Brain Tumors: Pathology and its Biological Correlates

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Cytogenesis of the Central Nervous System....Pages 1-13
Factors of the Transformation Process....Pages 14-27
Experimental Tumors....Pages 28-43
Antigens of Phenotypic Expression and Differentiation Markers....Pages 44-58
Pathology of the Host-Tumor Interaction....Pages 59-78
Classification and Nosography of Neuroepithelial Tumors....Pages 79-88
The Concept of Malignancy: Anaplasia, Cell Proliferation, Metastasis....Pages 89-105
Descriptive Epidemiology of Primary Nervous System Tumors....Pages 106-110
Astrocytic Tumors....Pages 111-180
Oligodendroglial Tumors....Pages 181-192
Ependymal Tumors....Pages 193-216
Choroid Plexus Tumors....Pages 217-221
Tumors Composed of Neural Cells....Pages 222-230
Pineal Gland Tumors....Pages 231-240
Embryonal Tumors....Pages 241-267
Glomus Tumors, Paraganglioma....Pages 268-270
Tumors of the Cranial and Spinal Nerves....Pages 271-284
Tumors of the Meninges....Pages 285-329
Mesenchymal Tumors....Pages 330-338
Vascular Tumors....Pages 339-348
Tumors and Dysontogenetic Lesions....Pages 349-404
Phacomatosis and Dysgenetic Syndromes....Pages 405-410
Lymphomas....Pages 411-422
Metastases....Pages 423-429
Biological Basis of Therapies....Pages 430-442
Effects of Treatment on Brain Tumors and Normal Nervous Tissue....Pages 443-455
Back Matter....Pages 456-597