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NEWSLETTER
Volume 6, Number 10 - 5 March 2007

Volume 6
Archive


Contents


Early Detection
Diagnosis & Evaluation
Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Psychosocial Aspects
Treatment

Early Detection


Kirby S, Purdy RA. 
Headache and brain tumors.
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2007 Mar;7(2):110-6. Review.
PMID: 17324360 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Diagnosis & Evaluation


Kantelhardt SR, Leppert J, Krajewski J, Petkus N, Reusche E, Tronnier VM, Huttmann G, Giese A. 
Imaging of brain and brain tumor specimens by time-resolved multiphoton excitation microscopy ex vivo.
Neuro Oncol. 2007 Apr;9(2):103-12. Epub 2007 Feb 26.
PMID: 17325340 [PubMed - in process]


Etiology & Pathogenesis


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Lavon I, Zrihan D, Zelikovitch B, Fellig Y, Fuchs D, Soffer D, Siegal T. 
Longitudinal assessment of genetic and epigenetic markers in oligodendrogliomas.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Mar 1;13(5):1429-37.
PMID: 17332285 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Nakamura M, Shimada K, Ishida E, Higuchi T, Nakase H, Sakaki T, Konishi N. 
Molecular pathogenesis of pediatric astrocytic tumors.
Neuro Oncol. 2007 Apr;9(2):113-23. Epub 2007 Feb 27.
PMID: 17327574 [PubMed - in process]

Nomura N, Nomura M, Newcomb EW, Zagzag D. 
Geldanamycin induces G2 arrest in U87MG glioblastoma cells through downregulation of Cdc2 and cyclin B1.
Biochem Pharmacol. 2007 May 15;73(10):1528-36. Epub 2007 Jan 21.
PMID: 17324379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Shiras A, Chettiar ST, Shepal V, Rajendran G, Prasad GR, Shastry P.
Spontaneous transformation of human adult nontumorigenic stem cells to cancer stem cells is driven by genomic instability in a human model of glioblastoma.
Stem Cells. 2007 Jun;25(6):1478-89. Epub 2007 Mar 1.
PMID: 17332509 [PubMed - in process]

Vibhakar R, Foltz G, Yoon JG, Field L, Lee H, Ryu GY, Pierson J, Davidson B, Madan A. 
Dickkopf-1 is an epigenetically silenced candidate tumor suppressor gene in medulloblastoma.
Neuro Oncol. 2007 Apr;9(2):135-44. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
PMID: 17329407 [PubMed - in process]

Wong ET, Lee D, Tam A, Gautam S, Wu JK. 
Matrix metalloprotease-9 in cerebrospinal fluid correlates with disease activity in lymphomatous meningitis.
Clin Lymphoma Myeloma. 2007 Jan;7(4):305-8.
PMID: 17324339 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Overall Management


Kanaly CW, Selznick LA, Cummings TJ, Adamson DC. 
Cerebellar cryptococcoma in a patient with undiagnosed sarcoidosis: case report.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Mar;60(3):E571; discussion E571.
PMID: 17327765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Kozler P, Benes V, Netuka D, Kramar F, Charvat F. 
[Intracranial meningiomas; standard diagnostic procedure and results of surgical treatment]
Rozhl Chir. 2006 Sep;85(9):431-5. .
PMID: 17323765 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Psychosocial Aspects


Jackson AC, Stewart H, O'Toole M, Tokatlian N, Enderby K, Miller J, Ashley D. 
Pediatric brain tumor patients: their parents' perceptions of the hospital experience.
J Pediatr Oncol Nurs. 2007 Mar-Apr;24(2):95-105.
PMID: 17332423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Treatment


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Jackson H, Muhammad O, Daneshvar H, Nelms J, Popescu A, Vogelbaum MA, Bruchez M, Toms SA. 
Quantum dots are phagocytized by macrophages and colocalize with experimental gliomas.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Mar;60(3):524-9; discussion 529-30.
PMID: 17327798 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Johnson SP, Kamen BA, Bigner DD, Friedman HS. 
O (4)-benzylfolic acid inactivates O (6)-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase in brain tumor cell lines.
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007 Feb 27; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17333191 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kunwar S, Prados MD, Chang SM, Berger MS, Lang FF, Piepmeier JM, Sampson JH, Ram Z, Gutin PH, Gibbons RD, Aldape KD, Croteau DJ, Sherman JW, Puri RK; Cintredekin Besudotox Intraparenchymal Study Group. 
Direct intracerebral delivery of cintredekin besudotox (IL13-PE38QQR) in recurrent malignant glioma: a report by the Cintredekin Besudotox Intraparenchymal Study Group.
J Clin Oncol. 2007 Mar 1;25(7):837-44.
PMID: 17327604 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Mikuni N, Okada T, Enatsu R, Miki Y, Urayama SI, Takahashi J, Nozaki K, Fukuyama H, Hashimoto N. 
Clinical significance of preoperative fiber-tracking to preserve the affected pyramidal tracts during the resection of brain tumors in patients with preoperative motor weakness.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Mar 1; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17332053 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Simanek R, Vormittag R, Hassler M, Roessler K, Schwarz M, Zielinski C, Pabinger I, Marosi C. 
Venous thromboembolism and survival in patients with high-grade glioma.
Neuro Oncol. 2007 Apr;9(2):89-95. Epub 2007 Feb 27.
PMID: 17327573 [PubMed - in process]

Smith PS, Zhao W, Spitz DR, Robbins ME. 
Inhibiting catalase activity sensitizes 36B10 rat glioma cells to oxidative stress.
Free Radic Biol Med. 2007 Mar 15;42(6):787-97. Epub 2006 Dec 15.
PMID: 17320761 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Zhang H, Gu YT, Xue YX. 
Bradykinin-induced blood-brain tumor barrier permeability increase is mediated by adenosine 5'-triphosphate-sensitive potassium channel.
Brain Res. 2007 May 4;1144:33-41. Epub 2007 Feb 8.
PMID: 17331483 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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