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BRAINLIFE NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Number 17 - 28 May 2004

Volume 3
Archive


Contents


Early Detection
Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Prognosis & Outcome
Treatment

Early Detection


Larijani B, Bastanhagh MH, Pajouhi M, Kargar Shadab F, Vasigh A, Aghakhani S
Presentation and outcome of 93 cases of craniopharyngioma
Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2004 Mar;13(1):11-5.


Etiology & Pathogenesis


Tong CY, Hui AB, Yin XL, Pang JC, Zhu XL, Poon WS, Ng HK
Detection of oncogene amplifications in medulloblastomas by comparative genomic hybridization and array-based comparative genomic hybridization
J Neurosurg. 2004 Feb;100(2 Suppl):187-93.


Overall Management


Hurley DM, Ho KK
MJA Practice Essentials--Endocrinology. 9: Pituitary disease in adults
Med J Aust. 2004 Apr 19;180(8):419-25.

Komninos J, Vlassopoulou V, Protopapa D, Korfias S, Kontogeorgos G, Sakas DE, Thalassinos NC
Tumors metastatic to the pituitary gland: case report and literature review
J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Feb;89(2):574-80. 

Winfree CJ, Mack WJ, Sisti MB
Solitary cerebellar metastasis of malignant pleural mesothelioma: case report
Surg Neurol. 2004 Feb;61(2):174-8; discussion 178-9. 


Prognosis & Outcome


Buckner JC
Factors influencing survival in high-grade gliomas
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):10-4.

Keles GE, Lamborn KR, Chang SM, Prados MD, Berger MS
Volume of residual disease as a predictor of outcome in adult patients with recurrent supratentorial glioblastomas multiforme who are undergoing chemotherapy
J Neurosurg. 2004 Jan;100(1):41-6.

Maldaun MV, Suki D, Lang FF, Prabhu S, Shi W, Fuller GN, Wildrick DM, Sawaya R
Cystic glioblastoma multiforme: survival outcomes in 22 cases
J Neurosurg. 2004 Jan;100(1):61-7. 

Stupp R, Janzer RC, Hegi ME, Villemure JG, Mirimanoff RO
Prognostic factors for low-grade gliomas
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):23-8.


Treatment


Bolko P, Jaskula M, Wasko R, Wolun M, Sowinski J
The assessment of cabergoline efficacy and tolerability in patients with pituitary prolactinoma type
Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2003 May;109(5):489-95.

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

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

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

Brown PD, Buckner JC, O'Fallon JR, Iturria NL, Brown CA, O'Neill BP, Scheithauer BW, Dinapoli RP, Arusell RM, Abrams RA, Curran WJ, Shaw EG; North Central Cancer Treatment Group; Mayo Clinic
Adult patients with supratentorial pilocytic astrocytomas: a prospective multicenter clinical trial
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Mar 15;58(4):1153-60.

Chang SM, Theodosopoulos P, Lamborn K, Malec M, Rabbitt J, Page M, Prados MD
Temozolomide in the treatment of recurrent malignant glioma
Cancer. 2004 Feb 1;100(3):605-11. 

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

Rades D, Fehlauer F, Schild SE
Treatment of atypical neurocytomas
Cancer. 2004 Feb 15;100(4):814-7.

Seute T, Leffers P, ten Velde GP, Twijnstra A
Neurologic disorders in 432 consecutive patients with small cell lung carcinoma
Cancer. 2004 Feb 15;100(4):801-6.

Soffietti R, Nobile M, Ruda R, Borgognone M, Costanza A, Laguzzi E, Mutani R
Second-line treatment with carboplatin for recurrent or progressive oligodendroglial tumors after PCV (procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine) chemotherapy: a phase II study
Cancer. 2004 Feb 15;100(4):807-13.

van den Bent MJ
Can chemotherapy replace radiotherapy in low-grade gliomas? Time for randomized studies
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):39-44.

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