CNS Tumors in Children

Pediatric CNS malignancies represent 20% of all pediatric malignancies, and approximately 3,000 cases occur in the United States annually. CNS malignancies are the most frequent tumors in childhood after hematological malignancies and require a multidisci

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MEDICAL RADIOLOGY

Radiation Oncology Editors: L.W. Brady, Philadelphia H.-P. Heilmann, Hamburg M. Molls, Munich C. Nieder, Bodø

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J. J. Lu · L.W. Brady (Eds.)

Radiation Oncology An Evidence-Based Approach With Contributions by A. A. Abitbol · R. R. Allison · B. Amendola · M. F. Back · J. J. Beitler · M. Biagioli · E. B. Butler J. S. Butler · L. W. Brady · M. Chadha · A. Y. Chen · W-J. Chng · W. H. Choi · H. T. Chung J. S. Cooper · B. R. Donahue · S. Fu · H. A. Gay · I. C. Gibbs · S. C. Han · L. B. Harrison G. F. Hatoum · J. M. Herman · D. Hristov · K. Hu · B. J. Huth · A. J. Khan · F-M. Kong L. Kong · K. LaFave · E. M. Landau · K. M. Lee · N. Lee · Y. Li · J. J. Lu · A. M. Markoe V. K. Mehta · S. Mutyala · R. Ove · A. C. Paulino · T. M. Pawlik · J. A. Peñagarícano C. L. Perkins · V. Ratanatharathorn · S. G. Soltys · M. M. Spierer · C. Takita · B. S. Teh B-C. Wen · A. H. Wolfson · X. Wu · L. Xing · T. E. Yaeger · Q. Zhang · Z. Zhang Foreword by

L.W. Brady · H.-P. Heilmann · M. Molls · C. Nieder Introduction by

J. J. Lu and L.W. Brady

With 150 Figures in 219 Separate Illustrations, 176 in Color and 147 Tables

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Jiade J. Lu, MD, MBA

Luther W. Brady, MD

Associate Professor and Consultant Department of Radiation Oncology National University Cancer Institute of Singapore National University Health System National University of Singapore 5 Lower Kent Ridge Road Singapore 119074 Singapore and Distinguished Clinical Professor Department of Radiation Oncology Cancer Hospital of Fudan University 270 Dong An Road Shanghai 200232 P. R. China

Hylda Cohn/American Cancer Society Professor of Clinical Oncology, and Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology Distinguished University Professor Drexel University, College of Medicine Broad & Vine Sts., Mail Stop 200 Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192 USA

Medical Radiology · Diagnostic Imaging and Radiation Oncology Series Editors: A. L. Baert · L. W. Brady · H.-P. Heilmann · M. Knauth · M. Molls · C. Nieder Continuation of Handbuch der medizinischen Radiologie Encyclopedia of Medical Radiology

ISBN 978-3-540-77384-9

e-ISBN 978-3-540-77385-6

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