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Second edition. Edited by Andrew H. Kaye and Edward R. Laws, Jr. 1080 pp., illustrated. Philadelphia, Churchill Livingstone, 2001. $250. ISBN 0-4430-6426-1.

Reductionism is, in the words of Peter Medawar, "the most successful research stratagem ever devised." Thanks to reductive analysis, biomedical research has produced countless pieces of information. What we need from time to time is a fresh selection of relevant results. A textbook that attempts an integration of recent advances is indispensable, particularly in the study of cerebral tumors, in which developments in diagnosis and therapy are abundant.

Neuro-oncology is a challenging discipline. As compared with neoplasms in other organs, brain tumors have several peculiarities. The cause remains elusive, the clinical manifestations are diverse, and therapy continues to be mainly . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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