Brain Tumors in Children

Description:

This book is a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of all aspects of brain tumors in children. After introductory chapters on the epidemiology of brain tumors, the book will provide readers with state-of-the art chapters on the principals of radiation therapy, neurosurgery and neuroimaging. Subsequent chapters discuss the biology and treatment of specific types of brain tumors. The concluding chapters present critical information relevant to survivorship, neurocognitive and other late effects, and the global challenges to better diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors in children. This book is co-authored by experts in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors. All of the authors are internationally recognized authorities and they offer an evidence-based consensus on the biology and treatment of brain tumors. This handbook has far-reaching applicability to the clinical diagnosis and management of brain tumors in children and will prove valuable to specialists, generalists and trainees alike.

Table of Contents:

1. Epidemiology of Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors

2. Principles of Pediatric Neurosurgery

3. Principles of Radiation Oncology

4. Imaging Children with CNS Tumors

5. Predisposition Syndromes to Central Nervous System Cancers

6. Modern Principles of CNS Tumor Classification

7. Medulloblastoma

8. Ependymoma

9. High-Grade Glioma, Including Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma

10. Low-Grade Gliomas

11. Germ Cell Tumors

12. Childhood Craniopharyngioma

13. Rare Embryonal Brain Tumours

14. Cognitive Late Effects and Their Management

15. Long-Term Outcomes Among Survivors of Childhood Central Nervous System Malignancies: Late Mortality, Subsequent Neoplasms, Endocrine and Neurologic Morbidity

16. Integrating Palliative Care into the Ongoing Care of Children with CNS Tumors

17. Global Challenges in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology