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NEWSLETTER
Volume 6, Number 15 - 9 April 2007

Volume 6
Archive


Contents


Early Detection
Diagnosis & Evaluation
Epidemiology & Risk Factors
Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Prognosis & Outcome
Psychosocial Aspects
Treatment

Early Detection


Karantanis D, O'neill BP, Subramaniam RM, Peller PJ, Witte RJ, Mullan BP, Wiseman GA. 
Contribution of F-18 FDG PET-CT in the Detection of Systemic Spread of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphoma.
Clin Nucl Med. 2007 Apr;32(4):271-274.
PMID: 17413571 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Kwon HM, Kang BS, Yoon BW. 
Stroke as the first manifestation of concealed cancer.
J Neurol Sci. 2007 Apr 2; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17408695 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Shi AA, Digumarthy SR, Temel JS, Halpern EF, Kuester LB, Aquino SL. 
Does initial staging or tumor histology better identify asymptomatic brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer?
J Thorac Oncol. 2006 Mar;1(3):205-10.
PMID: 17409858 [PubMed - in process]


Diagnosis & Evaluation


Cohen ZR, Zaubermann J, Harnof S, Mardor Y, Nass D, Zadicario E, Hananel A, Castel D, Faibel M, Ram Z. 
Magnetic resonance imaging-guided focused ultrasound for thermal ablation in the brain: a feasibility study in a swine model.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4):593-600; discussion 600.
PMID: 17415195 [PubMed - in process]

Galanaud D, Nicoli F, Confort-Gouny S, Le Fur Y, Ranjeva JP, Viola A, Girard N, Cozzone PJ. 
[Indications for cerebral MR proton spectroscopy in 2007.]
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2007 Mar;163(3):287-303. French.
PMID: 17404517 [PubMed - in process]

Ghanem NA, Pache G, Lohrmann C, Brink I, Bley T, Kotter E, Kelly T, Langer M. 
MRI and (18)FDG-PET in the assessment of bone marrow infiltration of the spine in cancer patients.
Eur Spine J. 2007 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17404763 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Gomez-Leon N, Pinilla I, Rodriguez-Vigil B, Hernandez D, Reza M, Madero R. 
[Integrated PET/CT scanner in oncology applications: a radiologic perspective.]
Radiologia. 2007 Jan-Feb;49(1):29-36. Spanish.
PMID: 17397618 [PubMed - in process]

Guo T, Wang W, Rudnick PA, Song T, Li J, Zhuang Z, Weil RJ, Devoe DL, Lee CS, Balgley BM. 
Proteome Analysis of Microdissected Formalin-fixed and Paraffin-embedded Tissue Specimens.
J Histochem Cytochem. 2007 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print]
  PMID: 17409379 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Hung GU, Lee JD, Lee JK. 
Bilateral Cranial Tc-99m MDP Uptake due to Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy.
Clin Nucl Med. 2007 Apr;32(4):328-329.
PMID: 17413590 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Hunsche S, Sauner D, Maarouf M, Lackner K, Sturm V, Treuer H. 
Combined X-Ray And Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility: Application To Image-Guided Stereotactic And Functional Neurosurgery.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4 Suppl 2):352-361.
PMID: 17415174 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Katisko JP, Koivukangas JP. 
Optically neuronavigated ultrasonography in an intraoperative magnetic resonance imaging environment.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4 Suppl 2):373-81.
PMID: 17415177 [PubMed - in process]

Kuehn BM. 
Brain scans, genes provide addiction clues.
JAMA. 2007 Apr 4;297(13):1419-21. No abstract available.
PMID: 17405958 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Neuwelt EA, Varallyay CG, Manninger S, Solymosi D, Haluska M, Hunt MA, Nesbit G, Stevens A, Jerosch-Herold M, Jacobs PM, Hoffman JM. 
The potential of ferumoxytol nanoparticle magnetic resonance imaging, perfusion, and angiography in central nervous system malignancy: a pilot study.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4):601-11; discussion 611-2.
PMID: 17415196 [PubMed - in process]

Salomir R, Delemazure AS, Palussiere J, Rouviere O, Cotton F, Chapelon JY. 
Image-Based Control of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging-Guided Focused Ultrasound Thermotherapy.
Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2006 Jun;17(3):139-151.
PMID: 17414071 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Tharin S, Golby A. 
Functional Brain Mapping And Its Applications To Neurosurgery.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4 Suppl 2):185-202.
PMID: 17415154 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Woodford C, Yartsev S, Van Dyk J. 
Optimization of megavoltage CT scan registration settings for brain cancer treatments on tomotherapy.
Phys Med Biol. 2007 Apr 21;52(8):N185-93. Epub 2007 Mar 26.
PMID: 17404453 [PubMed - in process]

Wyss MT, Spaeth N, Biollaz G, Pahnke J, Alessi P, Trachsel E, Treyer V, Weber B, Neri D, Buck A. 
Uptake of 18F-Fluorocholine, 18F-FET, and 18F-FDG in C6 Gliomas and Correlation with 131I-SIP(L19), a Marker of Angiogenesis.
J Nucl Med. 2007 Apr;48(4):608-614.
PMID: 17401099 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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[No authors listed] 
[The comparison of glioblastoma and its surrounding edema by MRI of brain]
Vestn Rentgenol Radiol. 2006 May-Jun;(3):19-23. Russian.
PMID: 17407960 [PubMed - in process]


Epidemiology & Risk Factors


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Hardell LO, Carlberg M, Soderqvist F, Hansson Mild K, Morgan LL. 
Long-term use of cellular phones and brain tumours - increased risk associated with use for > 10 years.
Occup Environ Med. 2007 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17409179 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Yang CP, Hung IJ, Jaing TH, Chang WH. 
Cancers in infancy: percent distribution and incidence rates.
Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2006 Nov-Dec;47(6):273-7.
PMID: 17407977 [PubMed - in process]


Etiology & Pathogenesis


Achanta P, Thompson KJ, Fuss M, Martinez JL Jr. 
Gene expression changes in the rodent hippocampus following whole brain irradiation.
Neurosci Lett. 2007 Mar 19; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17400386 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Cahill DP, Levine KK, Betensky RA, Codd PJ, Romany CA, Reavie LB, Batchelor TT, Futreal PA, Stratton MR, Curry WT, Iafrate AJ, Louis DN. 
Loss of the Mismatch Repair Protein MSH6 in Human Glioblastomas Is Associated with Tumor Progression during Temozolomide Treatment.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Apr 1;13(7):2038-45.
PMID: 17404084 [PubMed - in process]

Chen L, Liu Y, Hou Y, Kato Y, Sano H, Kanno T. 
Expression and structure of interleukin 4 receptor (IL-4R) complex in human invasive pituitary adenomas.
Neurosci Lett. 2007 Apr 24;417(1):30-5. Epub 2007 Mar 2.
PMID: 17398005 [PubMed - in process]

Chen L, Liao G, Waclaw RR, Burns KA, Linquist D, Campbell K, Zheng Y, Kuan CY. 
Rac1 controls the formation of midline commissures and the competency of tangential migration in ventral telencephalic neurons.
J Neurosci. 2007 Apr 4;27(14):3884-93.
PMID: 17409253 [PubMed - in process]

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Cheng A, Shin-ya K, Wan R, Tang SC, Miura T, Tang H, Khatri R, Gleichman M, Ouyang X, Liu D, Park HR, Chiang JY, Mattson MP. 
Telomere protection mechanisms change during neurogenesis and neuronal maturation: newly generated neurons are hypersensitive to telomere and DNA damage.
J Neurosci. 2007 Apr 4;27(14):3722-33.
PMID: 17409236 [PubMed - in process]

Daginakatte GC, Gutmann DH. 
Neurofibromatosis-1 (Nf1) heterozygous brain microglia elaborate paracrine factors that promote Nf1-deficient astrocyte and glioma growth.
Hum Mol Genet. 2007 Mar 30; [Epub ahead of print]
  PMID: 17400655 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Demuth T, Reavie LB, Rennert JL, Nakada M, Nakada S, Hoelzinger DB, Beaudry CE, Henrichs AN, Anderson EM, Berens ME. 
MAP-ing glioma invasion: Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 3 and p38 drive glioma invasion and progression and predict patient survival.
Mol Cancer Ther. 2007 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17406030 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Emdad L, Sarkar D, Su ZZ, Lee SG, Kang DC, Bruce JN, Volsky DJ, Fisher PB. 
Astrocyte elevated gene-1: Recent insights into a novel gene involved in tumor progression, metastasis and neurodegeneration.
Pharmacol Ther. 2007 Feb 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17397930 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Faury D, Nantel A, Dunn SE, Guiot MC, Haque T, Hauser P, Garami M, Bognar L, Hanzely Z, Liberski PP, Lopez-Aguilar E, Valera ET, Tone LG, Carret AS, Del Maestro RF, Gleave M, Montes JL, Pietsch T, Albrecht S, Jabado N. 
Molecular profiling identifies prognostic subgroups of pediatric glioblastoma and shows increased YB-1 expression in tumors.
J Clin Oncol. 2007 Apr 1;25(10):1196-208.
PMID: 17401009 [PubMed - in process]

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Ghods AJ, Irvin D, Liu G, Yuan X, Abdulkadir IR, Tunici P, Konda B, Wachsmann-Hogiu S, Black KL, Yu JS. 
Spheres Isolated from 9L Gliosarcoma Rat Cell Line Possess Chemoresistant and Aggressive Cancer Stem-Like Cells.
Stem Cells. 2007 Apr 5; [Epub ahead of print]
  PMID: 17412894 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Kadonosono T, Kato M, Ueda M. 
Metallopeptidase, neurolysin, as a novel molecular tool for analysis of properties of cancer-producing matrix metalloproteinases-2 and -9.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol. 2007 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17404728 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kalin RE, Kretz MP, Meyer AM, Kispert A, Heppner FL, Brandli AW. 
Paracrine and autocrine mechanisms of apelin signaling govern embryonic and tumor angiogenesis.
Dev Biol. 2007 Mar 12; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17412318 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kim E, Deppert W. 
Interactions of mutant p53 with DNA: guilt by association.
Oncogene. 2007 Apr 2;26(15):2185-90.
PMID: 17401427 [PubMed - in process]

Liu S, Tian Z, Zhang G, Wu H, Jin Y, Ma X, Fan W, Fan M. 
[Identification of novel genes related to glioma by oligonucleotide microarray.]
Zhonghua Yi Xue Yi Chuan Xue Za Zhi. 2007 Apr;24(2):182-5. Chinese.
PMID: 17407077 [PubMed - in process]

Mirzayan MJ, Gharabaghi A, Samii M, Tatagiba M, Krauss JK, Rosahl SK. 
Response of C-reactive protein after craniotomy for microsurgery of intracranial tumors.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4):621-5; discussion 625.
PMID: 17415198 [PubMed - in process]

Noda M, Kariura Y, Pannasch U, Nishikawa K, Wang L, Seike T, Ifuku M, Kosai Y, Wang B, Nolte C, Aoki S, Kettenmann H, Wada K. 
Neuroprotective role of bradykinin because of the attenuation of pro-inflammatory cytokine release from activated microglia.
J Neurochem. 2007 Apr;101(2):397-410.
PMID: 17402969 [PubMed - in process]

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Pisati F, Belicchi M, Acerbi F, Marchesi C, Giussani C, Gavina M, Javerzat S, Hagedorn M, Carrabba G, Lucini V, Gaini SM, Bresolin N, Bello L, Bikfalvi A, Torrente Y. 
Effect of human skin-derived stem cells on vessel architecture, tumor growth, and tumor invasion in brain tumor animal models.
Cancer Res. 2007 Apr 1;67(7):3054-63.
PMID: 17409412 [PubMed - in process]

Sadanandam A, Varney ML, Kinarsky L, Ali H, Mosley RL, Singh RK. 
Identification of Functional Cell Adhesion Molecules with a Potential Role in Metastasis by a Combination of in vivo Phage Display and in silico Analysis.
OMICS. 2007 Spring;11(1):41-57.
PMID: 17411395 [PubMed - in process]

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Soichi O, Masanori N, Hideo T, Kazunori A, Nobuya I, Jun-ichi K. 
Clinical significance of ABCA2' a possible molecular marker for oligodendrogliomas.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4):707-14; discussion 714.
PMID: 17415208 [PubMed - in process]

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Takeuchi H, Matsuda K, Kitai R, Sato K, Kubota T. 
Angiogenesis in primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL).
J Neurooncol. 2007 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17406788 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Versmold B, Felsberg J, Mikeska T, Ehrentraut D, Kohler J, Hampl JA, Rohn G, Niederacher D, Betz B, Hellmich M, Pietsch T, Schmutzler RK, Waha A. 
Epigenetic silencing of the candidate tumor suppressor gene PROX1 in sporadic breast cancer.
Int J Cancer. 2007 Apr 5; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17415710 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Overall Management


Agrawal A, Makannavar JH, Shetty JP, Shetty RK, Shetty L. 
Frontal convexity primary lymphoma masquerading meningioma: A case report and review of literature.
Indian J Cancer. 2007 Jan-Mar;44(1):36-7.
  PMID: 17401223 [PubMed - in process]
Anderson AN, Pavese N, Edison P, Tai YF, Hammers A, Gerhard A, Brooks DJ, Turkheimer FE. 
A systematic comparison of kinetic modelling methods generating parametric maps for [(11)C]-(R)-PK11195.
Neuroimage. 2007 Feb 21; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17398120 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Arzbaecher J. 
Spinal metastasis in glioblastoma multiforme: a case study.
J Neurosci Nurs. 2007 Feb;39(1):21-5.
PMID: 17396534 [PubMed - in process]

Bosl WJ. 
Systems biology by the rules: hybrid intelligent systems for pathway modeling and discovery.
BMC Syst Biol. 2007 Feb 15;1:13.
  PMID: 17408503 [PubMed - in process]
Cargioli TG, Ugur HC, Ramakrishna N, Chan J, Black PM, Carroll RS. 
Establishment of an in vivo meningioma model with human telomerase reverse transcriptase.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4):750-9; discussion 759-60.
PMID: 17415213 [PubMed - in process]

Chong DY, Hirunwiwatkul P, McKeever PE, Trobe JD. 
Papilledema in Obstructive Hydrocephalus Caused by Giant Cell Astrocytoma of Tuberous Sclerosis.
J Neuroophthalmol. 2007 Mar;27(1):50-54.
PMID: 17414875 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kumar R, Nijalingappa S, Grainger J, Ismayl O. 
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis mimicking late CNS relapse of acute lymphoblastic leukaemia: case report.
J Med Case Reports. 2007 Feb 9;1:4.
  PMID: 17411447 [PubMed - in process]
Neo M, Asato R, Honda K, Kataoka K, Fujibayashi S, Nakamura T. 
Transmaxillary and transmandibular approach to a C1 chordoma.
Spine. 2007 Apr 1;32(7):E236-9.
PMID: 17414899 [PubMed - in process]

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Sade B, Prayson RA, Lee JH. 
Gliosarcoma with infratemporal fossa extension. Case report.
J Neurosurg. 2006 Dec;105(6):904-7.
PMID: 17405263 [PubMed - in process]

Shah H, Anker CJ, Bogart J, Graziano S, Shah CM. 
Brain: the common site of relapse in patients with pancoast or superior sulcus tumors.
J Thorac Oncol. 2006 Nov;1(9):1020-2.
PMID: 17409988 [PubMed - in process]

Tamura Y, Miyatake S, Nonoguchi N, Miyata S, Yokoyama K, Doi A, Kuroiwa T, Asada M, Tanabe H, Ono K. 
Boron neutron capture therapy for recurrent malignant meningioma. Case report.
J Neurosurg. 2006 Dec;105(6):898-903.
PMID: 17405262 [PubMed - in process]


Prognosis & Outcome


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Li J, Bentzen SM, Renschler M, Mehta MP. 
Regression after whole-brain radiation therapy for brain metastases correlates with survival and improved neurocognitive function.
J Clin Oncol. 2007 Apr 1;25(10):1260-6.
PMID: 17401015 [PubMed - in process]

Shehadi JA, Sciubba DM, Suk I, Suki D, Maldaun MV, McCutcheon IE, Nader R, Theriault R, Rhines LD, Gokaslan ZL. 
Surgical treatment strategies and outcome in patients with breast cancer metastatic to the spine: a review of 87 patients.
Eur Spine J. 2007 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17406908 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Psychosocial Aspects


Yaneva MP, Semerdjieva MA. 
Assessment of the effect of palliative radiotherapy for cancer patients with intracranial metastases using EORTC-QOL-C30 questionnaire.
Folia Med (Plovdiv). 2006;48(2):23-9.
PMID: 17408073 [PubMed - in process]


Treatment


Acosta FL Jr, Aryan HE, Chi J, Parsa AT, Ames CP. 
Modified paramedian transpedicular approach and spinal reconstruction for intradural tumors of the cervical and cervicothoracic spine: clinical experience.
Spine. 2007 Mar 15;32(6):E203-10.
PMID: 17413461 [PubMed - in process]

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Barani IJ, Benedict SH, Lin PS. 
Neural stem cells: Implications for the conventional radiotherapy of central nervous system malignancies.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Mar 28; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17398036 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Hukin J, Steinbok P, Lafay-Cousin L, Hendson G, Strother D, Mercier C, Samson Y, Howes W, Bouffet E. 
Intracystic bleomycin therapy for craniopharyngioma in children: the Canadian experience.
Cancer. 2007 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17407137 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Joshi S, Emala CW, Pile-Spellman J. 
Intra-arterial Drug Delivery: A Concise Review.
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2007 Apr;19(2):111-119.
PMID: 17413997 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Knobloch K, Tepe J, Lichtinghagen R, Luck HJ, Vogt PM. 
Simultaneous hemodynamic and serological cardiotoxicity monitoring during immunotherapy with trastuzumab.
Int J Cardiol. 2007 Mar 30; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17400308 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kumabe T, Higano S, Takahashi S, Tominaga T. 
Ischemic complications associated with resection of opercular glioma.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Feb;106(2):263-9.
PMID: 17410710 [PubMed - in process]

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Marinova L, Christosova I. 
Radiotherapy of craniopharyngioma in childhood; single institution experience.
J BUON. 2003 Jan-Mar;8(1):61-4.
PMID: 17415871 [PubMed - in process]

Quinones-Hinojosa A, McDermott MW. 
Angled screw holes for anterior posts and a frame-positioning device for gamma knife radiosurgery: allowing for better targeting of intracranial lesions.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Apr;60(4 Suppl 2):339-44.
PMID: 17415172 [PubMed - in process]

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Robins HI, Traynor AM, Mehta M. 
Temozolomide as prophylaxis for brain metastasis in non-small cell lung cancer.
J Thorac Oncol. 2006 Sep;1(7):732-3; author reply 733. No abstract available.
PMID: 17409946 [PubMed - in process]

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Sardi I, Cavalieri D, Massimino M. 
Emerging Treatments and Gene Expression Profiling in High-Risk Medulloblastoma.
Paediatr Drugs. 2007;9(2):81-96.
PMID: 17407364 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Spagnolo A, Glick RP, Lin H, Cohen EP, Feinstein DL, Lichtor T. 
Prolonged survival of mice with established intracerebral glioma receiving combined treatment with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma thiazolidinedione agonists and interleukin-2-secreting syngeneic/allogeneic fibroblasts.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Feb;106(2):299-305.
PMID: 17410715 [PubMed - in process]

Staniszewska I, Zaveri S, Del Valle L, Oliva I, Rothman VL, Croul SE, Roberts DD, Mosher DF, Tuszynski GP, Marcinkiewicz C. 
Interaction of {alpha}9{beta}1 Integrin With Thrombospondin-1 Promotes Angiogenesis.
Circ Res. 2007 Apr 5; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17413041 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Ulasov IV, Rivera AA, Sonabend AM, Rivera LB, Wang M, Zhu ZB, Lesniak MS. 
Comparative Evaluation of Survivin, Midkine, and CXCR4 Promoters for Transcriptional Targeting of Glioma Gene Therapy.
Cancer Biol Ther. 2007 May 3;6(5) [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17404502 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Yang JJ, Yin JH, Yang DI. 
Nitric oxide donors attenuate clongenic potential in rat C6 glioma cells treated with alkylating chemotherapeutic agents.
Neurosci Lett. 2007 Mar 12; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17412510 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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