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NEWSLETTER
Volume 6, Number 21 - 21 May 2007

Volume 6
Archive


Contents


Detection
Diagnosis
Epidemiology & Risk Factors
Etiology & Pathogenesis
Integrative Medicine
Overall Management
Prognosis
Treatment

Detection


De Land FH, James AE Jr, Wagner HN Jr. 
Patterns for differentiation of posterior fossa neoplasms as detected by brain scans.
Nucl Med (Stuttg). 1970 Dec 31;9(4):303-16. No abstract available.
PMID: 5533672 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Deppe M, Duning T, Mohammadi S, Schwindt W, Kugel H, Knecht S, Ringelstein EB. 
Diffusion-Tensor Imaging at 3 T: Detection of White Matter Alterations in Neurological Patients on the Basis of Normal Values.
Invest Radiol. 2007 Jun;42(6):338-345.
PMID: 17507803 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Diagnosis


Bromberg JE, Breems DA, Kraan J, Bikker G, van der Holt B, Smitt PS, van den Bent MJ, van't Veer M, Gratama JW. 
CSF flow cytometry greatly improves diagnostic accuracy in CNS hematologic malignancies.
Neurology. 2007 May 15;68(20):1674-9.
PMID: 17502548 [PubMed - in process]
Essig M, Giesel F, Stieltjes B, Weber MA. 
[Functional imaging for brain tumors (perfusion, DTI and MR spectroscopy).]
Radiologe. 2007 May 16; [Epub ahead of print] German.
PMID: 17505814 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
McConville P, Hambardzumyan D, Moody JB, Leopold WR, Kreger AR, Woolliscroft MJ, Rehemtulla A, Ross BD, Holland EC. 
Magnetic resonance imaging determination of tumor grade and early response to temozolomide in a genetically engineered mouse model of glioma.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 May 15;13(10):2897-904.
PMID: 17504989 [PubMed - in process]
Strijkers GJ, Biomedical Nmr Department Of Biomedical Engineering Eindhoven University Of Technology Eindhoven The Netherlands G J Strijkers Tue Nl WJ, van Tilborg MG, Nicolay K. 
MRI contrast agents: current status and future perspectives.
Anticancer Agents Med Chem. 2007 May;7(3):291-305.
PMID: 17504156 [PubMed - in process]


Epidemiology & Risk Factors


Holick CN, Giovannucci EL, Rosner B, Stampfer MJ, Michaud DS. 
Prospective study of cigarette smoking and adult glioma: Dosage, duration, and latency.
Neuro-oncol. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17504930 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Etiology & Pathogenesis


Abdullah JM, Ahmad F, Ahmad KA, Ghazali MM, Jaafar H, Ideris A, Ali AM, Omar AR, Yusoff K, Lila MA, Othman F. 
Molecular genetic analysis of BAX and cyclin D1 genes in patients with malignant glioma.
Neurol Res. 2007 Apr;29(3):239-42.
PMID: 17509221 [PubMed - in process]
Arcaro A, Doepfner KT, Boller D, Guerreiro AS, Shalaby T, Jackson SP, Schoenwaelder SM, Delattre O, Grotzer MA, F B. 
Novel role for insulin as an autocrine growth factor for malignant brain tumour cells.
Biochem J. 2007 May 16; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17506723 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Bobola MS, Blank A, Berger MS, Silber JR. 
O(6)-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase deficiency in developing brain: Implications for brain tumorigenesis.
DNA Repair (Amst). 2007 May 11; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17500046 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Dehnhardt M, Palm C, Vieten A, Bauer A, Pietrzyk U. 
Quantifying the A(1)AR distribution in peritumoural zones around experimental F98 and C6 rat brain tumours.
J Neurooncol. 2007 May 12; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17497078 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Holtkamp N, Ziegenhagen N, Malzer E, Hartmann C, Giese A, von Deimling A. 
Characterization of the amplicon on chromosomal segment 4q12 in glioblastoma multiforme.
Neuro-oncol. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17504929 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Lu Z, Cao Y, Wang Y, Zhang Q, Zhang X, Wang S, Li Y, Xie H, Jiao B, Zhang J. 
Polymorphisms in the matrix metalloproteinase-1, 3, and 9 promoters and susceptibility to adult astrocytoma in northern China.
J Neurooncol. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17502998 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Mathupala SP, Mittal S, Guthikonda M, Sloan AE. 
MicroRNA and Brain Tumors: A Cause and a Cure?
DNA Cell Biol. 2007 May;26(5):301-10.
PMID: 17504026 [PubMed - in process]
Mendes O, Kim HT, Lungu G, Stoica G. 
MMP2 role in breast cancer brain metastasis development and its regulation by TIMP2 and ERK1/2.
Clin Exp Metastasis. 2007 May 16; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17505812 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Pipp I, Wagner L, Rossler K, Budka H, Preusser M. 
Secretagogin expression in tumours of the human brain and its coverings.
APMIS. 2007 Apr;115(4):319-26.
PMID: 17504298 [PubMed - in process]
Vollmann H, Wolfel S, Ohneseit P, Stransky E, Vonthein R, Wick W, Meyermann R, Simon P. 
Differential Expression of Egr1 and Activation of Microglia Following Irradiation in the Rat Brain.
Strahlenther Onkol. 2007 May;183(5):248-255.
PMID: 17497096 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Wiencke JK, Zheng S, Jelluma N, Tihan T, Vandenberg S, Tamguney T, Baumber R, Parsons R, Lamborn KR, Berger MS, Wrensch MR, Haas-Kogan DA, Stokoe D. 
Methylation of the PTEN promoter defines low-grade gliomas and secondary glioblastoma.
Neuro-oncol. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17504928 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Integrative Medicine


Sen CK, Khanna S, Roy S. 
Tocotrienols in health and disease: The other half of the natural vitamin E family.
Mol Aspects Med. 2007 Mar 27; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17507086 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Wietrzyk J. 
[The influence of isoflavonoids on the antitumor activity of vitamin D3]
Postepy Hig Med Dosw (Online). 2007;61:253-60. Polish.
PMID: 17507873 [PubMed - in process]


Overall Management


Crawford JR, Santi MR, Vezina G, Myseros JS, Keating RF, LaFond DA, Rood BR, MacDonald TJ, Packer RJ. 
CNS germ cell tumor (CNSGCT) of childhood: presentation and delayed diagnosis.
Neurology. 2007 May 15;68(20):1668-73.
PMID: 17502547 [PubMed - in process]

Ferguson M, Stewart W, Cowie F, White J. 
Late-onset meningeal metastases in liposarcoma: a case report and review of the literature.
Sarcoma. 2006;2006:23039. Epub 2006 Dec 24.
PMID: 17496993 [PubMed - in process]

Gurkanlar D, Kocak H, Yucel E, Aciduman A, Gunaydin A, Ekinci O, Keskil S. 
Ganglioglioma with lytic skull lesions: a case report.
Neurocirugia (Astur). 2007 Apr;18(2):123-7.
PMID: 17497058 [PubMed - in process]

Ortega-Marti Nez M, Cabezudo JM, Bernal-Garci A LM, Fernandez-Portales I, Go Mez-Perals L, Go Mez de Tejada R, Pimentel JJ. 
[Chordoid glioma of the III ventricle. Case report and revision of the literature.]
Neurocirugia (Astur). 2007 Apr;18(2):115-122. Spanish.
PMID: 17497057 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Powathil G, Kohandel M, Sivaloganathan S, Oza A, Milosevic M. 
Mathematical modeling of brain tumors: effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Phys Med Biol. 2007 Jun 7;52(11):3291-306. Epub 2007 May 15.
PMID: 17505103 [PubMed - in process]


Prognosis


Brockmann MA, Giese A, Mueller K, Kaba FJ, Lohr F, Weiss C, Gottschalk S, Nolte I, Leppert J, Tuettenberg J, Groden C. 
Preoperative thrombocytosis predicts poor survival in patients with glioblastoma.
Neuro-oncol. 2007 May 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17504931 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Bruna J, Brell M, Ferrer I, Gimenez-Bonafe P, Tortosa A. 
Ki-67 proliferative index predicts clinical outcome in patients with atypical or anaplastic meningioma.
Neuropathology. 2007 Apr;27(2):114-20.
PMID: 17494511 [PubMed - in process]

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Showalter TN, Andrel J, Andrews DW, Curran WJ Jr, Daskalakis C, Werner-Wasik M. 
Multifocal Glioblastoma Multiforme: Prognostic Factors and Patterns of Progression.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 May 11; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17499453 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Treatment


Brioschi A, Zenga F, Zara GP, Gasco MR, Ducati A, Mauro A. 
Solid lipid nanoparticles: could they help to improve the efficacy of pharmacologic treatments for brain tumors?
Neurol Res. 2007 Apr;29(3):324-30.
PMID: 17509234 [PubMed - in process]

Brunon J, Nuti C. 
[Results of the surgical treatment.]
Neurochirurgie. 2007 May 14; [Epub ahead of print] French.
PMID: 17507053 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Errante D, Bernardi D, Bianco A, Salvagno L. 
Comment on: Incidence, pattern and timing of brain metastases among patients with advanced breast cancer treated with trastuzumab.
Acta Oncol. 2007;46(4):565-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 17497328 [PubMed - in process]

Julow J, Szeifert GT, Balint K, Nyary I, Nemes Z. 
The role of microglia/macrophage system in the tissue response to I-125 interstitial brachytherapy of cerebral gliomas.
Neurol Res. 2007 Apr;29(3):233-8.
PMID: 17509220 [PubMed - in process]

McLendon RE, Akabani G, Friedman HS, Reardon DA, Cleveland L, Cokgor I, Herndon JE 2nd, Wikstrand C, Boulton ST, Friedman AH, Bigner DD, Zalutsky MR. 
Tumor resection cavity administered iodine-131-labeled antitenascin 81C6 radioimmunotherapy in patients with malignant glioma: neuropathology aspects.
Nucl Med Biol. 2007 May;34(4):405-13. Epub 2007 Mar 30.
PMID: 17499730 [PubMed - in process]

Meyer GE, Chesler L, Liu D, Gable K, Maddux BA, Goldenberg DD, Youngren JF, Goldfine ID, Weiss WA, Matthay KK, Rosenthal SM. 
Nordihydroguaiaretic acid inhibits insulin-like growth factor signaling, growth, and survival in human neuroblastoma cells.
J Cell Biochem. 2007 May 7; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17486636 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Quincozes-Santos A, Andreazza AC, Nardin P, Funchal C, Goncalves CA, Gottfried C. 
Resveratrol attenuates oxidative-induced DNA damage in C6 Glioma cells.
Neurotoxicology. 2007 Mar 31; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17498806 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Rao JS, Bhoopathi P, Chetty C, Gujrati M, Lakka SS. 
MMP-9 Short Interfering RNA Induced Senescence Resulting in Inhibition of Medulloblastoma Growth via p16INK4a and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Pathway.
Cancer Res. 2007 May 15;67(10):4956-64.
PMID: 17510426 [PubMed - in process]

Saydam O, Saydam N, Glauser DL, Pruschy M, Dinh-Van V, Hilbe M, Jacobs AH, Ackermann M, Fraefel C. 
HSV-1 amplicon-mediated post-transcriptional inhibition of Rad51 sensitizes human glioma cells to ionizing radiation.
Gene Ther. 2007 May 10; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17495946 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Singh J, Kaur G. 
Transcriptional regulation of polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule expression by NMDA receptor activation in retinoic acid-differentiated SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cultures.
Brain Res. 2007 Apr 12; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17499225 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Zhang X, Jiang F, Kalkanis SN, Zhang Z, Hong X, Yang H, Chopp M. 
Post-acute response of 9L gliosarcoma to Photofrintrade mark-mediated PDT in athymic nude mice.
Lasers Med Sci. 2007 Feb 15; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17505777 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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