Brain Tumor Pathology aims to illustrate the pitfalls most frequently encountered today in the practical activity of diagnosis and also of prognosis.

Brain Tumor Pathology 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.

Contents

1. The origin of gliomas in relation with the histological diagnosis
2. Molecular genetics outline of brain tumors
3. General remarks
4. Astrocytic Tumors I
5. Astrocytic Tumors II
6. Oligodendroglian Tumors
7. Ependymal Tumors
8. Neuronal and \Mixed Glio-neural Tumors I
9. Neuronal and \Mixed Glio-neural Tumors II
10. Peculiar Tumors
11. Cell Migration and Invasion
12. Apoptosis
13. The Ubiquitin-proteasome System
14. Angiogenesis
15. Meningiomas

Index

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