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Brain Tumors

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Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine

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Abstract

The designation “brain tumor” is commonly applied to a wide variety of intracranial mass lesions, each distinct in location, biology, treatment, and prognosis. Since many of these lesions do not arise from brain parenchyma, the more appropriate term is “intracranial tumor”. Since the category encompasses both neoplasms and non-neoplastic mass lesions, the word “tumor” is used in its broadest sense to indicate a space-occupying mass.

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  1. Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology and Neurosurgery, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    E. A. Knopp

  2. Department of Medical Imaging, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    W. Montanera

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  1. Universitätsspital Nuklearmedizin, 8091, Zürich, Switzerland

    G. K. von Schulthess

  2. Kantonsspital Institut für Radiologie, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

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Knopp, E.A., Montanera, W. (2004). Brain Tumors. In: von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head and Neck, Spine. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2131-0_1

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