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BRAINLIFE NEWSLETTER
Volume 2, Number 14 - 17 August 2003

Volume 2
Archive


Contents


Diagnosis & Evaluation
Integrative Medicine
Overall Management
Prognosis & Outcome
Psychosocial Aspects
Treatment

Diagnosis & Evaluation


Colosimo C, Cerase A, Denaro L, Maira G, Greco R
Magnetic resonance imaging of intramedullary spinal cord schwannomas. Report of two cases and review of the literature
J Neurosurg. 2003 Jul;99(1 Suppl):114-7


Integrative Medicine


Baek BS, Kim JW, Lee JH, Kwon HJ, Kim ND, Kang HS, Yoo MA, Yu BP, Chung HY
Age-related increase of brain cyclooxygenase activity and dietary modulation of oxidative status
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2001 Oct;56(10):B426-31

Brem SS, Zagzag D, Tsanaclis AM, Gately S, Elkouby MP, Brien SE
Inhibition of angiogenesis and tumor growth in the brain. Suppression of endothelial cell turnover by penicillamine and the depletion of copper, an angiogenic cofactor
Am J Pathol 1990 Nov;137(5):1121-42


Brem S, Tsanaclis AM, Zagzag D
Anticopper treatment inhibits pseudopodial protrusion and the invasive spread of 9L gliosarcoma cells in the rat brain
Neurosurgery 1990 Mar;26(3):391-6 

Demetrakopoulos GE, Brennan MF
Tumoricidal potential of nutritional manipulations
Cancer Res 1982;42(2 Suppl):756s-765s

Dominguez JE, Graham JF, Cummins CJ, Loreck DJ, Galarraga J, Van der Feen J, DeLaPaz R, Smith BH
Enzymes of glucose metabolism in cultured human gliomas: neoplasia is accompanied by altered hexokinase, phosphofructokinase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase levels
Metab Brain Dis. 1987 Mar;2(1):17-30 


Galarraga J, Loreck DJ, Graham JF, DeLaPaz RL, Smith BH, Hallgren D, Cummins CJ
Glucose metabolism in human gliomas: correspondence of in situ and in vitro metabolic rates and altered energy metabolism
Metab Brain Dis 1986 Dec;1(4):279-91

Hossmann KA, Niebuhr I, Tamura M
Local cerebral blood flow and glucose consumption of rats with experimental gliomas
J Cereb Blood Flow Metab 1982;2(1):25-32 

Rossi-Fanelli F, Cascino A, Muscaritoli M
Abnormal substrate metabolism and nutritional strategies in cancer management
JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr 1991 Nov-Dec;15(6):680-3

Santisteban GA, Ely JT, Hamel EE, Read DH, Kozawa SM
Glycemic modulation of tumor tolerance in a mouse model of breast cancer
Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1985 Nov 15;132(3):1174-9 


Overall Management


Cavalheiro S, Moron AF, Hisaba W, Dastoli P, Silva NS
Fetal brain tumors
Childs Nerv Syst. 2003 Aug 8 

Kochi M, Itoyama Y, Shiraishi S, Kitamura I, Marubayashi T, Ushio Y
Successful treatment of intracranial nongerminomatous malignant germ cell tumors by administering neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy before excision of residual tumors
J Neurosurg. 2003 Jul;99(1):106-14

McWilliams RR, Giannini C, Hay ID, Atkinson JL, Stafford SL, Buckner JC
Management of brain metastases from thyroid carcinoma: a study of 16 pathologically confirmed cases over 25 years
Cancer. 2003 Jul 15;98(2):356-62 

Tremont-Lukats IW, Bobustuc G, Lagos GK, Lolas K, Kyritsis AP, Puduvalli VKBrain metastasis from prostate carcinoma: The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center experience
Cancer. 2003 Jul 15;98(2):363-8 


Prognosis & Outcome


Harrison BE, Johnson JL, Clough RW, Halperin ECSelection of patients with melanoma brain metastases for aggressive treatment
Am J Clin Oncol. 2003 Aug;26(4):354-7 


Koka V, Potti A, Forseen SE, Pervez H, Fraiman GN, Koch M, Levitt R
Role of her-2/neu overexpression and clinical determinants of early mortality in glioblastoma multiforme
Am J Clin Oncol. 2003 Aug;26(4):332-5 

Wessels PH, Hopman AH, Kubat B, Kessels AG, Hoving EW, Ummelen MI, Ramaekers FC, Twijnstra A
Proliferation and aneusomy predict survival of young patients with astrocytoma grade II
Br J Cancer.
2003 Jul 7;89(1):128-34 


Psychosocial Aspects


Carpentieri SC, Meyer EA, Delaney BL, Victoria ML, Gannon BK, Doyle JM, Kieran MW
Psychosocial and behavioral functioning among pediatric brain tumor survivors
J Neurooncol. 2003 Jul;63(3):279-87


Treatment


Amin R, Kamitani H, Sultana H, Taniura S, Islam A, Sho A, Ishibashi M, Eling TE, Watanabe T
Aspirin and indomethacin exhibit antiproliferative effects and induce apoptosis in T98G human glioblastoma cells
Neurol Res. 2003 Jun;25(4):370-6

Mahindra AK, Grossman SA
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in HIV negative patients with primary brain tumors
J Neurooncol. 2003 Jul;63(3):263-70

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