PRIMARY BRAIN TUMORS IN ADULTS. ADVANCES IN MECHANISTIC UNDERSTANDING, EVALUATION, AND MANAGEMENT (ADVANCES IN CANCER RESEARCH VOLUME 166)

1. Molecular drivers in primary brain tumor formation
Hope T. Richard and Jonathan Kanakaraj
2. Novel CSF pathways in the glioma (DIPG)
Jennifer Strahle
3. Volumetric analysis in low grade gliomas and other advanced MR imaging techniques
Robert J. Young and Onur Yildirim
4. Liquid biopsy in the diagnosis of primary brain tumors
Ingo Mellinghoff and Maya Srikanth Graham
5. Intraoperative imaging techniques to improve tumor detection
Brad E. Zacharia
6. Supramaximal resection in primary brain tumors
Shawn L. Hervey-Jumper
7. Radiotherapeutic approaches: IMRT, re-irradiation
Timothy Harris
8. Molecularly driven therapies in the treatment of primary brain tumors
Macarena I. De la Fuente and Ruham Nasany
9. Changes in the immune microenvironment and immunotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of gliomas
Shiao-Pei Weathers and Anuj D. Patel

Primary Brain Tumors in Adults: Advances in Mechanistic Understanding, Evaluation, and Management, Volume 166 in the Advances in Cancer Research series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of timely topics, including Molecular drivers in primary brain tumor formation, Novel CSF pathways in the glioma (DIPG), Volumetric analysis in low grade gliomas and other advanced MR imaging techniques, Liquid biopsy in the diagnosis of primary brain tumors, Intraoperative imaging techniques to improve tumor detection, and much more.

Additional chapters focus on Supramaximal resection in primary brain tumors, Radiotherapeutic approaches: IMRT, re-irradiation, Molecularly driven therapies in the treatment of primary brain tumors, and Changes in the immune microenvironment and immunotherapeutic strategies in the treatment of gliomas.

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Authors
• Paul B. Fisher, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Virginia, USA.
• Paul B. Fisher, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine, VCU Massey Cancer Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, Virginia, USA.
• Kenneth D. Tew, Professor and Chairman, Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology John C. West Chair of Cancer Research, Medical University of South Carolina, USA.
• Mariza Daras, Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery, Chief of Neuro-oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University’s Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center in Richmond, Virginia, USA.
• David Limbrick