Brain Metastases from Primary Tumors, Volume 2

<p>I. GENERAL APPLICATIONS1. Brain Metastasis from Solid Tumors2. The Role of Surgical Resection for Metastatic Brain Tumors3. Whole Brain Radiotherapy for Brain Metastases: Is the Therapeutic Window Enlarging?</p> <p>II. NON-SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER4. Brain Metastasis in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Response to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor5. Brain Metastasis from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Use of Egfr and Her-2 Status for Targeted Therapy6. Brain Metastases from Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Current Evidence in Management Using Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor and Whole Brain Radiation Therapy7. Brain Metastasis in Patients with Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Immunohistochemical Markers</p> <p>III. BREAST CANCER8. Brain Metastasis from Breast Cancer: Molecular Mechanisms9. New Targeted Therapies for Brain Metastasis from Breast and Lung Cancer and Melanoma10. Breast Cancers with Brain Metastases</p> <p>IV. MELANOMA11. Brain Metastases in Melanoma Patients: Treatment with Adjuvant Postoperative Whole Brain Radiotherapy12. Melanoma Progression in the Brain: Role of Pericytes, the Basal Lamina, and Endothelial Cells in Tumor Vascularization</p> <p>V. ESOPHAGEAL CANCER13. Brain Metastases from Esophageal Cancer in the Presence of Her-2 Overexpression</p> <p>VI. RENAL CARCINOMA14. Brain Metastasis from Renal Carcinoma: Locoregional and Systemic Treatments</p> <p>VII. GASTROINTESTINAL CANCER15. Gastrointestinal Cancer and Brain Metastasis Outcomes and Management</p> <p>VIII. COLORECTAL CANCER16. Brain Metastasis of Colorectal Cancer: Microenvironment and Molecular Mechanism</p> <p>IX. NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA17. Brain Metastasis from Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma</p>