High-Grade Gliomas - Diagnosis and Treatment (Hardcover, 2007 ed.)

This is truly an exciting time in the field of neuro-oncology, particularly in the area of hi- grade gliomas. The management of patients with high-grade gliomas has historically been one of the most challenging and disheartening fields in medicine, where failure is the rule and longevity is the exception. The jaded often state that despite purported advances in surgical and radiotherapeutic techniques and a myriad of clinical trials of medical therapies, the s- vival statistics for glioblastoma have not changed in the last three decades. The nihilism associated with these tumors is such that some practitioners still advise against treatment or even biopsy, recommending palliative care with the diagnosis based only on history and an MRI scan. If the current state-of-the-art in the diagnosis and management of high-grade gliomas was truly so bleak, there would be no reason to compile and publish a monograph on the subject. The fact is that we have recently entered an era where real progress is being made in our understanding and treatment of high-grade gliomas that is directly benefiting some patients. We are slowly but surely chipping away at this problem. One approach has exploited correlations between particular molecular markers and therapeutic response. The first such "breakthrough" in high-grade glioma was the observation that loss of chromosomes 1p and 19q uniformly predict chemosensitivity in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas (1).

General

Imprint:	HumanaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Current Clinical Oncology
Release date:	September 2006
First published:	2007
Editors:	Gene H. Barnett
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	495
Edition:	2007 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-58829-511-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Surgery > Neurosurgery Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Diseases & disorders > Oncology > General Promotions
LSN:	1-58829-511-7
Barcode:	9781588295118

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