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Volume 6, Number 5 - 29 January 2007


Contents


Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Psychosocial Aspects
Treatment

Etiology & Pathogenesis


Beaucher M, Hersperger E, Page-McCaw A, Shearn A. 
Drosophila brain tumor metastases express both neuronal and glial cell type markers.
Dev Biol. 2007 Jan 1;301(1):287-97. Epub 2006 Sep 16.
PMID: 17055475 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Beaucher M, Goodliffe J, Hersperger E, Trunova S, Frydman H, Shearn A. 
Drosophila brain tumor metastases express both neuronal and glial cell type markers.
Dev Biol. 2007 Jan 1;301(1):287-97. Epub 2006 Sep 16.
PMID: 17055475 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Ellert-Miklaszewska A, Grajkowska W, Gabrusiewicz K, Kaminska B, Konarska L. 
Distinctive pattern of cannabinoid receptor type II (CB2) expression in adult and pediatric brain tumors.
Brain Res. 2007 Mar 16;1137(1):161-9. Epub 2006 Dec 23.
PMID: 17239827 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Fomchenko EI, Holland EC. 
Platelet-derived growth factor-mediated gliomagenesis and brain tumor recruitment.
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Jan;18(1):39-58, viii. Review.
PMID: 17244553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Fomchenko EI, Holland EC. 
Origins of brain tumors--a disease of stem cells?
Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2006 Jun;2(6):288-9. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 16932567 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Fomchenko EI, Holland EC. 
Stem cells and brain cancer.
Exp Cell Res. 2005 Jun 10;306(2):323-9. Epub 2005 Apr 14. Review.
PMID: 15925587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Mellinghoff IK, Cloughesy TF, Mischel PS. 
PTEN-mediated resistance to epidermal growth factor receptor kinase inhibitors.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Jan 15;13(2 Pt 1):378-81. Review.
PMID: 17255257 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Lee JC, Vivanco I, Beroukhim R, Huang JH, Feng WL, Debiasi RM, Yoshimoto K, King JC, Nghiemphu P, Yuza Y, Xu Q, Greulich H, Thomas RK, Paez JG, Peck TC, Linhart DJ, Glatt KA, Getz G, Onofrio R, Ziaugra L, Levine RL, Gabriel S, Kawaguchi T, O'neill K, Khan H, Liau LM, Nelson SF, Rao PN, Mischel P, Pieper RO, Cloughesy T, Leahy DJ, Sellers WR, Sawyers CL, Meyerson M, Mellinghoff IK. 
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Activation in Glioblastoma through Novel Missense Mutations in the Extracellular Domain.
PLoS Med. 2006 Dec 19;3(12):e485 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17177598 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Quinones-Hinojosa A, Sanai N, Gonzalez-Perez O, Garcia-Verdugo JM. 
The human brain subventricular zone: stem cells in this niche and its organization.
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Jan;18(1):15-20, vii. Review.
PMID: 17244550 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Singh S, Dirks PB. 
Brain tumor stem cells: identification and concepts.
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Jan;18(1):31-8, viii. Review.
PMID: 17244552 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Xia Y, Wang J, Liu TJ, Yung WK, Hunter T, Lu Z. 
c-Jun downregulation by HDAC3-dependent transcriptional repression promotes osmotic stress-induced cell apoptosis.
Mol Cell. 2007 Jan 26;25(2):219-32.
PMID: 17244530 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Overall Management


Attard TM, Giglio P, Koppula S, Snyder C, Lynch HT. 
Brain tumors in individuals with familial adenomatous polyposis: a cancer registry experience and pooled case report analysis.
Cancer. 2007 Feb 15;109(4):761-6.
PMID: 17238184 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Fomchenko EI, Holland EC. 
Mouse models of brain tumors and their applications in preclinical trials.
Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Sep 15;12(18):5288-97. Review.
PMID: 17000661 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Psychosocial Aspects


Meeske KA, Patel SK, Palmer SN, Nelson MB, Parow AM. 
Factors associated with health-related quality of life in pediatric cancer survivors.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Jun 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 16779805 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Patel SK, Lai-Yates JJ, Anderson JW, Katz ER. 
Attention dysfunction and parent reporting in children with brain tumors.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Jan 22; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17243136 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Treatment


Barnett GH, Linskey ME, Adler JR, Cozzens JW, Friedman WA, Heilbrun MP, Lunsford LD, Schulder M, Sloan AE; American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Congress of Neurolofical Surgeons Washington Committee Stereotactic Radiosurgery Task Force. 
Stereotactic radiosurgery--an organized neurosurgery-sanctioned definition.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Jan;106(1):1-5. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 17240553 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Desjardins A, Quinn JA, Vredenburgh JJ, Sathornsumetee S, Friedman AH, Herndon JE, McLendon RE, Provenzale JM, Rich JN, Sampson JH, Gururangan S, Dowell JM, Salvado A, Friedman HS, Reardon DA. 
Phase II study of imatinib mesylate and hydroxyurea for recurrent grade III malignant gliomas.
J Neurooncol. 2007 May;83(1):53-60. Epub 2007 Jan 24.
PMID: 17245623 [PubMed - in process]

Friedman A, Tian JP, Fulci G, Chiocca EA, Wang J. 
Glioma virotherapy: effects of innate immune suppression and increased viral replication capacity.
Cancer Res. 2006 Feb 15;66(4):2314-9.
PMID: 16489036 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Fulci G, Chiocca EA. 
The status of gene therapy for brain tumors.
Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2007 Feb;7(2):197-208.
PMID: 17250458 [PubMed - in process]

Fulci G, Breymann L, Gianni D, Kurozomi K, Rhee SS, Yu J, Kaur B, Louis DN, Weissleder R, Caligiuri MA, Chiocca EA. 
Cyclophosphamide enhances glioma virotherapy by inhibiting innate immune responses.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006 Aug 22;103(34):12873-8. Epub 2006 Aug 14.
PMID: 16908838 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Lamfers ML, Fulci G, Gianni D, Tang Y, Kurozumi K, Kaur B, Moeniralm S, Saeki Y, Carette JE, Weissleder R, Vandertop WP, van Beusechem VW, Dirven CM, Chiocca EA. 
Cyclophosphamide increases transgene expression mediated by an oncolytic adenovirus in glioma-bearing mice monitored by bioluminescence imaging.
Mol Ther. 2006 Dec;14(6):779-88. Epub 2006 Sep 22.
PMID: 16996314 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Nagano A, Miyamoto K, Fushimi K, Hosoe H, Shimizu K. 
Failure of reconstruction surgery using anterior fibular strut grafting to correct postlaminectomy kyphosis.
J Clin Neurosci. 2007 Apr;14(4):376-9. Epub 2007 Jan 19.
PMID: 17240145 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Narotam PK, Reddy K, Fewer D, Qiao F, Nathoo N. 
Collagen matrix duraplasty for cranial and spinal surgery: a clinical and imaging study.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Jan;106(1):45-51.
PMID: 17236486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Vredenburgh JJ, Desjardins A, Herndon JE 2nd, Dowell JM, Reardon DA, Quinn JA, Rich JN, Sathornsumetee S, Gururangan S, Wagner M, Bigner DD, Friedman AH, Friedman HS. 
Phase II trial of bevacizumab and irinotecan in recurrent malignant glioma.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Feb 15;13(4):1253-9.
PMID: 17317837 [PubMed - in process]

Zhang JG, Eguchi J, Kruse CA, Gomez GG, Fakhrai H, Schroter S, Ma W, Hoa N, Minev B, Delgado C, Wepsic HT, Okada H, Jadus MR. 
Antigenic profiling of glioma cells to generate allogeneic vaccines or dendritic cell-based therapeutics.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Jan 15;13(2 Pt 1):566-75.
PMID: 17255279 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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