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Volume 6, Number 30 - 23 July 2007 |
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| Diagnosis & Evaluation | |
| Epidemiology & Risk Factors | |
| Etiology & Pathogenesis | |
| Integrative Medicine | |
| Overall Management | |
| Prognosis & Outcome | |
| Psychosocial Aspects | |
| Treatment | |
| Children's Corner | |
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Alexiou
GA, Fotopoulos AD, Papadopoulos A, Kyritsis AP, Polyzoidis KS, Tsiouris S. Evaluation of brain tumor recurrence by (99m)Tc-tetrofosmin SPECT: a prospective pilot study. Ann Nucl Med. 2007 Jul;21(5):293-8. Epub 2007 Jul 25. PMID: 17634847 [PubMed - in process] |
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Alexiou
GA, Tsiouris S, Kyritsis AP, Polyzoidis KS, Fotopoulos AD. The use of PET scan in glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. 
PMID: 17634740 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Bulakbasi
N, Kocaoglu M, Sanal TH, Tayfun C. Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors: proton MR spectroscopy, diffusion and perfusion characteristics. Neuroradiology. 2007 Jul 14; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17632714 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Herholz
K, Coope D, Jackson A. Metabolic and molecular imaging in neuro-oncology. Lancet Neurol. 2007 Aug;6(8):711-24. PMID: 17638612 [PubMed - in process] |
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Kita
T, Hayashi K, Yamamoto M, Kawauchi T, Sakata I, Iwasaki Y, Kosuda S.
Does supplementation of contrast MR imaging with thallium-201 brain SPECT improve differentiation between benign and malignant ring-like contrast-enhanced cerebral lesions? Ann Nucl Med. 2007 Jul;21(5):251-6. Epub 2007 Jul 25. PMID: 17634842 [PubMed - in process] |
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Krafft
C, Kirsch M, Beleites C, Schackert G, Salzer R.
Methodology for fiber-optic Raman mapping and FTIR imaging of metastases in mouse brains. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17639353 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Prabhakar
R, Julka PK, Ganesh T, Munshi A, Joshi RC, Rath GK.
Feasibility of using MRI alone for 3D Radiation Treatment Planning in Brain Tumors. Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 16; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17635965 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Erdreich
LS, Van Kerkhove MD, Scrafford CG, Barraj L, McNeely M, Shum M, Sheppard AR,
Kelsh M.
Factors that Influence the Radiofrequency Power Output of GSM Mobile Phones. Radiat Res. 2007 Aug;168(2):253-61. PMID: 17638408 [PubMed - in process] |
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Tomioka
N, Oba S, Ohira M, Misra A, Fridlyand J, Ishii S, Nakamura Y, Isogai E,
Hirata T, Yoshida Y, Todo S, Kaneko Y, Albertson DG, Pinkel D, Feuerstein
BG, Nakagawara A.
Novel risk stratification of patients with neuroblastoma by genomic signature, which is independent of molecular signature. Oncogene. 2007 Jul 16; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17637744 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Brunn
A, Montesinos-Rongen M, Strack A, Reifenberger G, Mawrin C, Schaller C,
Deckert M.
Expression pattern and cellular sources of chemokines in primary central nervous system lymphoma. Acta Neuropathol (Berl). 2007 Jul 20; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17641901 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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de
Bont JM, den Boer ML, Kros JM, Passier MM, Reddingius RE, Smitt PA, Luider
TM, Pieters R. Identification of novel biomarkers in pediatric primitive neuroectodermal tumors and ependymomas by proteome-wide analysis. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007 Jun;66(6):505-16. PMID: 17549010 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Ganea
E, Trifan M, Laslo AC, Putina G, Cristescu C.
Matrix metalloproteinases: useful and deleterious. Biochem Soc Trans. 2007 Aug;35(Pt 4):689-91. PMID: 17635123 [PubMed - in process] |
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Graf
MR, Jia W, Loria RM. The neuro-steroid, 3beta androstene 17alpha diol exhibits potent cytotoxic effects on human malignant glioma and lymphoma cells through different programmed cell death pathways. Br J Cancer. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17637679 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Hansen
K, Wagner B, Hamel W, Schweizer M, Haag F, Westphal M, Lamszus K. Autophagic cell death induced by TrkA receptor activation in human glioblastoma cells. J Neurochem. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17635673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Juric
D, Bredel C, Sikic BI, Bredel M.
Integrated high-resolution genome-wide analysis of gene dosage and gene expression in human brain tumors. Methods Mol Biol. 2007;377:187-202. PMID: 17634618 [PubMed - in process] |
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Nakano
A, Kanemura Y, Mori K, Kodama E, Yamamoto A, Sakamoto H, Nakamura Y, Okano
H, Yamasaki M, Arita N. Expression of the Neural RNA-Binding Protein Musashi1 in Pediatric Brain Tumors. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(4):279-84. PMID: 17627143 [PubMed - in process] |
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Nelson
PT, Keller JN. RNA in brain disease: no longer just "the messenger in the middle". J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007 Jun;66(6):461-8. Review. PMID: 17549006 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Persson
O, Krogh M, Saal LH, Englund E, Liu J, Parsons R, Mandahl N, Borg A,
Widegren B, Salford LG. Microarray analysis of gliomas reveals chromosomal position-associated gene expression patterns and identifies potential immunotherapy targets. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17634744 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Ruud
J, Blomqvist A.
Identification of rat brainstem neuronal structures activated during cancer-induced anorexia. J Comp Neurol. 2007 Jul 19;504(3):275-286 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17640050 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Shirazi
A, Ghobadi G, Ghazi-Khansari M.
A radiobiological review on melatonin: a novel radioprotector. J Radiat Res (Tokyo). 2007 Jul;48(4):263-72. 
PMID: 17641465 [PubMed - in process]
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Battistini
S, Rocchi R, Cerase A, Citterio A, Tassi L, Lando G, Patrosso MC, Galli R,
Brunori P, Sgro DL, Pitillo G, Lo Russo G, Marocchi A, Penco S. Clinical, magnetic resonance imaging, and genetic study of 5 Italian families with cerebral cavernous malformation. Arch Neurol. 2007 Jun;64(6):843-8. PMID: 17562932 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Bell
JW, Osborn AG, Salzman KL, Blaser SI, Jones BV, Chin SS. Neuroradiologic characteristics of astroblastoma. Neuroradiology. 2007 Mar;49(3):203-9. Epub 2007 Jan 10. PMID: 17216265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Garre
ML, Cama A.
Craniopharyngioma: modern concepts in pathogenesis and treatment. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2007 Aug;19(4):471-479. PMID: 17630614 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Grasso
G, Meli F, Patti R, Giambartino F, Florena AM, Iacopino DG.
Intramedullary spinal cord tumor presenting as the initial manifestation of metastatic colon cancer: case report and review of the literature. Spinal Cord. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17637763 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Grill
J, Dufour C, Kalifa C.
[Brain tumours in children] Rev Prat. 2007 Apr 30;57(8):817-25. French. PMID: 17633597 [PubMed - in process] |
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Joseph
FG, Scolding NJ. Sarcoidosis of the nervous system. Pract Neurol. 2007 Aug;7(4):234-244.
PMID: 17636138 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Kawabata
R, Doki Y, Ishikawa O, Nakagawa H, Takachi K, Miyashiro I, Tsukamoto Y,
Ohigashi H, Sasaki Y, Murata K, Ishiguro S, Imaoka S.
Frequent brain metastasis after chemotherapy and surgery for advanced esophageal cancers. Hepatogastroenterology. 2007 Jun;54(76):1043-8. PMID: 17629035 [PubMed - in process] |
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Ohmori
K, Collins J, Fukushima T. Craniopharyngiomas in children. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(4):265-78. PMID: 17627142 [PubMed - in process] |
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Sade
B, Lee JH. Recovery of low-frequency sensorineural hearing loss following resection of a greater superficial petrosal nerve schwannoma. Case report. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1):181-4. PMID: 17639892 [PubMed - in process] |
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Shimoda
M, Kubota K, Kita J, Katoh M, Iwasaki Y. Is a patient with metastatic pancreatic tumor from rectal cancer a candidate for resection? Hepatogastroenterology. 2007 Jun;54(76):1262-5. PMID: 17629084 [PubMed - in process] |
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Wang
YC, Lee ST. Brain metastases of malignant melanoma in Chinese: report of 23 cases. Chin Med J (Engl). 2007 Jun 20;120(12):1058-62. PMID: 17637222 [PubMed - in process] |
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Gerber
NU, Zehnder D, Zuzak T, Poretti A, Boltshauser E, Grotzer MA. Outcome of children with brain tumours diagnosed in the first year: long-term complications and quality of life. Arch Dis Child. 2007 Jul 18; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17634182 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Kros
JM, Gorlia T, Kouwenhoven MC, Zheng PP, Collins VP, Figarella-Branger D,
Giangaspero F, Giannini C, Mokhtari K, Mork SJ, Paetau A, Reifenberger G,
van den Bent MJ.
Panel review of anaplastic oligodendroglioma from European Organization For Research and Treatment of Cancer Trial 26951: assessment of consensus in diagnosis, influence of 1p/19q loss, and correlations with outcome. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol. 2007 Jun;66(6):545-51. PMID: 17549014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Nakayama
K, Tannir NM, Liu P, Wathen JK, Cheng YC, Champlin RE, Ueno NT.
Natural history of metastatic renal cell carcinoma in patients who underwent consultation for allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Biol Blood Marrow Transplant. 2007 Aug;13(8):975-85. PMID: 17640602 [PubMed - in process] |
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Fluchel
M, Horsman JR, Furlong W, Castillo L, Alfonz Y, Barr RD.
Self and proxy-reported health status and health-related quality of life in survivors of childhood cancer in Uruguay. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17635006 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Lahteenmaki
PM, Harila-Saari A, Pukkala EI, Kyyronen P, Salmi TT, Sankila R.
Scholastic achievements of children with brain tumors at the end of comprehensive education: a nationwide, register-based study. Neurology. 2007 Jul 17;69(3):296-305. PMID: 17636068 [PubMed - in process] |
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Alcalay
RN, Shulman JM, Plotkin SR.
Ramsay Hunt syndrome in a patient with metastatic lung cancer to brain. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 19; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 17634859 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Blitshteyn
S, Jaeckle KA.
Status epilepticus in patients with CNS metastases. Arch Neurol. 2007 Jun;64(6):916; author reply 916-7. No abstract available. PMID: 17562948 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Cabebe
E, Wakelee H.
Role of Anti-angiogenesis Agents in Treating NSCLC: Focus on Bevacizumab and VEGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors. Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2007 Jun 8; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17634832 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Fujita
M, Lee BS, Khazenzon NM, Penichet ML, Wawrowsky KA, Patil R, Ding H, Holler
E, Black KL, Ljubimova JY.
Brain tumor tandem targeting using a combination of monoclonal antibodies attached to biopoly(beta-l-malic acid). J Control Release. 2007 Jun 5; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17630012 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Han
SR, Yoon SW, Yee GT, Choi CY, Sohn MJ, Lee DJ, Whang CJ.
Novalis radiosurgery of optic gliomas in children: preliminary report. Pediatr Neurosurg. 2007;43(4):251-7. PMID: 17627140 [PubMed - in process] |
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Hopewell
JW, Millar WT, Ang KK.
Toward improving the therapeutic ratio in stereotactic radiosurgery: selective modulation of the radiation responses of both normal tissues and tumor. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1):84-93. PMID: 17639878 [PubMed - in process] |
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Joshi
S, Wang M, Etu JJ, Suckow RF, Cooper TB, Feinmark SJ, Bruce JN, Fine RL.
Transient cerebral hypoperfusion enhances intraarterial carmustine deposition into brain tissue. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17634743 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Kennedy
C, Dilmanian A.
Prospects for microbeam radiation therapy of brain tumours in children. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2007 Jul;49(8):566. No abstract available. PMID: 17635198 [PubMed - in process] |
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Kieran
MW, Packer RJ, Onar A, Blaney SM, Phillips P, Pollack IF, Geyer JR,
Gururangan S, Banerjee A, Goldman S, Turner CD, Belasco JB, Broniscer A, Zhu
Y, Frank E, Kirschmeier P, Statkevich P, Yver A, Boyett JM, Kun LE.
Phase I and pharmacokinetic study of the oral farnesyltransferase inhibitor lonafarnib administered twice daily to pediatric patients with advanced central nervous system tumors using a modified continuous reassessment method: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 20;25(21):3137-43. PMID: 17634493 [PubMed - in process] |
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Laissue
J, Blattmann H, Wagner HP, Grotzer MA, Slatkin DN.
Prospects for microbeam radiation therapy of brain tumours in children to reduce neurological sequelae. Dev Med Child Neurol. 2007 Jul;49(8):577-81. PMID: 17635201 [PubMed - in process] |
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Lonser
RR, Warren KE, Butman JA, Quezado Z, Robison RA, Walbridge S, Schiffman R,
Merrill M, Walker ML, Park DM, Croteau D, Brady RO, Oldfield EH.
Real-time image-guided direct convective perfusion of intrinsic brainstem lesions. Technical note. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1):190-7. PMID: 17639894 [PubMed - in process] |
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Meister
N, Shalaby T, von Bueren AO, Rivera P, Patti R, Oehler C, Pruschy M, Grotzer
MA.
Interferon-gamma mediated up-regulation of caspase-8 sensitises medulloblastoma cells to radio- and chemotherapy. Eur J Cancer. 2007 Jul 10; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17627812 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Nasr
Ben Ammar C, Chaari N, Kochbati L, Attia I, Ben Hamadi D, Chebbi A, Saadi A,
Besbes M, Maalej M.
[Brain radionecrosis in patients irradiated for nasopharyngeal carcinoma: about nine cases.] Cancer Radiother. 2007 Jul 13; [Epub ahead of print] French. PMID: 17631405 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Paisansathan
C, Hoffman WE, Lee M, Ananda RC, Wheeler P.
Autonomic Activity during Desflurane Anesthesia in Patients with Brain Tumors. J Clin Monit Comput. 2007 Jul 20; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17641979 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Rades
D, Haatanen T, Schild SE, Dunst J.
Dose escalation beyond 30 grays in 10 fractions for patients with multiple brain metastases. Cancer. 2007 Jul 18; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17639588 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Rino
Y, Sekino Y, Yamada T, Nakayama T, Arai H, Kanari M, Saeki H, Yukawa N, Wada
N, Masuda M, Higashida T, Imada T.
[Irinotecan+Cisplatin and irradiation are effective for brain metastases of gastric cancer - two case reports.] Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2007 Jul;34(7):1095-8. Japanese. PMID: 17637547 [PubMed - in process] |
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Schankin
C, Ferrari U, Reinisch V, Birnbaum T, Goldbrunner R, Straube A.
Characteristics of brain tumour-associated headache. Cephalalgia. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17635527 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Schild
SE, Bonner JA, Hillman S, Kozelsky TF, Vigliotti AP, Marks RS, Graham DL,
Soori GS, Kugler JW, Tenglin RC, Wender DB, Adjei A.
Results of a Phase II Study of High-Dose Thoracic Radiation Therapy With Concurrent Cisplatin and Etoposide in Limited-Stage Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NCCTG 95-20-53). J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 20;25(21):3124-9. PMID: 17634491 [PubMed - in process] |
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Schmidt
A, Haas SJ, Hildebrandt S, Scheibe J, Eckhoff B, Racek T, Kempermann G, Wree
A, Putzer BM.
Selective Targeting of Adenoviral Vectors to Neural Precursor Cells in the Hippocampus of Adult Mice: New Prospects for In Situ Gene Therapy. Stem Cells. 2007 Jul 19; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17641242 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Serletis
D, Bernstein M.
Prospective study of awake craniotomy used routinely and nonselectively for supratentorial tumors. J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1):1-6. PMID: 17639865 [PubMed - in process] |
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Signorelli
F, Ruggeri F, Iofrida G, Isnard J, Chirchiglia D, Lavano A, Volpentesta G,
Signorelli CD, Guyotat J.
Indications and limits of intraoperative cortico-subcortical mapping in brain tumor surgery: an analysis of 101 consecutive cases. J Neurosurg Sci. 2007 Sep;51(3):113-127. PMID: 17641576 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Thibault
F, Billemont B, Rixe O.
Regression of brain metastases of renal cell carcinoma with antiangiogenic therapy. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 19; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 17634858 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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Ulasov
IV, Zhu ZB, Tyler MA, Han Y, Rivera AA, Khramtsov A, Curiel DT, Lesniak MS.
Survivin-Driven and Fiber-Modified Oncolytic Adenovirus Exhibits Potent Antitumor Activity in Established Intracranial Glioma. Hum Gene Ther. 2007 Jul 13; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17630837 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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van
Waarde A, Shiba K, de Jong JR, Ishiwata K, Dierckx RA, Elsinga PH.
Rapid Reduction of {sigma}1-Receptor Binding and 18F-FDG Uptake in Rat Gliomas After In Vivo Treatment with Doxorubicin. J Nucl Med. 2007 Jul 13; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17631546 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Vordermark
D.
Prophylactic radiotherapy for glioblastoma in the elderly. N Engl J Med. 2007 Jul 12;357(2):195-6; author reply 196. No abstract available. PMID: 17632898 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Wagner
S, Peters O, Fels C, Janssen G, Liebeskind AK, Sauerbrey A, Suttorp M, Hau
P, Wolff JE.
Pegylated-liposomal doxorubicin and oral topotecan in eight children with relapsed high-grade malignant brain tumors. J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 20; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17641821 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Zhou
Q, Guo P, Kruh GD, Vicini P, Wang X, Gallo JM.
Predicting human tumor drug concentrations from a preclinical pharmacokinetic model of temozolomide brain disposition. Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 15;13(14):4271-9. PMID: 17634557 [PubMed - in process] |
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Elisabetta Mancini
Le avventure di Macalù (The adventures of Macalù) English translation by Mariangela Canzi 
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