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NEWSLETTER
Volume 6, Number 31 - 30 July 2007

Volume 6
Archive


Contents


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

Early Detection


Wilne S, Collier J, Kennedy C, Koller K, Grundy R, Walker D.
Presentation of childhood CNS tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Lancet Oncol. 2007 Jul 17; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17644483 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];


Diagnosis & Evaluation


Munoz A, Hinojosa J, Esparza J.Cisternography and ventriculography gadopentate dimeglumine-enhanced MR imaging in pediatric patients: preliminary report.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 May;28(5):889-94.
PMID: 17494664 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hattingen E, Pilatus U, Franz K, Zanella FE, Lanfermann H.
Evaluation of optimal echo time for (1)H-spectroscopic imaging of brain tumors at 3 Tesla.
J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Jul 25;26(2):427-431 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17654728 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ishige S, Iwadate Y, Ishikura H, Saeki N.
Primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis followed with serial magnetic resonance images.
Neuropathology. 2007 Jun;27(3):290-4.
PMID: 17645245 [PubMed - in process];


Epidemiology & Risk Factors


Wigertz A, Lonn S, Schwartzbaum J, Hall P, Auvinen A, Christensen HC, Johansen C, Klaeboe L, Salminen T, Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Tynes T, Feychting M.
Allergic Conditions and Brain Tumor Risk.
Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Jul 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17646205 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:


Etiology & Pathogenesis


Fanelli M, Caprodossi S, Ricci-Vitiani L, Porcellini A, Tomassoni-Ardori F, Amatori S, Andreoni F, Magnani M, De Maria R, Santoni A, Minucci S, Pelicci PG.
Loss of pericentromeric DNA methylation pattern in human glioblastoma is associated with altered DNA methyltransferases expression and involves the stem cell compartment.
Oncogene. 2007 Jul 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17653095 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Hatina J, Schulz WA, Fischer J, Wahl J, Debatin KM, Beltinger C.
[Tumour stem cells--a new concept in tumour biology]
Dtsch Med Wochenschr. 2007 Aug;132(31-32):1629-32. German.
PMID: 17654417 [PubMed - in process];

Helland CA, Wester K.
Monozygotic twins with mirror image cysts: indication of a genetic mechanism in arachnoid cysts?
Neurology. 2007 Jul 3;69(1):110-1. No abstract available.
PMID: 17606888 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Jain RK, di Tomaso E, Duda DG, Loeffler JS, Sorensen AG, Batchelor TT.
Angiogenesis in brain tumours.
Nat Rev Neurosci. 2007 Aug;8(8):610-22.
PMID: 17643088 [PubMed - in process];

Liang Y, Diehn M, Bollen AW, Israel MA, Gupta N.
Type I collagen is overexpressed in medulloblastoma as a component of tumor microenvironment.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Jul 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17653508 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Persson A, Fan X, Salford LG, Widegren B, Englund E.
Neuroblastomas and medulloblastomas exhibit more Coxsackie adenovirus receptor expression than gliomas and other brain tumors.
Neuropathology. 2007 Jun;27(3):233-6.
PMID: 17645237 [PubMed - in process]

Yoshino A, Katayama Y, Ogino A, Watanabe T, Yachi K, Ohta T, Komine C, Yokoyama T, Fukushima T.
Promoter hypermethylation profile of cell cycle regulator genes in pituitary adenomas.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Jun;83(2):153-62. Epub 2007 Jan 11.
PMID: 17216555 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[No authors listed]
[Glial tumors of the brain: current aspects of the immunopathogenesis and immunogenodiagnosis]
Arkh Patol. 2007 Mar-Apr;69(2):53-7. Russian.
PMID: 17642197 [PubMed - in process]


Integrative Medicine


Braganhol E, Tamajusuku AS, Bernardi A, Wink MR, Battastini AM.
Ecto-5'-nucleotidase/CD73 inhibition by quercetin in the human U138MG glioma cell line.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2007 Jun 16; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17643826 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];

Das A, Banik NL, Ray SK.
Garlic compounds generate reactive oxygen species leading to activation of stress kinases and cysteine proteases for apoptosis in human glioblastoma T98G and U87MG cells.
Cancer. 2007 Jul 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17647244 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];


Overall Management


Banczerowski P, Balint K, Sipos L. 
Temporal extradural ectopic craniopharyngioma. Case report.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1):178-80.
PMID: 17639891 [PubMed - in process]

Byard RW.
Forensic Considerations in Cases of Neurofibromatosis-An Overview.
J Forensic Sci. 2007 Jul 21; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17645486 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

D'Aloia A, Vizzardi E, Faggiano P, Brentana L, Procopio R, Fiorina C, Dei Cas L.
Brain cancer mimicking an acute coronary syndrome.
Minerva Cardioangiol. 2007 Aug;55(4):503-7.
PMID: 17653027 [PubMed - in process]

Fellows GA, Ashkan K, Thomas NW.
A rare cause of cervical cord compression.
Br J Neurosurg. 2007 Feb;21(1):45-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 17453777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hirato J.
Tumor arising in the middle cranial fossa of a 74-year-old man with extensive brain edema.
Neuropathology. 2007 Jun;27(3):305-7. No abstract available.
PMID: 17645248 [PubMed - in process]

Hu WW, Zheng XJ, Shen G, Liu WG, Shen H, Fu WM, Zhou JY.
[Diagnosis and micro-neurosurgery for the fourth cerebral ventricle tumors]
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2007 Feb;29(2):144-6. Chinese.
PMID: 17645855 [PubMed - in process]

Kanatas AN, Bullock MD, Pal D, Chakrabarty A, Chumas P.
Intradural extramedullary primary malignant melanoma radiographically mimicking a neurofibroma.
Br J Neurosurg. 2007 Feb;21(1):39-40. Review.
PMID: 17453774 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kurmasheva RT, Houghton PJ.
Pediatric oncology.
Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2007 Jul 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17652007 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Majeed K, Enam SA.
Recurrent pineal apoplexy in a child.
Neurology. 2007 Jul 3;69(1):112-4. Review. No abstract available.
PMID: 17606890 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Rembao-Bojorquez D, Vega R, Bermudez-Maldonado L, Gutierrez R, Salinas C, Tena-Suck M.
Choroid plexus acinar adenoma: a case report.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Jun;83(2):191-7. Epub 2007 Apr 4.
PMID: 17406790 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Thiryayi WA, Gnanalingham KK, Reid H, Heald A, Kearney T.
Pituicytoma: a misdiagnosed benign tumour of the posterior pituitary.
Br J Neurosurg. 2007 Feb;21(1):47-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 17453778 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

[No authors listed]
[Congenital spinal cord malformation concurrent with ependymoma of the third brain ventricle]
Arkh Patol. 2007 Mar-Apr;69(2):44-6. Russian.
PMID: 17642194 [PubMed - in process]


Prognosis & Outcome


Bowers DC, Gargan L, Weprin BE, Mulne AF, Elterman RD, Munoz L, Giller CA, Winick NJ.
Impact of site of tumor recurrence upon survival for children with recurrent or progressive medulloblastoma.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Jul;107(1 Suppl):5-10.
PMID: 17644914 [PubMed - in process];


Treatment


Grundy RG, Wilne SA, Weston CL, Robinson K, Lashford LS, Ironside J, Cox T, Chong WK, Campbell RH, Bailey CC, Gattamaneni R, Picton S, Thorpe N, Mallucci C, English MW, Punt JA, Walker DA, Ellison DW, Machin D; for the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (formerly UKCCSG) Brain Tumour Committee.
Primary postoperative chemotherapy without radiotherapy for intracranial ependymoma in children: the UKCCSG/SIOP prospective study.
Lancet Oncol. 2007 Jul 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17644039 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Huang PH, Mukasa A, Bonavia R, Flynn RA, Brewer ZE, Cavenee WK, Furnari FB, White FM.
Quantitative analysis of EGFRvIII cellular signaling networks reveals a combinatorial therapeutic strategy for glioblastoma.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007 Jul 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17646646 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kageji T, Nagahiro S, Matsuzaki K, Kanematsu Y, Nakatani M, Okamoto Y, Watanabe T.
Successful neoadjuvant synchronous chemo- and radiotherapy for disseminated primary intracranial choriocarcinoma: case report.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Jun;83(2):199-204. Epub 2007 Jan 5.
PMID: 17205387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kovacs T, Osztie E, Bodrogi L, Pajor P, Farsang M, Juhasz C, Szirmai I.
Cerebellar developmental venous anomalies with associated vascular pathology.
Br J Neurosurg. 2007 Apr;21(2):217-23.
PMID: 17453792 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Krauze MT, Noble CO, Kawaguchi T, Drummond D, Kirpotin DB, Yamashita Y, Kullberg E, Forsayeth J, Park JW, Bankiewicz KS.
Convection-enhanced delivery of nanoliposomal CPT-11 (Irinotecan) and PEGylated liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil) in rodent intracranial brain tumor xenografts.
Neuro Oncol. 2007 Jul 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17652269 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Li CH, Jiao BH.
[Anti-glioma activity of treatment by bone marrow stromal cells transfected with HSV-tk in the rat]
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2007 Mar;29(3):171-5. Chinese.
PMID: 17649630 [PubMed - in process]

Rades D, Pluemer A, Veninga T, Dunst J, Schild SE.
A boost in addition to whole-brain radiotherapy improves patient outcome after resection of 1 or 2 brain metastases in recursive partitioning analysis class 1 and 2 patients.
Cancer. 2007 Jul 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17654659 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Raizer JJ.
The evolving role of radiosurgery for metastatic spine tumors.
Nat Clin Pract Neurol. 2007 Jul 24; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 17646859 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Suleyman H, Demircan B, Karagoz Y.
Anti-inflammatory and side effects of cyclooxygenase inhibitors.
Pharmacol Rep. 2007 May-Jun;59(3):247-58.
PMID: 17652824 [PubMed - in process];

Teh BS, Bloch C, Paulino AC, Shen S, Hinckley L, Baskin D, Butler EB, Amato R.
Pathologic complete response in renal cell carcinoma brain metastases treated with stereotactic radiosurgery.
Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2007 Jun;5(5):334-7.
PMID: 17645831 [PubMed - in process]

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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