GENERAL NEURO-ONCOLOGY INFORMATION

 Presentation provided by Dr. Nicholas Avgeropoulos

bulletGeneral Overview of Neuro-Oncology PowerPoint

Information from the American Brain Tumor Association

bulletFacts and Statistics
bulletCauses
bulletSymptoms 
bulletDiagnosis and Follow-Up Testing
bulletTypes of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
bulletTreatment
bulletClinical Trials
bulletSide-Effects and Their Management
bulletComplementary & Alternative Medicine
bulletSteroids
bulletSeizures
bulletChildhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
bulletComfort & Coping
 

Information on Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors from the (US) National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the National Cancer Institute.  

bulletSymptoms and Diagnosis of Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors
bulletWhat Are Brain & Spinal Cord Tumors?
bulletGeneral Information About Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors 
bulletWhat Are The Symptoms Of Brain Tumors?
bulletTumor Treatment - Surgery - Radiation Therapy - Chemotherapy/Other Drugs

Information from the National Cancer Institute regarding treatment methods.

bulletAdult Brain Tumors (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Brain Tumors (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Brain Stem Glioma (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Cerebellar Astrocytoma (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Cerebral Astrocytoma (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Ependymoma (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Medulloblastoma (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal and Pineal Tumors (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletChildhood Visual Pathway and Hypothalamic Glioma (PDQ®): Treatment
bulletAngiogenesis Inhibitors in the Treatment of Cancer

 

 

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