[Brainlife] Newsletter, Vol.2, No.25, 17 Dec 2003

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BRAINLIFE NEWSLETTER

Volume 2, Number 25 - 17 December 2003	Volume 2 Archive


Contents

	Epidemiology & Risk Factors
	Etiology & Pathogenesis
	Integrative Medicine
	Overall Management
	Treatment


Epidemiology & Risk Factors

	Preston-Martin S, Pogoda JM, Mueller BA, Lubin F, Modan B, Holly EA, Filippini G, Cordier S, Peris-Bonet R, Choi W, Little J, Arslan A Prenatal vitamin supplementation and pediatric brain tumors: huge international variation in use and possible reduction in risk Childs Nerv Syst. 1998 Oct;14(10):551-7.

Etiology & Pathogenesis

	Kaplan S, Novikov I, Modan B Nutritional factors in the etiology of brain tumors: potential role of nitrosamines, fat, and cholesterol Am J Epidemiol. 1997 Nov 15;146(10):832-41.

Integrative Medicine

	Gramaglia A, Loi GF, Mongioj V, Baronzio GF Increased survival in brain metastatic patients treated with stereotactic radiotherapy, omega three fatty acids and bioflavonoids Anticancer Res. 1999 Nov-Dec;19(6C):5583-6.
	Liat Lomnitski, Margalit Bergman, Abraham Nyska, Varda Ben-Shaul, Shlomo Grossman Composition, Efficacy, and Safety of Spinach Extracts Nutrition and Cancer, Volume: 46 Number: 2 Page: 222 -- 231 (December 2003)
	Montfort H A new homeopathic approach to neoplastic diseases: from cell destruction to carcinogen-induced apoptosis Br Homeopath J. 2000 Apr;89(2):78-83.

Overall Management

	Lisa M. DeAngelis Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: A Curable Brain Tumor J Clin Oncol, 15 December 2003; Vol. 21, No. 24; 4471-4473
	Hau P, Baumgart U, Pfeifer K, Bock A, Jauch T, Dietrich J, Fabel K, Grauer O, Wismeth C, Klinkhammer-Schalke M, Allgauer M, Schuierer G, Koch H, Schlaier J, Ulrich W, Brawanski A, Bogdahn U, Steinbrecher A Salvage therapy in patients with glioblastoma: is there any benefit? Cancer. 2003 Dec 15;98(12):2678-86.
	Stephen B. Tatter, M.D., Ph.D. The new WHO Classification of Tumors affecting the Central Nervous System Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 1996
	McWilliams RR, Brown PD, Buckner JC, Link MJ, Markovic SN Treatment of brain metastases from melanoma Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Dec;78(12):1529-36.

Treatment

	Hendrik Pels, Ingo G.H. Schmidt-Wolf, Axel Glasmacher, Holger Schulz, Andreas Engert, Volker Diehl, Anton Zellner, Gabriele Schackert, Heinz Reichmann, Frank Kroschinsky, Marlies Vogt-Schaden, Gerlinde Egerer, Udo Bode, Carlo Schaller, Martina Deckert, Rolf Fimmers, Christoph Helmstaedter, Aslihan Atasoy, Thomas Klockgether, Uwe Schlegel Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: Results of a Pilot and Phase II Study of Systemic and Intraventricular Chemotherapy With Deferred Radiotherapy Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 21, Issue 24 (December), 2003: 4489-4495
	Philip M.P. Poortmans, Hanneke C. Kluin-Nelemans, Hanny Haaxma-Reiche, Mars Van’t Veer, Mads Hansen, Pierre Soubeyran, Martin Taphoorn, José Thomas, Martin Van den Bent, Martin Fickers, Gustaaf Van Imhoff, Cynthia Rozewicz, Ivana Teodorovic, Martine van Glabbeke High-Dose Methotrexate-Based Chemotherapy Followed by Consolidating Radiotherapy in Non–AIDS-Related Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Lymphoma Group Phase II Trial 20962 Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 21, Issue 24 (December), 2003: 4483-4488

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