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Epidemiology / Kyle M. Walsh, Hiroko Ohgaki, Margaret R. Wrensch -- Presenting signs and symptoms in brain tumors / Agusti Alentorn, Khe� Hoang-Xuan, Tom Mikkelsen -- Neuroimaging / Whitney B. Pope, Ibrahim Djoukhadar, Alan Jackson -- Surgical approaches for the gliomas / Colin Watts, Nader Sanai -- Histologic classification of gliomas / Arie Perry, Pieter Wesseling -- Molecular classification of gliomas / Kenta Masui, Paul S. Mischel, Guido Reifenberger -- Next-generation molecular diagnostics / Kenneth Aldape, Stefan M. Pfister -- Principles of radiation therapy / James W. Snider III, Minesh Mehta -- Principles of pharmacotherapy / Tracy Batchelor, Jordi Rodon, Manmeet Ahluwalia --Principles of immunotherapy / Brandon D. Liebelt, Gaetano Finocchiaro, Amy B. Heimberger --Experimental therapies: gene therapies and oncolytic viruses / M. Maher Hulou, Choi-Fong Cho, E. Antonio Chiocca, Rolf Bjerkvig -- Complications of glioma surgery / Christina Jackson, Manfred Westphal, Alfredo Quin�ones-Hinojosa -- Complications from radiotherapy / Fre�de�ric Dhermain, Igor J. Barani -- Complications from pharmacotherapy / L.Burt Nabors, Birgit Surboeck, Wolfgang Grisold -- Vascular complications in glioma patients / Emilie Le Rhun, James R. Perry -- Epilepsy and brain tumors / Dario J. Englot, Edward F. Chang, Charles J. Vecht -- Rehabilitation of patients with glioma / Mary Vargo, Roger Henriksson, Pa�r Salander -- Psycho-oncology / Jaap C. Reijneveld, Terri S. Armstrong -- Palliative care at the end-of-life in glioma patients / Johan A.F. Koekkoek, Susan Chang, Martin J.B. Taphoorn -- Pilocytic astrocytomas / Miriam Bornhorst, Didier Frappaz, Roger J. Packer -- Astrocytic gliomas WHO grades II and III / Mitchel S. Berger, Shawn Hervey-Jumper, Wolfgang Wick -- Low-grade and anaplastic oligodendroglioma / Martin J. Van Den Bent, Jacolien E.C. Bromberg, Jan Buckner -- Glioblastoma / Hans-Georg Wirsching, Evanthia Galanis, Michael Weller -- Rare glial tumors / Riccardo Soffietti, Roberta Ruda�, David Reardon --Ependymoma: a heterogeneous tumor of uncertain origin and limited therapeutic options / Christian Dorfer, Joerg Tonn, James T. Rutka. |