinical Management and Evolving Novel Therapeutic Strategies for Patients with Brain Tumors
title_sort clinical management and evolving novel therapeutic strategies for patients with brain tumors
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