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Brain Tumors

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Abstract

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

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

    Edmond A. Knopp

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

    Walter Montanera

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  1. Radiology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    J. Hodler

  2. Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

    G. K. von Schulthess

  3. Kilchberg/Zurich, Switzerland

    Ch. L. Zollikofer

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Knopp, E.A., Montanera, W. (2012). Brain Tumors. In: Hodler, J., von Schulthess, G.K., Zollikofer, C.L. (eds) Diseases of the Brain, Head & Neck, Spine 2012–2015. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2628-5_1

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