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Volume 6, Number 1 - 1 January 2007 |
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| Detection | |
| Diagnosis | |
| Epidemiology & Risk Factors | |
| Etiology & Pathogenesis | |
| Integrative Medicine | |
| Overall Management | |
| Prognosis | |
| Psychosocial Aspects | |
| Treatment | |
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Larner
AJ. Referral guidelines for suspected central nervous system or brain tumours. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2006 Dec;77(12):1305-6. No abstract available. PMID: 17110745 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Haris
M, Gupta RK, Husain N, Hasan KM, Husain M, Narayana PA. Measurement of DTI metrics in hemorrhagic brain lesions: possible implication in MRI interpretation. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Dec;24(6):1259-68. PMID: 17096394 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Oshino
S, Kato A, Wakayama A, Taniguchi M, Hirata M, Yoshimine T. Magnetoencephalographic analysis of cortical oscillatory activity in patients with brain tumors: Synthetic aperture magnetometry (SAM) functional imaging of delta band activity. Neuroimage. 2007 Feb 1;34(3):957-64. Epub 2006 Dec 15. PMID: 17175174 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Mainio
A, Hakko H, Koivukangas J, Niemela A, Rasanen P. Winter birth in association with a risk of brain tumor among a Finnish patient population. Neuroepidemiology. 2006;27(2):57-60. Epub 2006 Jul 14. PMID: 16847388 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Malmer
BS, Feychting M, Lonn S, Lindstrom S, Gronberg H, Ahlbom A, Schwartzbaum J,
Auvinen A, Collatz-Christensen H, Johansen C, Kiuru A, Mudie N, Salminen T,
Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Henriksson R. Genetic variation in p53 and ATM haplotypes and risk of glioma and meningioma. J Neurooncol. 2007 May;82(3):229-37. Epub 2006 Dec 7. PMID: 17151932 [PubMed - in process] |
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Rajaraman
P, Stewart PA, Samet JM, Schwartz BS, Linet MS, Zahm SH, Rothman N, Yeager
M, Fine HA, Black PM, Loeffler J, Shapiro WR, Selker RG, Inskip PD. Lead, genetic susceptibility, and risk of adult brain tumors. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Dec;15(12):2514-20. PMID: 17164378 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Shaw
AK, Li P, Infante-Rivard C. Early infection and risk of childhood brain tumors (Canada). Cancer Causes Control. 2006 Dec;17(10):1267-74. PMID: 17111258 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Bluhm
EC, Zahm SH, Fine HA, Black PM, Loeffler JS, Shapiro WR, Selker RG, Inskip
PD. Personal hair dye use and risks of glioma, meningioma, and acoustic neuroma among adults. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Jan 1;165(1):63-71. Epub 2006 Nov 1. PMID: 17079691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Bux
R, Parzeller M, Bratzke H. Causes and circumstances of fatal falls downstairs. Forensic Sci Int. 2006 Dec 1; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17141997 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Brem
F, Hirt AM, Winklhofer M, Frei K, Yonekawa Y, Wieser HG, Dobson J. Magnetic iron compounds in the human brain: a comparison of tumour and hippocampal tissue. J R Soc Interface. 2006 Dec 22;3(11):833-41. PMID: 17015303 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Chaichana
K, Zamora-Berridi G, Camara-Quintana J, Quinones-Hinojosa A. Neurosphere assays: growth factors and hormone differences in tumor and nontumor studies. Stem Cells. 2006 Dec;24(12):2851-7. Epub 2006 Aug 31. PMID: 16945995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Comincini
S, Chiarelli LR, Zelini P, Del Vecchio I, Azzalin A, Arias A, Ferrara V,
Rognoni P, Dipoto A, Nano R, Valentini G, Ferretti L. Nuclear mRNA retention and aberrant doppel protein expression in human astrocytic tumor cells. Oncol Rep. 2006 Dec;16(6):1325-32. PMID: 17089057 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Dharuman
V, Nebling E, Grunwald T, Albers J, Blohm L, Elsholz B, Worl R, Hintsche R. DNA hybridization detection on electrical microarrays using coulostatic pulse technique. Biosens Bioelectron. 2006 Dec 15;22(5):744-51. Epub 2006 Mar 29. PMID: 16574397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Gevertz
JL, Torquato S. Modeling the effects of vasculature evolution on early brain tumor growth. J Theor Biol. 2006 Dec 21;243(4):517-31. Epub 2006 Jul 15. PMID: 16938311 [PubMed - in process] |
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Houseman
EA, Coull BA, Betensky RA. Feature-specific penalized latent class analysis for genomic data. Biometrics. 2006 Dec;62(4):1062-70. PMID: 17156280 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Huang
Q, Dong J, Zhu YD, Zhang QB, Ji XY, Wang AD, Lan Q. [Isolation and culture of tumor stem cells from human brain glioma tissues] Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2006 May;28(5):331-3. Chinese. PMID: 17044993 [PubMed - in process] |
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Learn
CA, Fecci PE, Schmittling RJ, Xie W, Karikari I, Mitchell DA, Archer GE, Wei
Z, Dressman H, Sampson JH. Profiling of CD4+, CD8+, and CD4+CD25+CD45RO+FoxP3+ T cells in patients with malignant glioma reveals differential expression of the immunologic transcriptome compared with T cells from healthy volunteers. Clin Cancer Res. 2006 Dec 15;12(24):7306-15. PMID: 17189402 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Long
S, Argyle DJ, Nixon C, Nicholson I, Botteron C, Olby N, Platt S, Smith K,
Rutteman GR, Grinwis GC, Nasir L. Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) expression and proliferation in canine brain tumours. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2006 Dec;32(6):662-73. PMID: 17083480 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Liu
G, Yuan X, Zeng Z, Tunici P, Ng H, Abdulkadir IR, Lu L, Irvin D, Black KL,
Yu JS. Analysis of gene expression and chemoresistance of CD133+ cancer stem cells in glioblastoma. Mol Cancer. 2006 Dec 2;5:67. 
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17140455 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Perry
JJ, Fan L, Tainer JA. Developing master keys to brain pathology, cancer and aging from the structural biology of proteins controlling reactive oxygen species and DNA repair. Neuroscience. 2007 Apr 14;145(4):1280-99. Epub 2006 Dec 15. PMID: 17174478 [PubMed - in process] |
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Piccirillo
SG, Reynolds BA, Zanetti N, Lamorte G, Binda E, Broggi G, Brem H, Olivi A,
Dimeco F, Vescovi AL. Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells. Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):761-5. PMID: 17151667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Prezas
P, Scorilas A, Yfanti C, Viktorov P, Agnanti N, Diamandis E, Talieri M. The role of human tissue kallikreins 7 and 8 in intracranial malignancies. Biol Chem. 2006 Dec;387(12):1607-12. PMID: 17132107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Rice
TW, Khuntia D, Rybicki LA, Adelstein DJ, Vogelbaum MA, Mason DP, Murthy SC,
Blackstone EH. Brain metastases from esophageal cancer: a phenomenon of adjuvant therapy? Ann Thorac Surg. 2006 Dec;82(6):2042-9, 2049.e1-2. PMID: 17126108 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Rohini
K, Mathivanan J, Antony Herold Prabhu PD, Subbakrishna DK, Gope ML,
Chandramouli BA, Sampath S, Anandh B, Gope R. Loss of heterozygosity of the p53 gene and deregulated expression of its mRNA and protein in human brain tumors. Mol Cell Biochem. 2006 Dec 16; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17180249 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Servotte
S, Camby I, Debeir O, Deroanne C, Lambert CA, Lapiere CM, Kiss R, Nusgens B,
Decaestecker C. The in vitro influences of neurotensin on the motility characteristics of human U373 glioblastoma cells. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2006 Dec;32(6):575-84. PMID: 17083472 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Shapiro
WR, Shapiro JR. A changing paradigm of glioma biology. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2006 Dec;20(6):1171-91. PMID: 17113458 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Zhang
QB, Ji XY, Huang Q, Dong J, Zhu YD, Lan Q. Differentiation profile of brain tumor stem cells: a comparative study with neural stem cells. Cell Res. 2006 Dec;16(12):909-15. PMID: 17088899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Zhang
Z, Schittenhelm J, Guo K, Buhring HJ, Trautmann K, Meyermann R, Schluesener
HJ. Upregulation of frizzled 9 in astrocytomas. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2006 Dec;32(6):615-24. PMID: 17083476 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Ngameni
B, Touaibia M, Patnam R, Belkaid A, Sonna P, Ngadjui BT, Annabi B, Roy R. Inhibition of MMP-2 secretion from brain tumor cells suggests chemopreventive properties of a furanocoumarin glycoside and of chalcones isolated from the twigs of Dorstenia turbinata. Phytochemistry. 2006 Dec;67(23):2573-9. Epub 2006 Oct 30. PMID: 17070879 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Abla
O, Weitzman S. Primary central nervous system lymphoma in children. Neurosurg Focus. 2006 Nov 15;21(5):E8. Review. PMID: 17134124 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Abla
O, Sandlund JT, Sung L, Brock P, Corbett R, Kirov I, Griffin TC, Blaser S,
Weitzman S. A case series of pediatric primary central nervous system lymphoma: favorable outcome without cranial irradiation. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2006 Dec;47(7):880-5. PMID: 16365864 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Classen
CF, Warmuth-Metz M, Papke K, Trotter A, Wolff JE, Wagner S. Late response to radiochemotherapy in pediatric glioblastoma: report on two patients treated according to HIT-GBM protocols. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2006 Dec;23(8):631-7. PMID: 17065139 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Eichler
AF, Batchelor TT. Primary central nervous system lymphoma: presentation, diagnosis and staging. Neurosurg Focus. 2006 Nov 15;21(5):E15. Review.
PMID: 17134117 [PubMed - indexed for
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Fernandez
C, Maues de Paula A, Colin C, Quilichini B, Bouvier-Labit C, Girard N,
Scavarda D, Lena G, Figarella-Branger D. Thalamic gliomas in children: an extensive clinical, neuroradiological and pathological study of 14 cases. Childs Nerv Syst. 2006 Dec;22(12):1603-10. Epub 2006 Sep 2. PMID: 16951965 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Guasti
L, Simoni C, Scamoni C, Sarzi Braga S, Crespi C, Cimpanelli M, Gaudio G,
Pedretti R, Mainardi LT, Grandi AM, Tomei G, Venco A. Mixed cranial nerve neuroma revealing itself as baroreflex failure. Auton Neurosci. 2006 Dec 30;130(1-2):57-60. Epub 2006 Jun 22. PMID: 16798103 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Miller
CR, Dunham CP, Scheithauer BW, Perry A. Significance of necrosis in grading of oligodendroglial neoplasms: a clinicopathologic and genetic study of newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Dec 1;24(34):5419-26. PMID: 17135643 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Nishida
T, Shoji S, Itoh T, Minami H, Akizuki K, Ozuno I, Kageyama H, Ozaki I,
Yamamoto K, Yamamoto A, Nishiyama N. [Metastatic lung tumor from uterine leiomyosarcoma] Kyobu Geka. 2006 Dec;59(13):1191-6. Japanese. PMID: 17163213 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Scotting
PJ. Are cranial germ cell tumours really tumours of germ cells? Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol. 2006 Dec;32(6):569-74. Review. PMID: 17083471 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Wen
PY, Schiff D, Kesari S, Drappatz J, Gigas DC, Doherty L. Medical management of patients with brain tumors. J Neurooncol. 2006 Dec;80(3):313-32. Epub 2006 Jun 29. Review. PMID: 16807780 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Mainio
A, Tuunanen S, Hakko H, Niemela A, Koivukangas J, Rasanen P. Decreased quality of life and depression as predictors for shorter survival among patients with low-grade gliomas: a follow-up from 1990 to 2003. Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2006 Dec;256(8):516-21. Epub 2006 Sep 7. PMID: 16960653 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Batchelor
TT, Byrne TN. Supportive care of brain tumor patients. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2006 Dec;20(6):1337-61. PMID: 17113467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Brown
PD, Jensen AW, Felten SJ, Ballman KV, Schaefer PL, Jaeckle KA, Cerhan JH,
Buckner JC. Detrimental effects of tumor progression on cognitive function of patients with high-grade glioma. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Dec 1;24(34):5427-33. PMID: 17135644 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Correa
DD. Cognitive functions in brain tumor patients. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am. 2006 Dec;20(6):1363-76. PMID: 17113468 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Keir
ST, Guill AB, Carter KE, Boole LC, Gonzales L, Friedman HS. Differential levels of stress in caregivers of brain tumor patients--observations from a pilot study. Support Care Cancer. 2006 Dec;14(12):1258-61. Epub 2006 Jun 15. PMID: 16775683 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Keir
ST, Guill AB, Carter KE, Friedman HS. Stress and intervention preferences of patients with brain tumors. Support Care Cancer. 2006 Dec;14(12):1213-9. Epub 2006 May 30. PMID: 16733656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Stargatt
R, Rosenfeld JV, Anderson V, Hassall T, Maixner W, Ashley D. Intelligence and adaptive function in children diagnosed with brain tumour during infancy. J Neurooncol. 2006 Dec;80(3):295-303. Epub 2006 Jun 29. PMID: 16807781 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Barisic
N, Jakic-Razumovic J, Harjacek M, Fanin M, Lochmuller H, Lehman I, Angelini
C. Childhood dermatomyositis associated with intracranial tumor and liver cysts. Eur J Paediatr Neurol. 2007 Mar;11(2):76-80. Epub 2006 Dec 28. PMID: 17196410 [PubMed - in process] |
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Ciesielski
MJ, Apfel L, Barone TA, Castro CA, Weiss TC, Fenstermaker RA. Antitumor effects of a xenogeneic survivin bone marrow derived dendritic cell vaccine against murine GL261 gliomas. Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2006 Dec;55(12):1491-503. Epub 2006 Feb 17. PMID: 16485128 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Culmsee
C, Gasser E, Hansen S, Tonn JC, Wagner E, Goldbrunner R. Effects of Raf-1 siRNA on human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells: a potential therapeutic strategy for inhibition of tumor angiogenesis. Brain Res. 2006 Dec 13;1125(1):147-54. Epub 2006 Nov 16. PMID: 17112483 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Kang
SH, Cho HT, Devi S, Zhang Z, Escuin D, Liang Z, Mao H, Brat DJ, Olson JJ,
Simons JW, Lavallee TM, Giannakakou P, Van Meir EG, Shim H. Antitumor effect of 2-methoxyestradiol in a rat orthotopic brain tumor model. Cancer Res. 2006 Dec 15;66(24):11991-7. PMID: 17178898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Kemper
EM, Leenders W, Kusters B, Lyons S, Buckle T, Heerschap A, Boogerd W,
Beijnen JH, van Tellingen O. Development of luciferase tagged brain tumour models in mice for chemotherapy intervention studies. Eur J Cancer. 2006 Dec;42(18):3294-303. Epub 2006 Oct 5. PMID: 17027258 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Li
S, Gao Y, Tokuyama T, Yamamoto J, Yokota N, Yamamoto S, Terakawa S, Kitagawa
M, Namba H. Genetically engineered neural stem cells migrate and suppress glioma cell growth at distant intracranial sites. Cancer Lett. 2007 Jun 28;251(2):220-7. Epub 2006 Dec 28. PMID: 17196326 [PubMed - in process] |
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Liau
LM, Prins RM, Kiertscher SM, Odesa SK, Kremen TJ, Giovannone AJ, Lin JW,
Chute DJ, Mischel PS, Cloughesy TF, Roth MD. Dendritic cell vaccination in glioblastoma patients induces systemic and intracranial T-cell responses modulated by the local central nervous system tumor microenvironment. Clin Cancer Res. 2005 Aug 1;11(15):5515-25.
PMID: 16061868 [PubMed - indexed for
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Madhankumar
AB, Slagle-Webb B, Mintz A, Sheehan JM, Connor JR. Interleukin-13 receptor-targeted nanovesicles are a potential therapy for glioblastoma multiforme. Mol Cancer Ther. 2006 Dec;5(12):3162-9. PMID: 17172420 [PubMed - in process] |
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Norden
AD, Wen PY. Glioma therapy in adults. Neurologist. 2006 Nov;12(6):279-92. Review. PMID: 17122724 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Park
JA, Joe YA, Kim TG, Hong YK. Potentiation of antiglioma effect with combined temozolomide and interferon-beta. Oncol Rep. 2006 Dec;16(6):1253-60. PMID: 17089046 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Prins
RM, Vo DD, Khan-Farooqi H, Yang MY, Soto H, Economou JS, Liau LM, Ribas A. NK and CD4 cells collaborate to protect against melanoma tumor formation in the brain. J Immunol. 2006 Dec 15;177(12):8448-55. PMID: 17142742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Vecht
CJ, van Breemen M. Optimizing therapy of seizures in patients with brain tumors. Neurology. 2006 Dec 26;67(12 Suppl 4):S10-3. Review. PMID: 17190914 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Yang
MY, Zetler PM, Prins RM, Khan-Farooqi H, Liau LM. Immunotherapy for patients with malignant glioma: from theoretical principles to clinical applications. Expert Rev Neurother. 2006 Oct;6(10):1481-94. Review. PMID: 17078788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Yimam
MA, Bui T, Ho RJ. Effects of lipid association on lomustine (CCNU) administered intracerebrally to syngeneic 36B-10 rat brain tumors. Cancer Lett. 2006 Dec 8;244(2):211-9. Epub 2006 Feb 7. PMID: 16455196 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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