Meet the editor

Dr. Agrawal completed his neurosurgery training at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore, India, in 2003. He is a self-motivated, enthusiastic, and results-oriented professional with more than eighteen years of experience in research and development, as well as teaching and mentoring in the field of neurosurgery. He is proficient in managing and leading teams for running successful process operations and

has experience in developing procedures and service standards of excellence. He has attended and participated in many international and national symposiums and conferences and delivered lectures on vivid topics. Dr. Agrawal has published more than 750 scientific articles in various national and international journals. His expertise is in identifying training needs, designing training modules, and executing the same while working with limited resources. He has excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with proven abilities in teaching and training various academic and professional courses. Presently, he is working at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India.

Contents

An Overview of Brain Tumor

and Meningothlelial Proliferations

*by Tak Lap Poon and Ka Wing See*

Awake Surgery for Brain Tumors

Immunotherapy against Gliomas

*by John A. Ozolek*

Illustrative Cases

*by Manimekalai Pichaivel, Gayathri Anbumani, Panneerselvam Theivendren and Muruganantham Gopal*

*by Juan Esteban Garcia-Robledo, Camila Ordóñez-Reyes, Alejandro Ruiz-Patiño, Álvaro Muñoz, Oscar Arrieta, Enrique Jiménez, Fernando Hakim, Diego Gómez, Juan Fernando Ramón and Andrés F. Cardona*

Meninges Outside the Meninges: Ectopic Meningiomas

Overview of Radiosurgery for Intracranial Meningiomas

Rare Brain Tumors with Infrequent Clinical Manifestations:

*by Julio Plata-Bello, Helga Fariña-Jerónimo and Yaiza Pérez-Martín*

*by Mathew Sebastian, Bayli DiVita Dean and Catherine T. Flores*

Crossing Blood-Brain Barrier with Nano-drug Carriers for Treatment

*by José Luis Navarro-Olvera, Armando Armas-Salazar,* 

*Gustavo Parra-Romero and Gustavo Aguado-Carrillo*

of Brain Tumors: Advances and Unmet Challenges *by Sukanya Bhunia and Arabinda Chaudhuri*

*José Damián Carrillo-Ruiz, Jesús Q. Beltrán,* 

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

**Chapter 2 33**

**Chapter 3 71**

**Chapter 4 93**

**Chapter 5 115**

**Chapter 6 131**

**Chapter 7 147**

**Chapter 8 175**

High Grade Meningiomas: Current Therapy Based on Tumor Biology
