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Volume 6, Number 13 - 26 March 2007


Contents


Diagnosis & Evaluation
Epidemiology & Risk Factors
Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Psychosocial Aspects
Treatment

Diagnosis & Evaluation


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Armitage PA, Schwindack C, Bastin ME, Whittle IR. 
Quantitative assessment of intracranial tumor response to dexamethasone using diffusion, perfusion and permeability magnetic resonance imaging.
Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Apr;25(3):303-10. Epub 2006 Nov 13.
PMID: 17371718 [PubMed - in process]

Setzer M, Herminghaus S, Marquardt G, Tews DS, Pilatus U, Seifert V, Zanella F, Lanfermann H. 
Diagnostic impact of proton MR-spectroscopy versus image-guided stereotactic biopsy.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Mar 28; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17380247 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Smirniotopoulos JG, Murphy FM, Rushing EJ, Rees JH, Schroeder JW. 
Patterns of contrast enhancement in the brain and meninges.
Radiographics. 2007 Mar-Apr;27(2):525-51.
PMID: 17374867 [PubMed - in process]

Tamura Y, Kuroiwa T, Kajimoto Y, Miki Y, Miyatake S, Tsuji M. 
Endoscopic identification and biopsy sampling of an intraventricular malignant glioma using a 5-aminolevulinic acid-induced protoporphyrin IX fluorescence imaging system. Technical note.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Mar;106(3):507-10.
PMID: 17367078 [PubMed - in process]

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Tysnes BB, Bjerkvig R. 
Cancer initiation and progression: Involvement of stem cells and the microenvironment.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2007 Feb 9; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17374555 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Epidemiology & Risk Factors


Hijiya N, Hudson MM, Lensing S, Zacher M, Onciu M, Behm FG, Razzouk BI, Ribeiro RC, Rubnitz JE, Sandlund JT, Rivera GK, Evans WE, Relling MV, Pui CH. 
Cumulative incidence of secondary neoplasms as a first event after childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
JAMA. 2007 Mar 21;297(11):1207-15.
PMID: 17374815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Schwartzbaum JA, Ahlbom A, Lonn S, Warholm M, Rannug A, Auvinen A, Christensen HC, Henriksson R, Johansen C, Lindholm C, Malmer B, Salminen T, Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Feychting M. 
An international case-control study of glutathione transferase and functionally related polymorphisms and risk of primary adult brain tumors.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Mar;16(3):559-65.
PMID: 17372252 [PubMed - in process]

Etiology & Pathogenesis


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Kanamori M, Kawaguchi T, Nigro JM, Feuerstein BG, Berger MS, Miele L, Pieper RO. 
Contribution of Notch signaling activation to human glioblastoma multiforme.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Mar;106(3):417-27.
PMID: 17367064 [PubMed - in process]

Koch A, Hrychyk A, Hartmann W, Waha A, Mikeska T, Waha A, Schuller U, Sorensen N, Berthold F, Goodyer CG, Wiestler OD, Birchmeier W, Behrens J, Pietsch T. 
Mutations of the Wnt antagonist AXIN2 (Conductin) result in TCF-dependent transcription in medulloblastomas.
Int J Cancer. 2007 Mar 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17373666 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Lalier L, Cartron PF, Pedelaborde F, Olivier C, Loussouarn D, Martin SA, Meflah K, Menanteau J, Vallette FM. 
Increase in PGE(2) biosynthesis induces a Bax dependent apoptosis correlated to patients' survival in glioblastoma multiforme.
Oncogene. 2007 Mar 19; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17369862 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Mehrian-Shai R, Chen CD, Shi T, Horvath S, Nelson SF, Reichardt JK, Sawyers CL. 
Insulin growth factor-binding protein 2 is a candidate biomarker for PTEN status and PI3K/Akt pathway activation in glioblastoma and prostate cancer.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Mar 27;104(13):5563-8. Epub 2007 Mar 19.
PMID: 17372210 [PubMed - in process]

Smith JR, Falkenhagen KM, Coupland SE, Chipps TJ, Rosenbaum JT, Braziel RM. 
Malignant B cells from patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma express stromal cell-derived factor-1.
Am J Clin Pathol. 2007 Apr;127(4):633-41.
PMID: 17369141 [PubMed - in process]


Overall Management


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Chen H, Sun XF, Wu JS. 
[Clinicopathologic study of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma]
Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi. 2006 Nov;35(11):656-9. Chinese.
PMID: 17374208 [PubMed - in process]

He XL, Pan D, Zhou Y, Gan YL, Zhang HB. 
[Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of thoracic spine: report of a case]
Zhonghua Bing Li Xue Za Zhi. 2006 Dec;35(12):766-7. Chinese. No abstract available.
PMID: 17374270 [PubMed - in process]

Hekmatpanah J. 
Cerebral microvessel perfusion and pathologic alteration of the brain during drowsiness and coma caused by brain tumor: a laboratory study on rats.
Surg Neurol. 2007 Mar 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17368521 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Krous H, Chadwick A, Haas E, Breisch E, Masoumi H. 
Congenital Cerebellar Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor in an Infant With Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa.
Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2007 Mar 22;:1 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17378670 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Mangano FT, Bradford AC, Mittler MA, Valderrama E, Schneider SJ. 
Astroblastoma. Case report, review of the literature, and analysis of treatment strategies.
J Neurosurg Sci. 2007 Mar;51(1):21-7.
PMID: 17369788 [PubMed - in process]

Seyednejad F, Tubbs RS, Shoja MM, Daghigi MH, Oakes WJ. 
Presumed recurrence of intracranial Rosai-Dorfman disease as a cervical spine tumor.
Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Mar 28; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17380248 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Singh G, Rees JH, Sander JW. 
Seizures and epilepsy in oncological practice: causes, course, mechanisms and treatment.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Apr;78(4):342-9. Review.
PMID: 17369589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Valenzuela CY. 
[On the ontogenetic origin of human beings: The scientific solution.]
Rev Med Chil. 2007 Jan;135(1):121-6. Epub 2007 Mar 6. Spanish.
PMID: 17369993 [PubMed - in process]
Zali A, Shahzadi S, Mohammad-Mohammadi A, Taherzadeh K, Parsa K. 
Cerebral lymphoma: clinical and radiological findings in 90 cases.
Arch Iran Med. 2007 Apr;10(2):194-8.
PMID: 17367223 [PubMed - in process]

Zarovnaya EL, Pallatroni HF, Hug EB, Ball PA, Cromwell LD, Pipas JM, Fadul CE, Meyer LP, Park JP, Biegel JA, Perry A, Rhodes CH. 
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the spine in an adult: case report and review of the literature.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Mar 22; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17377740 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Psychosocial Aspects


Alfonso C, Lassaletta L, Sarria J, Gavilan J. 
[Quality of life following vestibular schwannoma surgery.]
Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp. 2007 Feb;58(2):61-5. Spanish.
PMID: 17371684 [PubMed - in process]


Treatment


Ampil F, Caldito G, Milligan S, Mills G, Nanda A. 
The elderly with synchronous non-small cell lung cancer and solitary brain metastasis: Does palliative thoracic radiotherapy have a useful role?
Lung Cancer. 2007 Mar 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17368627 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Anderson GD, Temkin NR, Awan AB, Winn RH. 
Effect of Time, Injury, Age and Ethanol on Interpatient Variability in Valproic Acid Pharmacokinetics after Traumatic Brain Injury.
Clin Pharmacokinet. 2007;46(4):307-318.
PMID: 17375982 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Bihorel S, Camenisch G, Lemaire M, Scherrmann JM. 
Modulation of the Brain Distribution of Imatinib and its Metabolites in Mice by Valspodar, Zosuquidar and Elacridar.
Pharm Res. 2007 Mar 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17380257 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Chi AS, Wen PY. 
Inhibiting kinases in malignant gliomas.
Expert Opin Ther Targets. 2007 Apr;11(4):473-96.
PMID: 17373878 [PubMed - in process]

De Maio E, Pacilio C, Gravina A, Morabito A, Di Rella F, Labonia V, Landi G, Nuzzo F, Rossi E, Silvestro P, Botti G, Di Bonito M, Curcio MP, Formichelli F, La Vecchia F, Staiano M, Maurea N, D'Aiuto G, D'Aiuto M, Thomas R, Signoriello G, Perrone F, de Matteis A. 
Vinorelbine plus 3-weekly trastuzumab in metastatic breast cancer: a single-centre phase 2 trial.
BMC Cancer. 2007 Mar 20;7:50.
PMID: 17374151 [PubMed - in process]
Fan TY, Li JB, Yu JM. 
[Value of functional imaging modalities in radiation treatment planning of brain gliomas]
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2006 Oct;28(10):721-3. Chinese. No abstract available.
PMID: 17366779 [PubMed - in process]

Farioli-Vecchioli S, Tanori M, Micheli L, Mancuso M, Leonardi L, Saran A, Ciotti MT, Ferretti E, Gulino A, Pazzaglia S, Tirone F. 
Inhibition of medulloblastoma tumorigenesis by the antiproliferative and pro-differentiative gene PC3.
FASEB J. 2007 Mar 19; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17371797 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Hedde JP, Neuhaus T, Schuller H, Metzler U, Schmidt-Wolf IG, Kleinschmidt R, Losem C, Lange O, Grohe C, Stier S, Ko YD. 
A phase I/II trial of topotecan and radiation therapy for brain metastases in patients with solid tumors.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Mar 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17379446 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Jin JY, Chen Q, Jin R, Rock J, Anderson J, Li S, Movsas B, Ryu S. 
Technical and clinical experience with spine radiosurgery: a new technology for management of localized spine metastases.
Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2007 Apr;6(2):127-34.
PMID: 17375975 [PubMed - in process]

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Parajuli P, Mathupala S, Mittal S, Sloan AE. 
Dendritic cell-based active specific immunotherapy for malignant glioma.
Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2007 Apr;7(4):439-48.
PMID: 17373896 [PubMed - in process]

Schmitz M, Temme A, Senner V, Ebner R, Schwind S, Stevanovic S, Wehner R, Schackert G, Schackert HK, Fussel M, Bachmann M, Rieber EP, Weigle B. 
Identification of SOX2 as a novel glioma-associated antigen and potential target for T cell-based immunotherapy.
Br J Cancer. 2007 Mar 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17375044 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ullrich NJ, Robertson R, Kinnamon DD, Scott RM, Kieran MW, Turner CD, Chi SN, Goumnerova L, Proctor M, Tarbell NJ, Marcus KJ, Pomeroy SL. 
Moyamoya following cranial irradiation for primary brain tumors in children.
Neurology. 2007 Mar 20;68(12):932-8.
PMID: 17372129 [PubMed - in process]

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