Emerging Concepts in Neuro-Oncology

Colin Watts is a Clinician Scientist and Honorary Consultant Neurosurgeon at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair and Neurosurgery Unit, Cambridge University.

• 1. Classification of Gliomas.- 2. Epigenetics and Brain Cancer.- 3. Astrocyte Differentiation from Oligodendrocyte Precursors.- 4. Stem Cells and Brain Cancer.- 5. In Vitro Models of Brain Cancer.- 6. Mouse Models of Glioma Pathogenesis: History and State of the Art.- 7. The Application of Novel Ionising Radiation Species for Glioblastoma.- 8. Advances in Imaging Brain Cancer.- 9. Surgical Management of Glial Cancers.- 10. Radiation Oncology in Brain Cancer.- 11. Managing the Elderly Patient.- 12. Brain Tumour Presentation in Children and Young People.- 13. How Can We Improve Clinical Trial Recruitment in Neuro-Oncology?

From the book reviews:“This is an up to date reference on the surgical, chemotherapy, and radiosurgery of gliomas, both low and high grade neoplasms. … I highly recommend this book for neurosurgeons, oncologists, radiation researchers, fellows and students.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, October, 2014)“In this book, the authors aim to comprehensibly describe new findings, as well as established facts, and to discuss their influence on current and possible future therapies. … this is a well written book on current advances in the field of neuro-oncology. It is worth reading for basic researchers working in the field of neuro-oncology, as well as neuro-oncologists and neurosurgeons.” (Anne-Katrin Hickmann, Innovative Neurosurgery, Vol. 1 (1), 2013)