Intracranial Tumors: Diagnosis and Treatment

by Steven A. Leibel and Lisa M. DeAngelis

Brain tumors have a longstanding reputation for being intractable to therapy, and with evidence suggesting that the incidence of some brain tumors is increasing, this has become the most feared cancer. However, with improvements in imaging technologies, radiation therapy and chemotherapy , as well as a greater knowledge of the genetic causes of brain tumors, better diagnosis and treatment is available, providing a more optimistic outlook for patients...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1901865371
• ISBN13: 9781901865370
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 420 Pages
• Weight: 3.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 10.2"