TY - BOOK AU - Estlin,Eddy AU - Lowis,Stephen TI - Central nervous system tumours of childhood T2 - Clinics in developmental medicine, SN - 9781898683384 U1 - 618.92994 22 PY - 2005/// CY - London, [Cambridge], [New York] PB - Mac Keith Press, Distributed by Cambridge University Press KW - Tumors in children KW - Central nervous system KW - Tumors KW - Central Nervous System Neoplasms KW - Child KW - Tumeurs chez l'enfant KW - Système nerveux central KW - Tumeurs KW - fast KW - Hirnstammtumor KW - swd KW - Hirntumor KW - Kind KW - Rückenmarkstumor KW - Tumor KW - Zentralnervensystem N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Sect. I; Introduction, and overview of diagnosis, biology and therapy --; 1; Introduction; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis --; 2; The epidemiology of paediatric CNS tumours; GA Amos Burke --; 3; Paediatric CNS tumours: neuroimaging; Shelley Renowden --; 4; Pathology and molecular oncology of childhood CNS tumours; Lucy B. Rorke-Adams and Jaclyn A Biegel --; 5; Molecular approaches to the understanding and treatment of childhood CNS tumours; Richard J Gilbertson --; 6; Surgical management of CNS tumours in the paediatric population; Jerard Ross and John Thorne --; 7; General principles of radiotherapy; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis --; 8; General principles of chemotherapy; Eddy Estlin --; 9; Management of complications at presentation for children with CNS tumours; Stephen Lowis --; Sect. II; CNS tumours of childhood --; 10; Low-grade and high-grade astrocytoma; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis --; 11; Ependymoma; Ute Bartels, Douglas J Hyder, Annie Huang and Eric Bouffet --; 12; Brainstem tumours; Carolyn R Freeman and Jean-Pierre Farmer --; 13; Primitive neuroectodermal tumours; Stephen Lowis --; 14; Intracranial germ cell tumours; Susanne J Rogers an Frank H Saran --; 15; Choroid plexus papilloma and carcinoma; Stephen Lowis ---; 16; Craniopharyngioma; Eddy Estlin --; 17; Mixed neuronal tumours; Eddy Estlin --; 18; Spinal cord tumours in children; Douglas H. Hyder, Peter B Dirks, Ute Bartels and Eric Bouffet --; 19; Metastatic disease affecting the CNS; Stephen Lowis --; Sect. III; Late effects, rehabilitation and palliative care --; 20; Late effects of CNS tumours; Adam Glaser and Gary Butler --; 21; An overview of cerebral functioning and its application in the developing brain; Andrew Curran --; 22; Palliative care; Erica Mackie --; Sect. IV; Summary --; 23; Conclusions and future directions; Eddy Estlin and Stephen Lowis UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2006274047-t.html UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014843816&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0733/2006274047-b.html UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2006274047-d.html UR - http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=014843816&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA ER -