Overall Management > Gliomas


Etiology and Pathogenesis

Frank B. Furnari, Tim Fenton, Robert M. Bachoo, Akitake Mukasa, Jayne M. Stommel, Alexander Stegh, William C. Hahn, Keith L. Ligon, David N. Louis, Cameron Brennan, Lynda Chin, Ronald A. DePinho, and Webster K. Cavenee
Malignant astrocytic glioma: genetics, biology, and paths to treatment
Genes & Dev., November 1, 2007; 21(21): 2683 - 2710

Abstract | DBLinks | BL 7:2

Matsuo M, Yoshida N, Zaitsu M, Ishii K, Hamasaki Y
Inhibition of human glioma cell growth by a PHS-2 inhibitor, NS398, and a prostaglandin E receptor subtype EP1-selective antagonist, SC51089
J Neurooncol. 2004 Feb;66(3):285-92. (Laboratory Investigation, Abstract+)

Satoshi Nakasu, Tadateru Fukami, Kazumi Baba, Masayuki Matsuda
Immunohistochemical study for O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in the non-neoplastic and neoplastic components of gliomas
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 70(3): 333-340, December 2004. (Laboratory Investigation, Abstract+)


Prognosis

Primary Spinal Glioma

Jen-Ho Tseng, Ming-Yuan Tseng
Survival Analysis of 81 Children with Primary Spinal Gliomas: A Population-Based Study
Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006 Oct;42(6):347-53.
Abstract


Treatment

Brada M, Stenning SP
Radiotherapy for malignant gliomas in the elderly
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):63-7.(Review Article, Abstract)

Brandes AA
State-of-the-art treatment of high-grade brain tumors
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):4-9. (Review Article, Abstract)

Brandes AA, Monfardini S
The treatment of elderly patients with high-grade gliomas
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):58-62.(Review Article, Abstract)

Chinot OL
Should radiotherapy be standard therapy for brain tumors in the elderly? Cons
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):68-71.(Review Article, Abstract) 


Surveys

Patrick J. Kelly, MD, FACS
A Simple Explanation of  Gliomas: Growth Patterns and Imaging Studies
NYU Dept.of Neurosurgery (Tutorial, HTML Full Text)

Romeike BF. 
[Classification and documentation of diffuse gliomas.]
Radiologe. 2007 Apr 20; [Epub ahead of print] German.
PMID: 17447046 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


 

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