Pittsburgh, February 20, 2012 -- L. Dade Lunsford, MD, Lars Leksell Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh and co-director of the university's Center for Image-Guided Neurosurgery, is co-editor of a newly released book volume, Current and Future Management of Brain Metastasis, discussing up-to-date guidelines for brain metastasis control and practical points on how to deal with difficult situations in daily clinical practice.

Published by Karger, the book is the latest volume in the publisher's Progress in Neurological Surgery series. Dong Gyu Kim, MD, of the Hallym University Medical Center, in Seoul, South Korea, is also co-editor of the book.

Recent strategies combining multiple modalities have opened up a whole new field of brain metastasis management focusing on disease control. The management of brain metastasis in modern times is no longer confined to palliation but seeks preservation of life quality and not only prolonged survival.

Epidemiology and biology and various effective treatment methods such as surgery, radiosurgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy are presented in-depth in Current and Future Management of Brain Metastasis. Each chapter encompasses extensive reviews and presents broad perspectives on specific topics by the most renowned personages who have continuously shown their excellence in this rapidly progressing field.

Published since 1966, the Progress in Neurological Surgery series has become universally recognized as the most significant group of books serving neurological surgeons. Volumes feature contributions from distinguished international surgeons, who brilliantly review the literature from the perspective of their own personal experience. The result is a series of works providing critical distillations of developments of central importance to the theory and practice of neurological surgery. Dr. Lunsford is also series editor of Progress.

More information on this series can be found on the Karger website.