**Preface XIII**


Chapter 7 **Advanced MR Imaging Techniques in the Diagnosis of Intra‐ axial Brain Tumors 165** Anastasia Zikou, George Alexiou and Maria Argyropoulou


Chapter 19 **The Role of Exercise in Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy 435** Karen Y. Wonders and Brittany Stout

#### Chapter 20 **Pediatric Neuro-Oncology in Low-/Middle-Income Countries 447** Mohamed S. Zaghloul

Chapter 8 **Molecular Imaging of Brain Tumours 183**

Chapter 11 **Current Trends in High-Grade Gliomas 269**

Chapter 12 **Laser Ablation in Neuro-oncology 283**

Barnett and Alireza M. Mohammadi

Chapter 13 **Interstitial Chemotherapy for Malignant Gliomas 317** Ke Sai, Shu‐xin Sun and Zhong‐ping Chen

Chapter 14 **Oligoastrocytoma: A Vanishing Tumor Entity 339**

Chapter 9 **Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring in**

Chapter 10 **Neurocognitive Effects of Primary Brain Tumors 241**

Lorena Vega-Zelaya, Rafael G. Sola and Jesús Pastor

Mohammad Abu-Hegazy and Hend Ahmed El-Hadaad

Maleeha Ahmad, MD, FRCS SN, Scott G. Turner, MD and Steven A.

Mayur Sharma, Danilo Silva, Suresh Balasubramanian, Gene H.

Marta Mellai, Laura Annovazzi, Marta Mazzucco and Davide

Giulia Cossu, Mahmoud Messerer, Fabrice Parker, Marc Levivier and

Heloisa H. Moser, Eshini Panditharatna, Roger J. Packer and Javad

**Advanced Cancer and Thoraco-lumbar Spine Metastases 421**

Chapter 15 **Meningiomas' Management: An Update of the Literature 361**

Chapter 16 **Medulloblastoma: Clinical Challenges and Emerging Molecular**

Chapter 17 **Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Therapeutic Challenge 401**

Massimo Miscusi, Stefano Forcato and Antonino Raco

Eric Q. Trieu, Sherri Y. Huang and Jer-Yen Yang

Chapter 18 **Minimally Invasive Surgery for Treatment of Patients with**

W. Phillip Law

**VI** Contents

**Section 3 Management 267**

Schiffer

Roy Thomas Daniel

**Discoveries 381**

Nazarian

Toms, MD, FACS

**Neuro-oncology 207**
