Main description:

Part of the Oxford Textbooks in Clinical Neurology series, the Oxford Textbook of Neuro-Oncology covers the pathophysiology, diagnosis, classification, and management of tumours of the nervous system. The book provides a comprehensive overview of tumour subtypes, in accordance with WHO classifications, along with management plans for adult and paediatric populations. The international team of co-editors ensures that expert commentaries on existing
and wide-reaching diagnostic and treatment guidelines (including NCCN and ESMO) are accessible by a global audience.

Contents:

1: Paul Kleihues, Elisabeth Rushing, and Hiroko Ohgaki: The 2016 revision of the WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system
2: Brian O'Neill, Jeffrey Allen, Mitchell S. Berger, and Rolf-Dieter Kortmann: Astrocytoma subtypes of children and adults: Pilocytic astrocytoma, pleomorphic xantoastrocytoma, and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
3: Michael Weller, Michael Brada, Tai-Tong Wong, and Michael A. Vogelbaum: Diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, glioblastoma, and gliomatosis cerebri
4: Wolfgang Wick, Colin Watts, and Minesh P. Mehta: Oligodendroglial tumours
5: Mark R. Gilbert and Roberta Ruda: Ependymal tumours
6: Maria Santos, Eric Bouffet, Carolyn Freeman, and Mark M. Souweidane: Choroid plexus tumours
7: Martin J. van den Bent, Frederic Dhermain, and Walter Stummer: Astroblastoma, angiocentric glioma, and chordoid glioma
8: Riccardo Soffietti, Hugues Duffau, Glenn Bauman, and David Walker: Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumours
9: Roger E. Taylor, Barry L. Pizer, Alba A. Brandes, and Stephen Lowis: Embryonal and pineal tumours
10: Joerg-Christian Tonn and Douglas Kondziolka: Tumours of the cranial nerves
11: Rakesh Jalali, Patrick Y. Wen, and Takamitsu Fujimaki: Management of meningiomas
12: M. Yashar S. Kalani, Sith Sathornsumetee, and Charles Teo: Other tumours of the meninges
13: Tracy Batchelor, Oussama Abla, Zhong-ping Chen, Dennis C. Shrieve, and Samar Issa: Lymphomas and hematopoietic neoplasms
14: Claire Alapetite, Takaaki Yanagisawa, and Ryo Nishikawa: Germ cell tumours
15: Scott R. Plotkin, Jaclyn A. Biegel, David Malkin, Robert Martuza, and D. Gareth Evans: Familial tumour syndromes-A
16: Hiroshi Kanno and Joachim P. Steinbach: Familial tumour syndromes-B (von Hippel-Lindau disease)
17: Howard Weiner and Peter B. Crino: Tuberous sclerosis complex
18: Edward R. Laws, Jr., Whitney W. Woodmansee, and Jay S. Loeffler: The multidisciplinary management of pituitary disorders
19: Matthias Preusser, Gabriele Schackert, and Brigitta G. Baumert: Metastatic brain tumours
20: David Schiff, Jonathan Sherman, and Paul D. Brown: Metastatic tumours - Spinal cord, plexus, peripheral nerve
21: Marc C. Chamberlain, Stephanie E. Combs, and Soichiro Shibui: Neoplastic meningitis: Metastases to the leptomeninges and cerebrospinal fluid