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BRAINLIFE NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Number 6 - 15 March 2004

Volume 3
Archive


Contents


Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Prognosis & Outcome
Psychosocial Aspects

Etiology & Pathogenesis


Fernandez-Teijeiro A, Betensky RA, Sturla LM, Kim JY, Tamayo P, Pomeroy SL
Combining Gene Expression Profiles and Clinical Parameters for Risk Stratification in Medulloblastomas
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 22, No 6 (March 15), 2004: pp. 994-998 

Lee A, Maldonado M, Baybis M, Walsh CA, Scheithauer B, Yeung R, Parent J, Weiner HL, Crino PB
Markers of cellular proliferation are expressed in cortical tubers
Ann Neurol. 2003 May;53(5):668-73. 


Overall Management


Lopez Alvarez-Buhilla P, Torres Piedra C, Elizagaray Belzunegui E, Astigarraga Aguirre I, Navajas Gutierrez A, Fernandez-Teijeiro A
Prenatal cystic neuroblastoma
An Esp Pediatr. 2002 Mar;56(3):265-7. (Case Report, Full Text)

Cuccia V, Zuccaro G, Sosa F, Monges J, Lubienieky F, Taratuto AL
Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma in children with tuberous sclerosis
Childs Nerv Syst. 2003 Apr;19(4):232-43. Epub 2003 Mar 18 

Daphin Fernandez, M.N. Muranjan, S.B. Bavdekar, Vishakha Kantharia, Asha Shenoy
Pleomorphic Xanthoastrocytoma
Indian Pediatrics 2001; 38: 297-300

Giannini C, Scheithauer BW, Burger PC, Brat DJ, Wollan PC, Lach B, O'Neill BP
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: what do we really know about it?
Cancer. 1999 May 1;85(9):2033-45. 

Panetta JC, Kirstein MN, Gajjar AJ, Nair G, Fouladi M, Stewart CF
A mechanistic mathematical model of temozolomide myelosuppression in children with high-grade gliomas
Math Biosci. 2003 Nov;186(1):29-41.

Rashidi M, DaSilva VR, Minagar A, Rutka JT
Nonmalignant pediatric brain tumors
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2003 May;3(3):200-5. 

Reddick WE, White HA, Glass JO, Wheeler GC, Thompson SJ, Gajjar A, Leigh L, Mulhern RK
Developmental model relating white matter volume to neurocognitive deficits in pediatric brain tumor survivors
Cancer. 2003 May 15;97(10):2512-9.

Tan TC, Ho LC, Yu CP, Cheung FC
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: report of two cases and review of the prognostic factors
J Clin Neurosci. 2004 Feb;11(2):203-7. 

Watanabe Y, Oki S, Migita K, Isobe N, Okazaki T, Nabika S
A case of subependymal giant cell astrocytoma not associated with tuberous sclerosis
No Shinkei Geka. 2003 May;31(5):543-8. 

Yamamoto K, Yamada K, Nakahara T, Ishihara A, Takaki S, Kochi M, Ushio Y
Rapid regrowth of solitary subependymal giant cell astrocytoma--case report
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2002 May;42(5):224-7. 


Prognosis & Outcome


Gajjar A, Hernan R, Kocak M, Fuller C, Lee Y, McKinnon PJ, Wallace D, Lau C, Chintagumpala M, Ashley DM, Kellie SJ, Kun L, Gilbertson RJ
Clinical, Histopathologic, and Molecular Markers of Prognosis: Toward a New Disease Risk Stratification System for Medulloblastoma
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 22, No 6 (March 15), 2004: pp. 984-993 



Psychosocial Aspects


Brad J. Zebrack, James G. Gurney, Kevin Oeffinger, John Whitton, Roger J. Packer, Ann Mertens, Norman Turk, Robert Castleberry, ZoAnn Dreyer, Leslie L. Robison, Lonnie K. Zeltzer
Psychological Outcomes in Long-Term Survivors of Childhood Brain Cancer: A Report From the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 22, No 6 (March 15), 2004: pp. 999-1006 

Palmer SL, Gajjar A, Reddick WE, Glass JO, Kun LE, Wu S, Xiong X, Mulhern RK
Predicting intellectual outcome among children treated with 35-40 Gy craniospinal irradiation for medulloblastoma
Neuropsychology. 2003 Oct;17(4):548-55. 

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