Brain Tumors: Biology, Pathology and Clinical References

Front Matter....Pages I-XX
Cytogenesis of the Central Nervous System....Pages 1-17
Factors of the Transformation Process....Pages 18-38
Experimental Tumors....Pages 39-55
Antigens of Phenotypic Expression and Differentiation Markers....Pages 56-73
Pathology of the Host-Tumor Interaction....Pages 74-95
Classification and Nosography of Neuroepithelial Tumors....Pages 96-108
The Concept of Malignancy: Anaplasia, Cell Proliferation, Metastasis....Pages 109-131
Descriptive Epidemiology of Primary Nervous System Tumors....Pages 132-136
Astrocytic Tumors....Pages 137-213
Oligodendroglial Tumors....Pages 214-227
Ependymal Tumors....Pages 228-253
Choroid Plexus Tumors....Pages 254-259
Tumors Composed of Neural Cells....Pages 260-274
Pineal Gland Tumors....Pages 275-286
Embryonal Tumors....Pages 287-318
Glomus Tumors, Paragangliomas....Pages 319-321
Tumors of the Cranial and Spinal Nerves....Pages 322-340
Tumors of the Meninges....Pages 341-391
Mesenchymal Tumors....Pages 392-401
Vascular Tumors....Pages 402-411
Tumors and Dysontogenetic Lesions....Pages 412-474
Phakomatosis and Dysgenetic Syndromes....Pages 475-483
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas....Pages 484-497
Metastases....Pages 498-505
Biological Basis of Therapies....Pages 506-521
Effects of Treatment on Brain Tumors and Normal Nervous Tissue....Pages 522-535
Back Matter....Pages 536-697