Article
Genetics, prognosis and therapy of central nervous system tumors.
Cancer detection and prevention - 1 Jan 1994
Watkins D, Rouleau G A
Abstract excerpt
Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) are common causes of morbidity and mortality. These tumors can occur sporadically or in individuals with genetic disorders predisposing to cancer development. Such syndromes include neurofibromatosis type 2, neurofibromatosis type 1, Li-Fraumeni syndrome...
Topics
- Central Nervous System Neoplasms
- Genetic Therapy
- Glioma
- Humans
- Incidence
- Meningioma
- Mutation
- Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary
- Neurilemmoma
- Oncogenes
- Prognosis