Tumors and cancers are insidious diseases characterized by an abnormal growth of cells that extend beyond their usual boundaries and disrupt the normal functions of affected organs. Forming the first of the four volumes devoted to tumors and cancers, this volume focuses on the central and peripheral nervous systems. Each chapter presents a state of the art summary of tumor/cancer of a particular type in relation to its definition, biology, epidemiology, disease mechanism/pathogenesis, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis.

>50 original research and review articles in various international journals, the contributor of 176 book chapters, and the editor of "Handbook of Listeria monocytogenes" (2008), "Handbook of Nucleic Acid Purification" (2009), "Molecular Detection of Foodborne Pathogens" (2009), "Molecular Detection of Human Viral Pathogens" (2010), "Molecular Detection of Human Bacterial Pathogens" (2011), "Molecular Detection of Human Fungal Pathogens" (2011), "Molecular Detection of Human Parasitic Pathogens" (2012), "Manual of Security Sensitive Microbes and Toxins" (2014), "Molecular Detection of Animal Viral Pathogens" (2016), and "Laboratory Models for Foodborne Infections" (2017), all of which were released by CRC Press. He is also a co-editor for "Molecular Medical Microbiology 2nd Edition", which was published by Elsevier in 2014.

Introductory remarks. Tumors of neuroepithelial tissue. Astrocytoma. Glioblastoma. Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Chordoid glioma, angiocentric glioma, and diffuse midline glioma. Astroblastoma. Gliomatosis cerebri. Oligodendroglioma. Oligoastrocytoma. Ependymoma. Choroid plexus tumors. Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor. Gangliocytoma and Lhermitte-Duclos disease. Ganglioglioma. Neurocytoma. Papillary glioneuronal tumor. Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor. Pineal parenchymal tumor of intermediate differentiation. Pineoblastoma, pineocytoma and papillary tumor of the pineal region. Medulloblastoma. CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumor and other embryonal tumors. Tumors of the cranial and paraspinal nerves. Neurofibroma. Perineurioma and malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor. Schwannoma. Tumors of the meninges. Melanocytic tumors. Hemangiopericytoma and hemangioblastoma. Tumors of the sellar region. Craniopharyngioma.