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Volume 5, Supplement 10bis - 31 October 2006 |
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Astrocytomas |
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| Etiology and Pathogenesis > Angiogenesis / Proliferation Indexes | |
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Suash Sharma, Mehar C. Sharma, Deepak Kumar Gupta
and Chitra Sarkar
Angiogenic patterns and their quantitation in high grade astrocytic tumors J Neurooncol. 2006 Aug;79(1):19-30. Epub 2006 Jun 29. 
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Pilocytic Astrocytoma |
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| Treatment > Radiotherapy | Surgical Neuro-Oncology | |
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Koji Tsuboi, Wakoto Matsuda, Kazuhiro Nakamura,
Shingo Takano, Akira Matsumura
Excision of Juvenile Pilocytic Astrocytoma of the Midbrain after Radiotherapy Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006 Aug;42(5):311-5
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Ependymoma |
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| Treatment > Radiosurgery | |
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Simon S. Lo, Ramzi Abdulrahman, Paul M. DesRosiers,
Achilles J. Fakiris, Thomas C. Witt, Robert M. Worth,
Phil H. Dittmer, Colleen M. DesRosiers, Stephanie Frost
and Robert D. Timmerman
The role of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the management of unresectable gross disease or gross residual disease after surgery in ependymoma J Neurooncol. 2006 Aug;79(1):51-6. Epub 2006 Mar 24
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Germ Cell Tumors |
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| Overall Management > Germ Cell Tumors | |
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Neal Luther, Mark A. Edgar, Ira J. Dunkel
and Mark M. Souweidane
Correlation of endoscopic biopsy with tumor marker status in primary intracranial germ cell tumors J Neurooncol. 2006 Aug;79(1):45-50. Epub 2006 Apr 6.
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Glioma (High-Grade) |
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| Treatment > Radiotherapy | Temozolomide Clinical Trials | |
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Giuseppe Luigi Banna, Daniela Bettio,
Marta Scorsetti, Pierina Navarria, Matteo Simonelli, Riccardo Rodriguez
Baena, Enrico Aimar, Paolo Gaetani, PierGiuseppe Colombo, Felice Rognone
and Armando Santoro
Administration of temozolomide during and after radiotherapy for newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas excluding glioblastoma multiforme J Neurooncol. 2006 Sep 23; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Quality of Life and Psychosocial Effects | Staging and Prognosis | Treatment > Radiotherapy | |
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Antje Ernst-Stecken, Oliver Ganslandt,
Ulrike Lambrecht, Rolf Sauer and Gerhard Grabenbauer
Survival and quality of life after hypofractionated stereotactic radiotherapy for recurrent malignant glioma J Neurooncol. 2006 Sep 20; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Treatment > Irinotecan / Etoposide / Teniposide | |
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Lynn G. Feun, Angela Marini,
Howard Landy, Arnold Markoe, Deborah Heros, Carlos Robles,
Cristina Herrera and Niramol Savaraj
Clinical trial of CPT-11 and VM-26/VP-16 for patients with recurrent malignant brain tumors J Neurooncol. 2006 Oct 19; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Diagnosis and Evaluation | Etiology and Pathogenesis > Molecular Oncology | Staging and Prognosis | |
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YKL-40 and Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 as Potential Serum Biomarkers for Patients with High-Grade Gliomas Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Oct 1;12(19):5698-704.
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| Treatment > Induced Second Neoplasm | |
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Bernd F. M. Romeike, Yoo-Jin Kim,
Wolf-Ingo Steudel and Norbert Graf
Diffuse high-grade gliomas as second malignant neoplasms after radio-chemotherapy for pediatric malignancies Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Oct 5; [Epub ahead of print]
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Glioma (Low-Grade) |
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| Etiology and Pathogenesis > Malignization and Recurrence | Staging and Prognosis | |
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M Wager, J Guilhot, J-L Blanc, S Ferrand, S Milin, B
Bataille, F Lapierre, S Denis, T Chantereau, C-J Larsen and L Karayan-Tapon
Prognostic value of increase in transcript levels of Tp73 ΔEx2-3 isoforms in low-grade glioma patients Br J Cancer. 2006 Oct 23;95(8):1062-9.
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Primary Spinal Glioma |
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| Overall Management > Gliomas | Staging and Prognosis | |
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Jen-Ho Tseng, Ming-Yuan Tseng Survival Analysis of 81 Children with Primary Spinal Gliomas: A Population-Based Study Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006 Oct;42(6):347-53.
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Glioblastoma |
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| Treatment > Temozolomide Clinical Trials | |
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A A Brandes, A Tosoni, G Cavallo, R Bertorelle, V
Gioia, E Franceschi, M Biscuola, V Blatt, L Crinò and M Ermani
Temozolomide 3 weeks on and 1 week off as first-line therapy for recurrent glioblastoma: phase II study from gruppo italiano cooperativo di neuro-oncologia (GICNO) British Journal of Cancer advance online publication 3 October 2006; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6603376
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| Treatment > Temozolomide Clinical Trials / Thalidomide | |
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Morris D. Groves, Vinay K. Puduvalli,
Susan M. Chang, Charles A. Conrad, Mark R. Gilbert,
Ivo W. Tremont-Lukats, Ta-Jen Liu, Pamela Peterson, David Schiff,
Timothy F. Cloughesy, Patrick Y. Wen, Harry Greenberg,
Lauren E. Abrey, Lisa M. DeAngelis, Kenneth R. Hess,
Kathleen R. Lamborn, Michael D. Prados and W. K. Alfred Yung
A North American brain tumor consortium (NABTC 99-04) phase II trial of temozolomide plus thalidomide for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme J Neurooncol. 2006 Sep 22; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Treatment > Chemoresistance / Temozolomide Clinical Trials | |
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Dorothee Koch, Thomas Hundsberger, Stephan Boor
and Bernd Kaina
Local intracerebral administration of O6-benzylguanine combined with systemic chemotherapy with temozolomide of a patient suffering from a recurrent glioblastoma J Neurooncol. 2006 Sep 20; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Etiology and Pathogenesis > Genetic Alterations | Staging and Prognosis | |
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Ramon Martinez, Gabriele Schackert and
Manel Esteller
Hypermethylation of the proapoptotic gene TMS1/ASC: prognostic importance in glioblastoma multiforme J Neurooncol. 2006 Oct 18; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Treatment > Radiotherapy / Thalidomide | |
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Christopher D. Turner, Susan Chi,
Karen J. Marcus, Tobey MacDonald, Roger J. Packer, Tina Young Poussaint,
Sridhar Vajapeyam, Nicole Ullrich, Liliana C. Goumnerova, R. Michael Scott,
Caitlin Briody, Christine Chordas, Mary Ann Zimmerman and
Mark W. Kieran
Phase II study of thalidomide and radiation in children with newly diagnosed brain stem gliomas and glioblastoma multiforme J Neurooncol. 2006 Sep 22; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Treatment > Nimustine / Teniposide | |
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Dirk Vordermark, Klemens Ruprecht, Peter Rieckmann,
Wolfgang Roggendorf, Giles H Vince, Monika Warmuth-Metz, Oliver Kölbl, and
Michael Flentje
Glioblastoma multiforme with oligodendroglial component (GBMO): favorable outcome after post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy with nimustine (ACNU) and teniposide (VM26) BMC Cancer. 2006 Oct 18;6:247
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Medulloepithelioma |
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| Diagnosis and Evaluation | Overall Management > Embryonal Tumors | |
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Rajan Syal, Jaypal Reddy S, Raj Kumar, Isha Tyagi,
A.A. Wani Abrar, Narender Krishnani, Asht M. Mishra, Rakesh K. Gupta
Unusual Clinical and MRI Features of a Cerebellopontine Angle Medulloepithelioma Pediatr Neurosurg. 2006 Aug;42(5):299-303
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Meningioma |
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| Etiology and Pathogenesis > Genetic Alterations | Overall Management > Tumors of Meningothelial Cells | |
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Comparative Proteomic Profiles of Meningioma Subtypes Cancer Res. 2006 Oct 15;66(20):10199-204.
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| Overall Management > Tumors of Meningothelial Cells | |
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Murat Vural, Ali Arslantaş, Evrim Çiftçi,
Sevilhan Artan and Metin Ant Atasoy
An unusual case of cervical clear-cell meningioma in pediatric age Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Sep 22; [Epub ahead of print]
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| Treatment > Surgical Neuro-Oncology | |
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Shigetoshi Yano, Jun-Ichi
Kuratsu and The Kumamoto Brain Tumor Research Group
Indications for surgery in patients with asymptomatic meningiomas based on an extensive experience J Neurosurg. 2006 Oct;105(4):538-43
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Metastatic Tumors |
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| Treatment > Paclitaxel / Tamoxifen | |
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Randomized Study of Paclitaxel and Tamoxifen Deposition into Human Brain Tumors: Implications for the Treatment of Metastatic Brain Tumors Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Oct 1;12(19):5770-6. Abstract
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| Treatment > Cyclophosphamide / Methotrexate / Trastuzumab | |
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Laura Orlando, Anna Cardillo, Raffaella Ghisini,
Andrea Rocca, Alessandra Balduzzi, Rosalba Torrisi, Giulia Peruzzotti, Aron
Goldhirsch, Elisabetta Pietri, and Marco Colleoni
Trastuzumab in combination with metronomic cyclophosphamide and methotrexate in patients with HER-2 positive metastatic breast cancer BMC Cancer. 2006 Sep 15;6:225
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| Overall Management > Metastatic Tumors | Treatment > Radiosurgery | |
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Takashi Shuto, Shigeo Inomori,
Hideyo Fujino and Hisato Nagano
Gamma Knife surgery for metastatic brain tumors from renal cell carcinoma J Neurosurg. 2006 Oct;105(4):555-60 Abstract
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Pediatric Brain Tumors |
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| Overall Management > Pediatric Brain Tumors | |
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Aurora Navajas Gutiérrez
Pediatric neuro-oncology Rev Neurol Vol.43 Num.02 Pág.0088; Published on: 16/07/2006
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Schwannoma |
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| Overall Management > Schwannoma | |
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Ruth E. Bristol, Stephen W. Coons,
Harold L. Rekate and Robert F. Spetzler
Invasive intracerebral schwannoma mimicking meningioma in a child Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Sep 22; [Epub ahead of print]
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