Advances in Brain Cancer for Clinicians and Scientists

Advances in Brain Cancer for Clinicians and Scientists
Author: John H. Sampson
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128026987

Advances in Brain Cancer for Clinicians and Scientists provides a rapid update for the busy clinician or scientist interested in learning about the latest advances in brain cancer research. This book is useful for scientists wishing to learn more about clinical advances, clinicians wanting to update themselves on scientific advances, or physicians or trainees who see patients irregularly, but still wish to stay up-to-date. The field of brain tumor research is exploding with new scientific information, and treatments are rapidly changing as new genetic discoveries and technological advances emerge. This book provides a single source for a unified update in this area that includes treatment protocols for brain tumor patients from many different perspectives. Provides a rapid update for clinicians and scientists interested in brain cancer research Organized for quick reference for the busy clinician or scientist Offers an affordable alternative to conference attendance

Bridging the Blood-Brain Barrier

Bridging the Blood-Brain Barrier
Author: Mihaela Lorger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-08-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781022903784

Illuminating the Brain: Advances in Pediatric and Adult Brain Cancer Treatments. This comprehensive collection of scientific journal articles delves into the multifaceted approaches researchers and clinicians are using to combat brain cancer. From immune checkpoint inhibitors and targeted non-coding RNAs to groundbreaking nanotechnology and systemic precision medicine, this book encapsulates the spectrum of innovations reimagining brain tumor treatment. The included case studies and clinical reports provide real-world context, revealing the transformative potential of precision medicine, stereotactic radiosurgery, and advanced diagnostic tools. The volume also explores the promise of nanotechnology in crossing the blood-brain barrier, the evolving role of gene therapy, and cutting-edge strategies like oscillating magnetic fields and immunotherapy tailored for pediatric cases. This compendium serves as both a snapshot of current advancements and a guiding light for future research, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaboration and relentless innovation in the relentless effort to outsmart one of medicine's most challenging adversaries. Quality Research Publishing is dedicated to making knowledge more accessible to the general public by curating a topical compilation of the latest research on various subjects and providing plain language summaries. Each of the articles in this book is available individually and digitally without cost. However, we believe it is important for the contextualizing and sharing of educational and scientific work to curate this research in a way that is understandable and helpful to the average person seeking deeper knowledge of a particular subject. The research articles compiled for this book were published under a permissive Creative Commons license, are in the public domain, or have no copyright restrictions, permitting their use in this book. If you have questions about the licensing of any article, please visit qualityresearchpublishing.com.

Novel Therapeutic Advances in Glioblastoma

Novel Therapeutic Advances in Glioblastoma
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2020-05-22
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128211156

Novel Therapeutic Advances in Glioblastoma, Volume 151 in the International Review of Neurobiology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Blood-brain barrier and pathophysiology of brain tumors, Promising strategies of glioblastoma treatment: personalized genotoxic therapy and stem cell transplantation, Extracellular matrix and biocompatible materials in glioblastoma treatment, Expression of Twist associated to microcirculation patterns of human glioma correlated with progression and survival of the patient, Advanced Multimodal Imaging in Differentiating Glioma Recurrence from Post-radiotherapy Changes, Advanced Multimodal Imaging in Differentiating Glioma Recurrence from Post-radiotherapy Changes, and much more. Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors Presents the latest release in the International Review of Neurobiology series Updated release includes the latest information on glioblastomas

Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors

Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors
Author: John H. Sampson
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 406
Release: 2017-02-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128026251

Translational Immunotherapy of Brain Tumors gives researchers and practitioners an up-to-date and comprehensive overview of the field. Chapters include adoptive immunotherapy, immunosuppression, CAR therapy of brain tumors, and dendritic cell therapy for brain tumors. Very few agents have been shown to be efficacious in the treatment of malignant gliomas. Recently, there have been a number of studies demonstrating the potential success of immunotherapy for brain tumors. Immunotherapeutics are becoming the most frequent drugs to be used in cancer therapy. These new breakthroughs, now approved by the FDA, are a part of multiple phase III international trials and ongoing research in malignant glioma, meaning that the information in this cutting-edge book will be of great importance to practitioners and researchers alike. Comprehensive overview, providing an update on immunology, translational immunotherapy, and clinical trials relating to malignant gliomas Edited by a prominent neurosurgeon with contributions by leading researchers in the field Ideal resource for researchers and practitioners interested in learning about mechanisms that use the immune system to treat brain tumors

Brain Tumor Immunotherapy

Brain Tumor Immunotherapy
Author: Linda M. Liau
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2000-11-10
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1592590357

An authoritative panel of researchers and clinicians critically reviews the entire field to provide a comprehensive guide to modern brain tumor immunotherapy and thereby enhance future research in this area. The contributors detail many of the key laboratory experiments and clinical protocols that are currently being investigated, integrate the available information from previous and ongoing research, and help define the current status of the field. Topics range from adoptive cellular and antibody-mediated immunotherapy of brain tumors to tumor vaccines and related strategies, and include many vanguard experimental strategies and immunological techniques for studying brain tumor immunotherapy. Cutting-edge and comprehensive, Brain Tumor Immunotherapy brings together all the important recent advances in our understanding of central nervous system tumor immunology and illustrates in powerful detail the many new applications now harnessing the immune response for brain tumor therapeutics.

Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy

Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy
Author: Herbert B. Newton
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2005-12-19
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 008045593X

Treatment of patients with a brain tumor remains one of the most challenging and difficult areas of modern oncology. Recent advances in the molecular biology of these neoplasms have improved our understanding of the malignant phenotype and have lead to the development of novel forms of chemotherapy, including “targeted agents. The Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy reviews the state-of-the-art of chemotherapy development and clinical treatment of patients with this devastating disease. Handbook of Brain Tumor Chemotherapy offers a unique cutting-edge compendium of basic science and clinical information on the subject of brain tumor chemotherapy, reviewing what has been accomplished thus far and how the field will continue to evolve with the development of more specific and efficacious chemotherapeutic agents. This book represents the most complete single-volume resource available for information on the subject of brain tumor chemotherapy. Provides the most up to date information regarding conventional forms of cytotoxic chemotherapy, as well as the basic science and clinical application of molecular therapeutics, for the treatment of brain tumors Broadly appeals to anyone interested in the field of Neuro-Oncology and in the treatment of patients with brain tumors Useful to clinicians interested in a thorough overview of the use of chemotherapy in patients with a broad range of brain tumors as well as serving as a source of background information to basic scientists and pharmaceutical researchers with an interest in the molecular therapeutics of brain tumors

Advances in Cancer Research

Advances in Cancer Research
Author: Kenneth D. Tew
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 461
Release: 2014-05-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0128003170

Advances in Cancer Research provides invaluable information on the exciting and fast-moving field of cancer research. Here, once again, outstanding and original reviews are presented on a variety of topics. Provides information on cancer research Outstanding and original reviews Suitable for researchers and students

Brain Tumor Pathology: Current Diagnostic Hotspots and Pitfalls

Brain Tumor Pathology: Current Diagnostic Hotspots and Pitfalls
Author: Davide Schiffer
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2006-03-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781402039973

This book is not a treatise on brain tumor pathology and nosography. It has been conceived as a help to pathologists, neuropathologists and neuro-oncologists in confronting everyday problems arising in the diagnostics of brain tumors. Today, because of scientific advances in clinical diagnosis brain tumors are operated earlier, when they are still of reduced dimensions, and with new techniques and more frequently they undergo biopsy procedures. As a consequence, surgical samples for diagnosis are of a smaller size. On the other hand, the recourse to therapies ever more selective require more and more precise identification of tumor types and grades and quite often reliance must be placed on a limited number of cells, as tumor morphological patterns are no longer available. The ever greater precision leads to an increased risk of a flawed diagnosis. The book aims to illustrate the pitfalls most frequently encountered today in the practical activity of diagnosis and also of prognosis. The initial chapters cover the distinction between infiltrating tumors and normal nervous tissue, between diffuse astrocytoma and oligodendroglioma and the identification of the malignant variant of some tumor types. Moreover, in the pathology of brain tumors, some biological processes are active which show a development over the course of time, such that in surgical samples they cannot be recognized as a whole, but only from the occurrence of limited and partial aspects. Invasion modalities, angiogenesis and apoptosis fall in this category and are discussed not in an exhaustive manner, but as stages or phases of the processes identified in the tissue. The figures do not seek to illustrate the characteristic aspects of the tumors, but only the points under discussion.This book is the result of many years of personal experience in the diagnosis of brain tumors as well as of discussions with neurosurgeons and neuro-oncologists and it aspires to contribute to solving emerging everyday problems.

Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences

Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2000-09-24
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0309070783

Interdisciplinary research is a cooperative effort by a team of investigators, each an expert in the use of different methods and concepts, who have joined in an organized program to attack a challenging problem. Each investigator is responsible for the research in their area of discipline that applies to the problem, but together the investigators are responsible for the final product. The need for interdisciplinary training activities has been detailed over the last 25 years in both public and private reports. The history of science and technology has even shown the important advances that arose from interdisciplinary research, including plate tectonics which brought together geologists, oceanographers, paleomagnetists, seismologists, and geophysicists to advance the ability to forecast earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. In recognition of this, the need to train scientists who can address the highly complex problems that challenge us today and fully use new knowledge and technology, and the fact that cooperative efforts have proved difficult, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), the National Institute on Nursing Research (NINR), and the National Institute on Aging (NIA) requested that an Institute of Medicine (IOM) Committee be created to complete several tasks including: examining the needs and strategies for interdisciplinary training in the brain, behavioral, social, and clinical sciences, defining necessary components of true interdisciplinary training in these areas, and reviewing current educational and training programs to identify elements of model programs that best facilitate interdisciplinary training. Bridging Disciplines in the Brain, Behavioral, and Clinical Sciences provides the conclusions and recommendations of this committee. Due to evaluations of the success of interdisciplinary training programs are scarce, the committee could not specify the "necessary components" or identify the elements that "best facilitate" interdisciplinary training. However, after reviewing existing programs and consulting with experts, the committee identified approaches likely to be successful in providing direction for interdisciplinary endeavors at various career stages. This report also includes interviews, training programs, and workshop agendas used.