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BRAINLIFE NEWSLETTER
Volume 5, Supplement 12 - 31 December 2006

Volume 5
Archive


Anticonvulsant Pathology


Alan B. Ettinger, MD
Psychotropic effects of antiepileptic drugs
Neurology, Volume 67, Number 11, December 12, 2006


Brain Tumors


Andrea Altieri, DSc, Felipe Castro, MSc, Justo Lorenzo Bermejo, PhD and Kari Hemminki, PhD
Association between number of siblings and nervous system tumors suggests an infectious etiology
Neurology, December 12 2006, Volume 67, Issue 11, Pages 1979-1983


Joachim Schüz, Rune Jacobsen, Jĝrgen H. Olsen, John D. Boice, Jr, Joseph K. McLaughlin, Christoffer Johansen
Cellular Telephone Use and Cancer Risk: Update of a Nationwide Danish Cohort
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 98, No. 23, 1707-1713, December 6, 2006
. DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj464

Patrick Y. Wen, David Schiff, Santosh Kesari, Jan Drappatz, Debra C. Gigas and Lisa Doherty
Medical management of patients with brain tumors
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Volume 80, Number 3 / December, 2006, Pages 313-332. Published online: 29 June 2006.

Yanli Zhuang, Charles H. Fraga, K. Elaine Hubbard, Nikolaus Hagedorn, John C. Panetta, Christopher M. Waters and Clinton F. Stewart
Topotecan Central Nervous System Penetration Is Altered by a Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor

Cancer Research 66, 11305-11313, December 1, 2006. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-0929


Cancer Research


Jihong Chen, Feras M Ghazawi, Wafae Bakkar and Qiao Li
Valproic acid and butyrate induce apoptosis in human cancer cells through inhibition of gene expression of Akt/protein kinase B
Molecular Cancer 2006, 5:71, doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-71, Published 11 December 2006

Michael F. Clarke, John E. Dick, Peter B. Dirks, Connie J. Eaves, Catriona H.M. Jamieson, D. Leanne Jones, Jane Visvader, Irving L. Weissman and Geoffrey M. Wahl
Cancer Stem Cells—Perspectives on Current Status and Future Directions: AACR Workshop on Cancer Stem Cells
Cancer Res 2006;66:9339–44; October 1 2006, Volume 66, Issue 19

Maximilian Diehn and Michael F. Clarke
Cancer Stem Cells and Radiotherapy: New Insights Into Tumor Radioresistance
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 98(24):1755-1757; 20 December 2006; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj505

Miryam Ducasse and Mark A Brown
Epigenetic aberrations and cancer
Molecular Cancer 2006, 5:60; doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-60; Published: 8 November 2006.

Adam Ertel, Arun Verghese, Stephen W Byers, Michael Ochs and Aydin Tozeren
Pathway-specific differences between tumor cell lines and normal and tumor tissue cells
Molecular Cancer 2006, 5:55; doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-55; Published 2 November 2006


Andrei P Kozlov, Yuri P Galachyants, Ilya V Duhovlinov, Nickolai A Samusik, Anna V Baranova, Dmitry E Polev and Larisa L Krukovskaja
Evolutionarily new sequences expressed in tumors
Infectious Agents and Cancer 2006, 1:8; doi:10.1186/1750-9378-1-8; Published 25 December 2006

Lauren M.F. Merlo, John W. Pepper, Brian J. Reid and Carlo C. Maley
Cancer as an evolutionary and ecological process
Nature Reviews Cancer 6, 924-935 (December 2006)

Raul A. Ruggiero and Oscar D. Bustuoabad
The biological sense of cancer: a hypothesis
Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling 2006, 3:43; doi:10.1186/1742-4682-3-43; Published 15 December 2006


Li Hua Wang, Xiao Yi Yang, Xiaohu Zhang, Ping An, Han-Jong Kim, Jiaqiang Huang, Robert Clarke, C. Kent Osborne, John K. Inman, Ettore Appella and William L. Farrar
Disruption of estrogen receptor DNA-binding domain and related intramolecular communication restores tamoxifen sensitivity in resistant breast cancer
Cancer Cell. 2006 Dec;10(6):487-99; doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2006.09.015; Available online 11 December 2006.

Eugenia M. Yazlovitskaya, Eric Edwards, Dinesh Thotala, Allie Fu, Kate L. Osusky, William O. Whetsell, Jr., Braden Boone, Eric T. Shinohara and Dennis E. Hallahan
Lithium Treatment Prevents Neurocognitive Deficit Resulting from Cranial Irradiation
Cancer Research 66, 11179-11186, December 1, 2006. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-2740


Glioblastoma


Jeffrey C. Lee, Igor Vivanco, Rameen Beroukhim, Julie H. Y. Huang, Whei L. Feng, Ralph M. DeBiasi, Koji Yoshimoto, Jennifer C. King, Phioanh Nghiemphu, Yuki Yuza, Qing Xu, Heidi Greulich, Roman K. Thomas, J. Guillermo Paez, Timothy C. Peck, David J. Linhart, Karen A. Glatt1, Gad Getz, Robert Onofrio, Liuda Ziaugra, Ross L. Levine, Stacey Gabriel, Tomohiro Kawaguchi, Keith O'Neill, Haumith Khan, Linda M. Liau, Stanley F. Nelson, P. Nagesh Rao, Paul Mischel, Russell O. Pieper, Tim Cloughesy, Daniel J. Leahy, William R. Sellers, Charles L. Sawyers, Matthew Meyerson, Ingo K. Mellinghoff
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Activation in Glioblastoma through Novel Missense Mutations in the Extracellular Domain
PLoS Medicine Vol. 3, No. 12, e485; doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030485; December 19, 2006

Gentao Liu, Xiangpeng Yuan, Zhaohui Zeng, Patrizia Tunici, Hiushan Ng, Iman R Abdulkadir, Lizhi Lu, Dwain Irvin, Keith L Black and John S Yu
Analysis of gene expression and chemoresistance of CD133+ cancer stem cells in glioblastoma
Molecular Cancer 2006, 5:67. doi:10.1186/1476-4598-5-67. Published: 2 December 2006

Elizabeth A. Maher, Cameron Brennan, Patrick Y. Wen, Laura Durso, Keith L. Ligon, Aaron Richardson, Deepak Khatry, Bin Feng, Raktim Sinha, David N. Louis, John Quackenbush, Peter McL. Black, Lynda Chin and Ronald A. DePinho
Marked Genomic Differences Characterize Primary and Secondary Glioblastoma Subtypes and Identify Two Distinct Molecular and Clinical Secondary Glioblastoma Entities
Cancer Research 66, 11502-11513, December 1, 2006. Published Online First November 17, 2006;doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-2072

S. G. M. Piccirillo, B. A. Reynolds, N. Zanetti, G. Lamorte, E. Binda, G. Broggi, H. Brem, A. Olivi, F. Dimeco and A. L. Vescovi
Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells
Nature 444, 761-765 (7 December 2006). doi:10.1038/nature05349

Andrea Salmaggi, Amerigo Boiardi, Maurizio Gelati, Annamaria Russo, Chiara Calatozzolo, Emilio Ciusani, Francesca Luisa Sciacca, Arianna Ottolina, Eugenio Agostino Parati, Caterina La Porta, Giulio Alessandri, Carlo Marras, Danilo Croci, Marco De Rossi
Glioblastoma-derived tumorospheres identify a population of tumor stem-like cells with angiogenic potential and enhanced multidrug resistance phenotype
Glia. 2006 Dec;54(8):850-60. Epub 2006 Sep 15

Askin Seker and M. Memet Ozek
Congenital glioblastoma multiforme. Case report and review of the literature
Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, December 2006 Volume 105 Number 6



Gliomas (High-Grade)


Paul D. Brown, Ashley W. Jensen, Sara J. Felten, Karla V. Ballman, Paul L. Schaefer, Kurt A. Jaeckle, Jane H. Cerhan, Jan C. Buckner
Detrimental Effects of Tumor Progression on Cognitive Function of Patients With High-Grade Glioma
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 24, No 34 (December 1), 2006: pp. 5427-5433
. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.08.5605

C. Ryan Miller, Christopher P. Dunham, Bernd W. Scheithauer, Arie Perry
Significance of Necrosis in Grading of Oligodendroglial Neoplasms: A Clinicopathologic and Genetic Study of Newly Diagnosed High-Grade Gliomas
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 24, No 34 (December 1), 2006: pp. 5419-5426
. DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.08.1497

Susobhan Sarkar, Robert K. Nuttall, Shuhong Liu, Dylan R. Edwards and V. Wee Yong
Tenascin-C Stimulates Glioma Cell Invasion through Matrix Metalloproteinase-12
Cancer Research 66, 11771-11780, December 15, 2006. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-05-0470

Yemisci, Muge M.D., Ph.D.; Bozdag, Sibel Ph.D.; Cetin, Meltem Ph.D.; Soylemezoglu, Figen M.D.; Capan, Yilmaz Ph.D.; Dalkara, Turgay M.D., Ph.D.; Vural, Imran Ph.D.
Treatment Of Malignant Gliomas With Mitoxantrone-Loaded Poly (Lactide-Co-Glycolide) Microspheres
Neurosurgery, 59(6):1296-1303, December 2006


Gliomas (Low-Grade)


Hugues Duffau, Luc Taillandier and Laurent Capelle
Radical surgery after chemotherapy: a new therapeutic strategy to envision in grade II glioma
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Vol 80, No 2, Nov 2006, Pages 171-176, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9168-3. Published online: 28 April 2006

Mee Jeong Lee, Young Shin Ra, Jun Bum Park, Hyun Woo Goo, Seung Do Ahn, Shin Kwang Khang, Joon Sup Song, Yoon Jung Kim and Thad T. Ghim
Effectiveness of novel combination chemotherapy, consisting of 5-fluorouracil, vincristine, cyclophosphamide and etoposide, in the treatment of low-grade gliomas in children
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Volume 80, Number 3 / December, 2006, Pages 277-284, Published online: 29 June 2006


Meningioma


Andreas Keller, Nicole Ludwig, Nicole Comtesse, Andreas Hildebrandt, Eckart Meese and Hans-Peter Lenhof
A minimally invasive multiple marker approach allows highly efficient detection of meningioma tumors
BMC Bioinformatics 2006, 7:539; doi:10.1186/1471-2105-7-539; Published 21 December 2006


Neuroblastoma


Karen S. Aboody, Rebecca A. Bush, Elizabeth Garcia, Marianne Z. Metz, Joseph Najbauer, Kristine A. Justus, Doris A. Phelps, Joanna S. Remack, Karina Jin Yoon, Shanna Gillespie, Seung U. Kim, Carlotta A. Glackin, Philip M. Potter, Mary K. Danks
Development of a Tumor-Selective Approach to Treat Metastatic Cancer
PLoS ONE 1(1): e23; doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000023; Published: December 20, 2006

Riccardo Fodde
Stem Cells and Metastatic Cancer: Fatal Attraction?
PLoS Medicine Vol. 3, No. 12, e482; doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.0030482; Published: December 26, 2006


PCNS Lymphoma


Lauren E. Abrey, Leah Ben-Porat, Katherine S. Panageas, Joachim Yahalom, Brian Berkey, Walter Curran, Christopher Schultz, Steven Leibel, Diana Nelson, Minesh Mehta, Lisa M. DeAngelis
Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma: The Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Prognostic Model
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 24, No 36 (December 20), 2006: pp. 5711-5715
; Epub November 20 2006


Pediatric Brain Tumors


Taylor J. Abel, Abhineet Chowdhary, Mahesh Thapa, Joe C. Rutledge, J. Russell Geyer, Jeffrey Ojemann and Anthony M. Avellino
Spinal cord pilocytic astrocytoma with leptomeningeal dissemination to the brain. Case report and review of the literature
Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics, December 2006 Volume 105 Number 6


Mandeep S. Tamber, Krishan Bansal, Muh-Lii Liang, Todd G. Mainprize, Bodour Salhia, Paul Northcott, Michael Taylor and James T. Rutka
Current concepts in the molecular genetics of pediatric brain tumors: implications for emerging therapies
Child's Nervous System, Vol 22, No 11, Nov, 2006, Pages 1379-1394. DOI: 10.1007/s00381-006-0187-3, Published online: 2 Sept 2006

 

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