Gliomas: Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment Options
( Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments )
Publication series ：Cancer Etiology, Diagnosis and Treatments
Author： Marzenna Wiranowska and Frank D. Vrionis (University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine and H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Tampa FL USA)
Publisher： Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Publication year： 2013
E-ISBN: 9781626181069
Subject： R730.264 nervous tissue tumor
Keyword： Cancer
Language： ENG
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Description
In this book, the biology, current treatment modalities and new emerging therapeutic approaches and targets for glioma, a highly aggressive and invasive brain tumour, are described. The pathologic features of the most frequently WHO classified gliomas encountered in clinical practice, are reviewed. Molecular genetics and specifically the mutations that underlie brain tumours are outlined as is the inherited genetic susceptibility and lifestyle risk factors reflecting on glioma epidemiology. The clinical features of glioma as well as diagnostic methods that include conventional and advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and brain mapping are also discussed with an outline of emerging treatment options.