Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa <br/><br/>
Controversies in Neuro-Oncology  Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery 

 - 	illustrated  
 - New York   Thieme  2013 
 - 520 pages  
<br/><br/>Contents:<br/><br/>Foreword<br/><br/>Contributors<br/><br/>1Introduction<br/><br/>Astrocytomas<br/><br/>The Role of Surgery in the Management of HighGrade<br/><br/><br/>Adjuvants in the Surgical Resection of Astrocytomas<br/><br/>Kimon Bekelis and David W Roberts 5 The Roleof Intraoperative Mapping inthe<br/><br/>The Role of Awake Craniotomy in the Resection<br/><br/>ExtraAxial Tumors and Skull Base Tumors<br/><br/>The Role of Preoperative Embolization for Meningiomas<br/><br/>Need for Gross Total Resection of Cranial Base Meningiomas<br/><br/>Gustavo Pradillaand JacquesMorcos Section VIII Hemangiopericytomas<br/><br/> Is There aNeed Sarcoma with Brain Invasion<br/><br/>PituitaryTumors <br/><br/>The RoleofSurgery inNonfunctioning Pituitary<br/><br/>The Role of Surgery in Brainstem Gliomas Pediatric<br/><br/>Groves Pablo F Recinosand GeorgeJallo 9 The RoleofLocal Drug Deliveryin Managementof Newly<br/><br/>Mahua Dey Henry Brem andMaciej S Lesniak 10 The Roleof Adjuvant Therapy in Newly Diagnosed High<br/><br/>Surgery versus Initial Trial of Radiation in the Management<br/><br/>The Role of Gross Total Resection in the Management<br/><br/>Colloid Cysts without Hydrocephalus<br/><br/>Hemangioblastomas<br/><br/>The Role of Radiosurgery in the Management<br/><br/>Medulloblastoma 21 The Roleof Surgery intheTreatment ofChildren with<br/><br/>Özgür Taşkapilioglu andJamesT Rutka 22 The RoleofAdjuvantTherapyin<br/><br/>ShankarandDaniel<br/><br/>Michael Lim 25 The Roleof Surgeryin<br/><br/>The Roleof Inferior PetrosalSinus SamplingforCushing Disease withModernDynamic<br/><br/>The Roleof Surgery forRecurrent<br/><br/>Stereotactic Radiosurgery for Functioning<br/><br/>Craniopharyngiomas 40 Controversiesin<br/><br/>IntraCyst Therapies for Craniopharyngiomas<br/><br/>CranialBase Malignancies<br/><br/>The Role of Craniofacial Resection in Anterior Skull Base<br/><br/>Chordomas<br/><br/>The Roleof Surgery inthe Management ofSkullBase<br/><br/>Chordomas Hideyuki Kano Douglas Kondziolka and L DadeLunsford Section XIV Vestibular Schwannomas<br/><br/>Goals of Surgery in the Management of Vestibular<br/><br/>GlomusJugulare Tumors <br/><br/>Surgery versus Radiosurgery forGlomus Jugulare Tumors Osamah J Choudhry Smruti K Patel and James K<br/><br/> 
<br/><br/> Because of tremendous advancements in research, neurosurgical oncology has become increasingly complex, and it is imperative that physicians have scientific evidence to guide and defend their decision making as they strive to provide the best patient care. Controversies in Neuro-Oncology: Best Evidence Medicine for Brain Tumor Surgery, written by world-renowned experts, is a comprehensive guide that compiles, synthesizes, and summarizes the most relevant scientific literature available in neurosurgical oncology. It provides objective recommendations based on the data found in the literature, giving physicians the information they need to make fully informed treatment decisions.<br/><br/>Key Features:<br/><br/>An opening chapter, Introduction to Best Evidence Medicine, illustrates how the authors rate the viability of the data presented<br/>Authors discuss in detail commonly disputed topics specific to tumor type, such as the roles of surgery and gross total resection as well as radiosurgery options<br/>Expert recommendation boxes highlight "takeaways" for the reader<br/>Summary tables distill abundant scientific evidence and emphasize the main conclusions of published studies<br/>This book will be the go-to guide for all neurosurgeons, oncologists, and neurologists involved in the multidisciplinary care of patients with brain tumors.  Common terms and phrases: adjuvant adjuvant therapy approach associated astrocytomas bevacizumab biopsy brain metastases brain tumors brainstem Cancer cell chemotherapy chordomas Clin clinical colloid cysts compared complications craniopharyngiomas deficits demonstrated diagnosis disease dose Duffau embolization endoscopic ependymoma etal follow­up fossa functional gamma knife germinoma Gliadel glioblastoma Grade 1C Recommendation gross total resection hemangioblastomas hemangiopericytomas high­grade hydrocephalus improved inthe intracranial intraoperative lesions Level II Evidence LGGs long­term low­grade magnetic resonance imaging malignant glioma median medulloblastoma meningeal meningiomas microsurgical months morbidity nerve neurocognitive neurocytoma Neurol neurological Neurooncol Neurosurg Neurosurgery ofthe Oncol outcome overall survival patients patientswith pediatric pineal region pineal region tumors pituitary adenomas postoperative preoperative progression­free PubMed PubMed 14 PubMed 9 radiation therapy radiotherapy randomized recurrence reported retrospective significant skull base stereotactic radiosurgery studies subtotal resection surgery surgical resection symptoms techniques temozolomide transsphenoidal treated treatment trial tumor control underwent ventricle versus vestibular schwannoma WBRT 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>160406756X 9781604067569  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label>-- Medical / Surgery / Neurosurgery  	 --	Medical › Surgery › Neurosurgery -- Brain Neoplasms—surgery.--Brain Neoplasms—radiotherapy. -- Evidence-Based Medicine—methods. --Neurosurgical Procedures.--Radiosurgery—methods. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RC280.B7  WL 358 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.99′481—dc23