By Jeffrey Raizer, Andrew Parsa
This booklet studies the numerous advances in our figuring out of glioma biology which were completed in the past decade and describes intimately the ensuing new ways to therapy. advancements in surgical recommendations, radiation remedy, and chemotherapy are comprehensively lined, with dialogue in their effect in reducing sufferer morbidity and extending survival. additionally, person chapters are committed in particular to present therapy for low-grade gliomas, anaplastic gliomas, and glioblastoma multiforme. different issues addressed contain remedy of the aged sufferer, investigating rising remedies from small molecules to immunotherapy and palliative care. This well timed booklet should be a worthwhile resource of up to date info for practitioners and also will be of curiosity to researchers.
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With the exception of motor mapping, which can be performed with the patient under general anesthesia, these surgeries are performed under awake conditions. It is our tradition to also perform motor mapping in the awake state, as the efficiency and fidelity of the motor map are improved with the patient under local anesthesia. Patients with less than antigravity strength (0–2/5) or with significant preoperative language deficits (>25 % error rate) that do not improve with short-course steroids may not be good candidates for mapping.
