Pediatric Cancer, Volume 3: Diagnosis, Therapy, and Prognosis (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

I. Teratoid/rhabdoid. 1. Early childhood atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors. 2. Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors. 3. Pediatric teratoid/rhabdoid tumours: deletion of chromosome 22q11.2. 4. Pediatric atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor: role of ini1 tumor suppressor gene. 5. Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors: diagnosis using imaging. 6. Pediatric atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor in the spine: diagnosis and treatment. 7. Early childhood clival-c2 atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor: gross total resection followed by aggressive chemotherapy and radiation. 8. Pediatric atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors: dissemination to the cerebrospinal fluid. Ii. Medulloblastoma 9. Teratoid pediatric medullomyoblastoma. 10. Pediatric medulloblastoma: mechanisms of initiation and progression. 11. Medulloblastoma initiation and growth: role of hepatocyte growth factor. 12. Medulloblastoma - molecular genetics. 13. Pediatric medulloblastoma: the role of heterozygous germ-line mutations in the nbn gene. 14. Pediatric medulloblastoma: pituitary adenylyl cyclase activating peptide/protein kinase a antagonism of hedgehog signaling. 15. Medulloblastoma: role of mycn gene amplification using fluorescence in situ hybridization and real time quantitative pcr methods. 16. Pediatric medulloblastoma: ultrastructure. 17. Pediatric medullomyoblastoma: immunohistochemical analyses. 18. Boost gamma knife radiosurgery during multimodality management of medulloblastoma / pnet tumors. 19. Early childhood medulloblastoma: prognostic factors. Iii. Retinoblastoma 20. Trilateral retinoblastoma: diagnosis using magnetic resonance imaging. 21. Pediatric intraocular retinoblastoma: treatment. Iv. Glioma 22. Pediatric high-grade glioma: role of microsatellite instability. 23. Low-grade glioma in children: effects of radiotherapy. V. Spinal tumors 24. Pediatric multiple primary cranio-spinal tumors associated with neurofibromatosis type 2: combined therapeutical strategies. 25. Pediatric intradural lipoma of the cervicothoracic spinal cord: laminectomy and duraplasty. Vi. Miscellaneous tumors 26. Pediatric embryonal tumors: prognostic role of cyclin a and b1 proteins. 27. Intracranial pediatric ependymoma: role of cytogenetic markers using comparative genomic hybridization and fluorescent in situ hybridization. 28. Pediatric hepatoblastoma. Complete surgery and ultrasound monitoring. 29. Treatment of pineal region tumors in childhood. 30. Benign testicular tumors in children: testicular preserving surgery.