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BRAINLIFE NEWSLETTER
Volume 3, Number 34 - 24 August 2004

Volume 3
Archive


Contents


Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Prognosis & Outcome
Treatment

Etiology & Pathogenesis


Dora B. Bocangel, Sydney Finkelstein, S. Clifford Schold, Kishor K. Bhakat, Sankar Mitra and Demetrius M. Kokkinakis
Multifaceted Resistance of Gliomas to Temozolomide

Clinical Cancer Research Vol. 8, 2725-2734, August 2002 


De Wit MC, De Bruin HG, Eijkenboom W, Sillevis Smitt PA, Van Den Bent MJ
Immediate post-radiotherapy changes in malignant glioma can mimic tumor progression
Neurology. 2004 Aug 10;63(3):535-7. 

Andrew L. Kung, Sonya D. Zabludoff, Dennis S. France, Steven J. Freedman, Elizabeth A. Tanner, Annelisa Vieira, Susan Cornell-Kennon, Jennifer Lee, Beqing Wang, Jamin Wang, Klaus Memmert, Hans-Ulrich Naegeli, Frank Petersen, Michael J. Eck, Kenneth W. Bair, Alexander W. Wood, and David M. Livingston
Small molecule blockade of transcriptional coactivation of the hypoxia-inducible factor pathway
Cancer Cell, Vol 6, 33-43, July 2004. 

Andrew L. Kung, Stream Wang, Jeffery M. Klco, William G. Kaelin & David M. Livingston
Suppression of tumor growth through disruption of hypoxia-inducible transcription
Nature Medicine, December 2000 Volume 6 Number 12 pp 1335 - 1340. 
Paz MF, Yaya-Tur R, Rojas-Marcos I, Reynes G, Pollan M, Aguirre-Cruz L, Garcia-Lopez JL, Piquer J, Safont MJ, Balana C, Sanchez-Cespedes M, Garcia-Villanueva M, Arribas L, Esteller M
CpG island hypermethylation of the DNA repair enzyme methyltransferase predicts response to temozolomide in primary gliomas
Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Aug 1;10(15):4933-8.


Overall Management


Alappatt JP, Anto D, Ajayakumar A
Falcotentorial plasmacytoma: a case report
Surg Neurol. 2004 Aug;62(2):178-9. 

Hamlat A, Adn M, Caulet-Maugendre S, Guegan Y
Cerebellar malignant fibrous histiocytoma: case report and literature review
Neurosurgery. 2004 Mar;54(3):745-51. 


Prognosis & Outcome


Bucci MK, Maity A, Janss AJ, Belasco JB, Fisher MJ, Tochner ZA, Rorke L, Sutton LN, Phillips PC, Shu HK
Near complete surgical resection predicts a favorable outcome in pediatric patients with nonbrainstem, malignant gliomas: results from a single center in the magnetic resonance imaging era
Cancer. 2004 Aug 15;101(4):817-24. 

Datta R, Jawahar A, Ampil FL, Shi R, Nanda A, D'Agostino H
Survival in relation to radiotherapeutic modality for brain metastasis: whole brain irradiation vs. gamma knife radiosurgery
Am J Clin Oncol. 2004 Aug;27(4):420-4. 

Signe Sønderkær, Marianne Schmiegelow, Henrik Carstensen, Lars Bøgeskov Nielsen, Jørn Müller, Kjeld Schmiegelow
Long-Term Neurological Outcome of Childhood Brain Tumors Treated by Surgery Only
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 21, Issue 7, April 1, 2003: 1347-1351. 


Treatment


Demetrius M. Kokkinakis, Robert C. Moschel, Anthony E. Pegg and S. Clifford Schold
Eradication of Human Medulloblastoma Tumor Xenografts with a Combination of O6-Benzyl-2'-deoxyguanosine and 1,3-Bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea
Clinical Cancer Research Vol. 5, 3676-3681, November 1, 1999. 

Landen JW, Hau V, Wang M, Davis T, Ciliax B, Wainer BH, Van Meir EG, Glass JD, Joshi HC, Archer DR
Noscapine crosses the blood-brain barrier and inhibits glioblastoma growth
Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Aug 1;10(15):5187-201. 

Malliti M, Page P, Gury C, Chomette E, Nataf F, Roux FX
Comparison of deep wound infection rates using a synthetic dural substitute (neuro-patch) or pericranium graft for dural closure: a clinical review of 1 year
Neurosurgery. 2004 Mar;54(3):599-603; discussion 603-4. 

Sandstrom M, Johansson M, Andersson U, Bergh A, Bergenheim AT, Henriksson R
The tyrosine kinase inhibitor ZD6474 inhibits tumour growth in an intracerebral rat glioma model
Br J Cancer. 2004 Aug 10 [Epub ahead of print]. 

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