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Title

Brain tumor invasion : biological, clinical, and therapeutic considerations / edited by Tom Mikkelsen [and others].

Publication

New York : John Wiley, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

Mikkelsen, Tom, 1959-

Description

xv, 464 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm

Subject

• Brain > Cancer
• Brain > Molecular aspects
• Brain > Treatment
• Brain Neoplasms
• Cancer invasiveness

Note

• Includes index.

Contents

• Preface / Tom Mikkelsen and Rolf Bjerkvig -- I. Developmental Biology and Molecular Neuro-Oncology. 1. Cell Adhesion Molecules in the Migration of Neural Crest Cells / Lone Frydelund Larsen and Klaus Edvardsen. 2. Multiple Mechanisms of Neuronal Movement / Paivi Liesi. 3. Oncogenesis in the Nervous System / Adriano Aguzzi. 4. Growth Factors and Oncogenes in Neuro-Oncogenesis / Bengt Westermark and Monica Nister. 5. Oncogenesis and Progression in Human Gliomas / V. P. Collins -- II. Pathological and Clinical Features of Malignant Brain Tumors. 6. Malignant Gliomas: Histological Features, Invasion, and Relation to Clinical Symptoms / Sverre J. Mork and Knut Wester. 7. Brain Tumors That Disseminate Along Cerebrospinal Fluid Pathways and Beyond / Masaji Murakami, Venita Jay and Essam Al-Shail [et al.]. 8. Patterns of Spread and Recurrence of Glioma: Studies by Neuroimaging / S. Ather Enam, Alan D. Eisenberg and David Norman [et al.].
• 9. Proliferative Properties of Malignant Brain Tumors / D. Schiffer, P. Cavalla and G. J. Pilkington. 10. Meningiomas: Behavior in Vivo and in Vitro / L. de Ridder -- III. Models for the Study of Brain Tumor Invasion in Vivo and in Vitro. 11. In Vitro Invasion Through Basement Membrane Matrigel / Sang-Yong Song, Erik W. Thompson and Hynda K. Kleinman. 12. Glioma Cell Invasion Studied in Organotypic Coculture Models / P.-H. Pedersen, S. J. T. Nygaard and R. Baardsen [et al.]. 13. Experimental Animal Models for the Study of Brain Tumors / Ravi Chopra and Tom Mikkelsen. 14. Local Spread and Satellitosis of Astrocytoma Cells / Jerald J. Bernstein and William J. Goldberg. 15. The Growth of lacZ-Transfected Glioma Cells in the Central Nervous System / Tracy-Ann Read, Frits Thorsen and Inmaculada Garcia-Cabrera [et al.] -- IV. Mechanisms of Invasion. 16. The Role of Proteolytic Enzymes in Brain Tumor Infiltration / Barbara A. Frosch and Bonnie F. Sloane.
• 17. Brain Extracellular Matrix, Adhesion Molecules, and Glioma Invasion / Werner Paulus. 18. The Role of Growth Factors and Oncogenes in Tumor Cell Invasion / Ole Didrik Laerum. 19. Autotaxin, Autocrine Motility Factor / Mary L. Stracke, Hoi Young Lee and Lance A. Liotta. 20. Brain Invasion, Trophic Factors, and Central Nervous System Metastasis / Garth L. Nicolson. 21. Cell Spread in the Central Nervous System: Anatomical Considerations / Per Oyvind Enger, Rupavathana Mahesparan and Rolf Bjerkvig [et al.] -- V. New Therapeutic Strategies. 22. Anti-Invasive Brain Tumor Therapy: General Aspects and Future Strategies / M. Mareel, R. Dierckx and W. De Neve. 23. Invasion and Angiogenesis: Translational Therapeutic Targets / Riccardo Alessandro, Sharon A. Savage and Tom Mikkelsen [et al.]. 24. Gene Therapy and Brain Tumors / Seppo Yla-Herttuala -- VI. General Conclusions and Future Prospects.
• 25. Brain Tumor Cell Invasion: Present Knowledge and Future Prospects / Ole Didrik Laerum and Mark L. Rosenblum.

ISBN

0471154520 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

97029119

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries