Tumors of the Brain and Spine-MD Anderson Cancer Care Series.pdf

M. D. ANDERSON

CANCER CARE

SERIES

Series Editors

Aman U. Buzdar, MD

Ralph S. Freedman, MD, PhD

M. D. ANDERSON CANCER CARE SERIES

Series Editors: Aman U. Buzdar, MD, and

Ralph S. Freedman, MD, PhD

K.K. Hunt, G.L. Robb, E.A. Strom, and N.T. Ueno, Eds., Breast Cancer

F.V. Fossella, R. Komaki, and J.B. Putnam, Jr., Eds., Lung Cancer

J.A. Ajani, S.A. Curley, N.A. Janjan, and P.M. Lynch, Eds.,

Gastrointestinal Cancer

K.W. Chan and R.B. Raney, Jr., Eds., Pediatric Oncology

P.J. Eifel, D.M. Gershenson, John J. Kavanagh, and Elvio G. Silva, Eds.,

Gynecologic Cancer

F. DeMonte, M.R. Gilbert, A. Mahajan, and I.E. McCutcheon, Eds.,

Tumors of the Brain and Spine

Franco DeMonte, MD, Mark R. Gilbert, MD,

Anita Mahajan, MD, and Ian E. McCutcheon, MD

Editors

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Tumors of the

Brain and Spine

Foreword by Raymond Sawaya, MD, and

W. K. Alfred Yung, MD

With 73 Illustrations and 32 Tables

Franco DeMonte, MD

Mark R. Gilbert, MD

The University of Texas

Department of Neurosurgery

Department of Neuro-Oncology

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 442

1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 431

Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA

Anita Mahajan, MD

Ian E. McCutcheon, MD

The University of Texas

Department of Radiation Oncology

Department of Neurosurgery

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 97

1515 Holcombe Blvd., Unit 442

Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA

Series Editors:

Aman U. Buzdar, MD

Ralph S. Freedman, MD, PhD

Department of Breast Medical Oncology

Department of Gynecologic Oncology

The University of Texas

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Houston, TX 77030-4009, USA

TUMORS OF THE BRAIN AND SPINE

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ISBN-13: 978-0387-29201-4

e-ISBN-13: 978-0387-29202-1

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