Central Nervous System Tumours of Childhood

Part I. Introduction to Paediatric CNS Tumours, and An Overview of Diagnosis, Biology and Therapy: 1. Overview of CNS tumours in children Eddy Estlin and Steven Lowis; 2. Epidemiology of CNS tumours Amos Burke; 3 Neuro-imaging Shelley Renowden; 4. Pathology and molecular oncology Lucy Rorke and Jaclyn Biegel; 5. Cell and tumour biology Richard Gilbertson; 6. General principles of surgery John Thorne; 7. General principles of radiotherapy Rao Gattamaneni; 8. General principles of chemotherapy Eddy Estlin and Steven Lowis; Part II. CNS Tumours of Childhood: 9. Low grade and high grade glioma Eddy Estlin; 10. Ependymoma Eric Bouffet; 11. Brain stem glioma Carolyn Freeman; 12. PNET Steven Lowis; 13. Germ cell tumours Steven Lowis; 14. Choroid plexus tumours Steven Lowis; 15. Craniopharyngioma Eddy Estlin; 16. Mixed neuronal tumours Eddy Estlin; 17. Spinal cord tumours Eddy Estlin; 18. Secondary/metastatic tumours Eddy Estlin; Part III. Late Effects, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care: 19. Late effects and quality of life Adam Glaser; 20. Neuro-rehabilitation and neuro-psychology A. L. Curran; 21. Palliative care Erica Mackie; Part IV. Summary and Conclusion: 22. Summary and conclusions Eddy Estlin and Steven Lowis.