Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Epidemiology
(Maria Pia Tropeano, Alessandro D’Elia, Vincenza Maiola, Alessandro Frati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Neurosurgery, hospital “Sant’Andrea”, “Sapienza” University of Rome)
Clinical Data
(Maria Pia Tropeano, Lorenzo Pescatori, Giacoma Maria Floriana Brunetto, Vincenza Maiola, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome)
Neuroimaging
(Claudio Di Biasi, Chiara Andreoli, Maria Chiara Colaiacomo, Maria Pia Tropeano, Gianfranco Gualdi, Department of Emergency – Radiology, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome)
The Surgical Management Strategy
(Maurizio Salvati, Alessandro D’Elia, Emiliano Prizio, Maria Pia Tropeano, Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, ”Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Radiotherapy Options
(Annamaria Di Palma, Vincenza Maiola, PierCarlo Gentile, Department of Radiotherapy, UPMC S.Pietro FBF Rome, and others)
Lung Cancer
(Mirena Manucci, Alessandro D’Elia, Maria Concetta Meluzio, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome)
Breast Cancer
(Mirena Manucci, Lorenzo Pescatori, Giacoma Maria Floriana Brunetto, Alessandro Frati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Melanoma and Cutaneous Neoplasia
(Vincenza Maiola, Giacoma Maria Floriana Brunetto, Lorenzo Pescatori, Maurizio Salvati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Brain Metastases from Renal Cell Carcinoma
(Alessandro D’Elia, Giacoma Maria Floriana Brunetto, Lorenzo Pescatori, Alessandro Frati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Cancer of the Genitourinary Tract
(Maria Concetta Meluzio, Lorenzo Pescatori, Giacoma Maria Floriana Brunetto, M. Niutta, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome)
Gastrointestinal Cancer
(Vincenza Maiola, Maria Concetta Meluzio, Alessandro Frati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Sarcomas
(Maria Concetta Meluzio, Vincenza Maiola, Maurizio Salvati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Endocrine Cancer
(Emiliano Prizio, Alessandro D’Elia, Alessandro Frati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Hematologic Neoplasm
(Vincenza Maiola, Maria Concetta Meluzio, Maurizio Salvati, Department of Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Brain Metastases from Unknown Primary Sites
(Alessandro D’Elia, Maria Pia Tropeano, Maurizio Salvati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Meningeal Carcinomatosis
(Veronica Villani, Alessandra Fabi, Department of Neuroscience, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome – Italy, and others)
Multiple Brain Metastases
(Maria Pia Tropeano, Alessandro D’Elia, Maurizio Salvati, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Hydrocephalus
(Paolo Missori, Simone Peschillo, Antonio Currà, Department of Neurology and Psychiatry-Neurosurgery, “Sapienza” University of Rome, and others)
Supportive Care
(Andrea Pace, Veronica Villani, Department of Neuroscience, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome – Italy)
Index