Russell and Rubinstein's pathology of tumors of the nervous system /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
[edited by] Roger E. McLendon, Marc K. Rosenblum, Darell D. Bigner
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
7th ed
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York, NY :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Distributed in the United States of America by Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2006
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxiii, 1132 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations (some color) ;
Dimensions
29 cm +
Accompanying Material
1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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Classification of tumors of the nervous system: an historical annotation -- Epidemiology of bain tumors: incidence, survival, and risk factors -- Nervous system tumors and atomic bomb experience of Hiroshima and Nagasaki -- Diffuse astrocytoma -- Anaplastic astrocytoma -- Astrocytoma of the brainstem -- Astrocytoma of the spinal cord -- Glioblastoma -- Pilocytic astrocytoma and pilomyxoid astrocytoma -- Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma -- Astroblastoma -- Oligodendroglioma -- Anaplastic oligodendroglioma and mixed glioma -- Ependymoma, subependymoma, and myxopapillary ependymoma -- Monomorphous angiocentric glioma/angiocentric neuroepithelial tumor -- Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle -- Choroid plexus tumor -- Medulloblastoma -- Cerebella liponeurocytoma -- Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor -- Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy -- Olfactory neuroblastoma -- Medulloepithelioma -- Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor: neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroblastoma, malignant neuroblastic-glial tumor and ependymoblastoma -- Ganglion cell tumors: gangliocytoma, ganglioglioma and anaplastic ganglioglioma -- Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma/desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma
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Extraventricular neurocytomas and unconventional glioneuronal tumors -- Central neurocytoma -- Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor -- Dysplastic gangliocytoma of the cerebellum (Lhermitte-Duclos disease) -- Hypothalamic neuronal hamartoma -- Paraganglioma of the spine and skull base -- Tumors of the pineal parenchymal and glial cells -- Meningiomas -- Solitary fibrous tumors -- Primary meningeal sarcoma -- Hemangiopericytoma -- Capillary hemangioblastoma -- Cerebral sarcoma -- Rhabdomyosarcoma and leiomyosarcoma -- Angiosarcoma and Kaposi's sarcoma -- Hemangioendothelioma -- Meningeal melanocytoma, neurocutaneous melanosis and primary meningeal melanoma -- Germ cell tumors -- Totipotential cells of the distal spinal cord -- Dermoid cyst, epidermoid cyst, and dermal sinus -- Intracranial cysts of endodermal or respiratory epithelial origin -- Lipomas and rare lipomatous tumors -- Arachnoid cyst -- Neuroepithelial cysts of the IV ventricle and extraventricular ependymal cysts -- Ectopias and hamartomas -- Tumors of the retina
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Gliomas of the optic nerve and chiasm -- Neoplasms of the sellar region -- Chordoma and related lesions, chondrosarcoma and osteosarcoma of the cranium -- Primary tumors of cranial, spinal and peripheral nerves -- Nervous system involvement by lymphoma, leukemia, and other hematopoietic cell proliferations -- Neurofibromatosis type 1 -- Neurofibromatosis type 2 -- von Hippel-Lindau disease -- Li-Fraumeni syndrome and the p53 tumor suppressor pathway -- Neuropathologic features of tuberous sclerosis -- PTEN hamartomatous tumor syndromes -- Nevoid basal cell carcinoma (Gorlin) syndrome -- Hereditary colorectal cancer and brain tumor syndromes -- Brain tumor-polyposis (BTP) syndrome -- Metastases -- Appendix I: Invasion and metastasis -- Appendix II: Molecular biology and genetic models of glioma and medulloblastoma
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Updated and revised edition of a two-volume text/reference for practitioners. Vol. 1 includes topics on: epidemiology, mechanisms of altered growth control, antibodies and molecular immunology. Vol. 2: tumors of specialized tissues, vascular origins, cranial, spinal, and peripheral nerve sheaths. Halftone and color illustrations
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
Pathology of tumors of the nervous system
COVER TITLE
Cover Title
Russell & Rubinstein's pathology of tumors of the nervous system