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BRAINLIFE NEWSLETTER
Volume 2, Number 18 - 16 September 2003

Volume 2
Archive


Contents


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

Diagnosis & Evaluation


M.V. Padma, S. Said, M. Jacobs, D.R. Hwang, K. Dunigan, M. Satter, B. Christian, J. Ruppert, T. Bernstein, G. Kraus, J.C. Mantil
Prediction of Pathology and Survival by FDG PET in Gliomas
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 64 (3): 227-237, September 2003 


Scott JN, Brasher PM, Sevick RJ, Rewcastle NB, Forsyth PA
How often are nonenhancing supratentorial gliomas malignant? A population study
Neurology. 2002 Sep 24;59(6):947-9 


Integrative Medicine


Bakshi A, Mukherjee D, Bakshi A, Banerji AK, Das UN
gamma-linolenic acid therapy of human gliomas
Nutrition. 2003 Apr;19(4):305-9

Leaver HA, Wharton SB, Bell HS, Leaver-Yap IM, Whittle IR
Highly unsaturated fatty acid induced tumour regression in glioma pharmacodynamics and bioavailability of gamma linolenic acid in an implantation glioma model: effects on tumour biomass, apoptosis and neuronal tissue histology
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2002 Nov;67(5):283-92 

Lissoni P, Chilelli M, Villa S, Cerizza L, Tancini G
Five years survival in metastatic non-small cell lung cancer patients treated with chemotherapy alone or chemotherapy and melatonin: a randomized trial
J Pineal Res. 2003 Aug;35(1):12-5 

Williams JR, Leaver HA, Ironside JW, Miller EP, Whittle IR, Gregor A
Apoptosis in human primary brain tumours: actions of arachidonic acid
Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 1998 Mar;58(3):193-200 


Overall Management


George I Jallo, Diana Freed, Chan Roonprapunt, and Fred Epstein
Current management of Brainstem Gliomas
Annals of Neurosurgery, 2003; 3(1): 1-17, August 2003

George I Jallo, Bong-Soo Kim, and Fred Epstein
The Current Management of Intramedullary Neoplasms in Children and Young Adults
Annals of Neurosurgery, 2001; 1(1), 1-13

Bong-Soo Kim, Chanland Roonprapunt, Victoria LaMarca, Karl F Kothbauer, George I Jallo
The current management of intracranial ependymomas in children
Annals of Neurosurgery 2002; 2(3), July 2002 

Edward G. Shaw, Jeffrey H. Wisoff 
Prospective clinical trials of intracranial low-grade glioma in adults and children
Neuro-Oncology, Volume 5, Number 3,
Jul 2003, Page: 153 -- 160


Prognosis & Outcome


Scott JN, Rewcastle NB, Brasher PM, Fulton D, MacKinnon JA, Hamilton M, Cairncross JG, Forsyth P
Which glioblastoma multiforme patient will become a long-term survivor? A population-based study
Ann Neurol. 1999 Aug;46(2):183-8

Scott JN, Rewcastle NB, Brasher PM, Fulton D, Hagen NA, MacKinnon JA, Sutherland G, Cairncross JG, Forsyth P
Long-term glioblastoma multiforme survivors: a population-based study
Can J Neurol Sci. 1998 Aug;25(3):197-201 



Psychosocial Aspects


Lissoni P, Malugani F, Manganini V, Ardizzoia A, Gardani G, Bartolacelli E, Messina G, Tancini G
Psychooncology and cancer progression-related alterations of pleasure-associated neurochemical system: Abnormal neuroendocrine response to apomorphine in advanced cancer patients
Neuroendocrinol Lett. 2003 Feb-Apr;24(1-2):50-3  


Treatment


M. Gelati, E. Corsini, S. Frigerio, B. Pollo, G. Broggi, D. Croci, A. Silvani, A. Boiardi, A. Salmaggi
Effects of Thalidomide on Parameters Involved in Angiogenesis: An in vitro Study
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 64 (3): 193-201, September 2003 

Manfred Westphal, Dana C. Hilt, Enoch Bortey, Patrick Delavault, Robert Olivares, Peter C. Warnke, Ian R. Whittle, Juha Jääskeläinen, Zvi Ram
A phase 3 trial of local chemotherapy with biodegradable carmustine (BCNU) wafers (Gliadel wafers) in patients with primary malignant glioma
Neuro-Oncology, Volume 5, Number 2, Apr 2003, Page: 79 -- 88 

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