Description
Brain Metastases from Primary Tumors: Epidemiology, Biology, and Therapy
📘 Volume 1 · 2014
Examine the relationship between primary cancers and metastatic disease in the brain. Volume 1 combines epidemiology and biologic mechanisms with treatment discussions, including detailed attention to brain metastases associated with lung carcinoma.
📚 Inside this eBook
- Epidemiology, distribution and mechanisms of brain metastasis
- Chemokine pathways and the blood–brain barrier
- Angiogenesis, chemotherapy and whole-brain radiotherapy
- Brain metastases from non-small cell lung carcinoma
- Small cell lung carcinoma and cranial irradiation
🔎 Why add it to your reading list?
Its organization helps readers connect the origin of a primary cancer with the challenges of central nervous system spread. This volume supports background study in metastatic neuro-oncology using the evidence and terminology of its supplied edition.
👩⚕️ Who is it for?
Oncologists, neuro-oncology trainees, neurologists, cancer researchers and postgraduate students.
📖 Book details
- Authors / editors: M. A. Hayat, editor
- Edition / volume: Volume 1
- Year of supplied edition: 2014
- Publisher: Academic Press / Elsevier
- ISBN: 9780128008966
- Format: English-language PDF eBook
Volume 1 only; the other volumes are separate products.



