Bibliothèque de L'IMIST/CNRST

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.