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Volume 6, Number 35 - 27 August 2007 |
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| Diagnosis & Evaluation | |
| Etiology & Pathogenesis | |
| Integrative Medicine | |
| Overall Management | |
| Prognosis & Outcome | |
| Psychosocial Aspects | |
| Treatment | |
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Chen
W.
Clinical Applications of PET in Brain Tumors. J Nucl Med. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704239 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]: |
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Demir
MK, Ozdemir H, Unlu E, Temizoz O, Genchellac H, El Khamary SM.
Differential Diagnosis of Spinal Epidural Meningioma and Hemangioma at MR Imaging. Radiology. 2007 Sep;244(3):933-4. No abstract available. PMID: 17709846 [PubMed - in process] |
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Ferrier
MC, Sarin H, Fung SH, Schatlo B, Pluta RM, Gupta SN, Choyke PL, Oldfield EH,
Thomasson D, Butman JA. Validation of dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging-derived vascular permeability measurements using quantitative autoradiography in the RG2 rat brain tumor model. Neoplasia. 2007 Jul;9(7):546-55. 
PMID: 17710157 [PubMed - in process] |
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Jadvar
H, Connolly LP, Fahey FH, Shulkin BL.
PET and PET/CT in Pediatric Oncology. Semin Nucl Med. 2007 Sep;37(5):316-31. PMID: 17707239 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Patil
S, Biassoni L, Borgwardt L.
Nuclear medicine in pediatric neurology and neurosurgery: epilepsy and brain tumors. Semin Nucl Med. 2007 Sep;37(5):357-81. PMID: 17707242 [PubMed - in process] |
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Sasajima
T, Shimada N, Naitoh Y, Takahashi M, Hu Y, Satoh T, Mizoi K.
(99m)Tc-MIBI imaging for prediction of therapeutic effects of second-generation MDR1 inhibitors in malignant brain tumors. Int J Cancer. 2007 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17708555 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Veiseh
M, Gabikian P, Bahrami SB, Veiseh O, Zhang M, Hackman RC, Ravanpay AC,
Stroud MR, Kusuma Y, Hansen SJ, Kwok D, Munoz NM, Sze RW, Grady WM,
Greenberg NM, Ellenbogen RG, Olson JM.
Tumor paint: a chlorotoxin:Cy5.5 bioconjugate for intraoperative visualization of cancer foci. Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 15;67(14):6882-8. PMID: 17638899 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Aigner
L, Bogdahn U. TGF-beta in neural stem cells and in tumors of the central nervous system. Cell Tissue Res. 2007 Aug 21; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17710437 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Azar
JM, Schneider BP, Einhorn LH.
Is the blood-brain barrier relevant in metastatic germ cell tumor? Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Sep 1;69(1):163-6. PMID: 17707269 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Hatiboglu
MA, Cosar M, Iplikcioglu AC, Ozcan D.
Sex steroid and epidermal growth factor profile of giant meningiomas associated with pregnancy. Surg Neurol. 2007 Aug 16; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17707480 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Janzarik
WG, Kratz CP, Loges NT, Olbrich H, Klein C, Schafer T, Scheurlen W,
Roggendorf W, Weiller C, Niemeyer C, Korinthenberg R, Pfister S, Omran H.
Further Evidence for a Somatic KRAS Mutation in a Pilocytic Astrocytoma. Neuropediatrics. 2007 Apr;38(2):61-3. PMID: 17712732 [PubMed - in process] |
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Karimi-Busheri
F, Rasouli-Nia A, Allalunis-Turner J, Weinfeld M.
Human polynucleotide kinase participates in repair of DNA double-strand breaks by nonhomologous end joining but not homologous recombination. Cancer Res. 2007 Jul 15;67(14):6619-25. PMID: 17638872 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Lee
OH, Xu J, Fueyo J, Alonso MM, Liu D, Martin V, Jiang H, Piao Y, Liu TJ,
Gomez-Manzano C. Angiopoietin-2 decreases vascular endothelial growth factor expression by modulating HIF-1alpha levels in gliomas. Oncogene. 2007 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704802 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Pruitt
SC, Bailey KJ, Freeland A.
Reduced Mcm2 Expression Results in Severe Stem/Progenitor Cell Deficiency and Cancer. Stem Cells. 2007 Aug 23; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17717065 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Short
SC, Martindale C, Bourne S, Brand G, Woodcock M, Johnston P. DNA repair after irradiation in glioma cells and normal human astrocytes. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704360 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]: |
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Slongo
ML, Molena B, Brunati AM, Frasson M, Gardiman M, Carli M, Perilongo G,
Rosolen A, Onisto M. Functional VEGF and VEGF receptors are expressed in human medulloblastomas. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704359 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Yu
JM, Jun ES, Jung JS, Suh SY, Han JY, Kim JY, Kim KW, Jung JS.
Role of Wnt5a in the proliferation of human glioblastoma cells. Cancer Lett. 2007 Aug 18; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17709179 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Ishii
J, Natsume A, Wakabayashi T, Takeuchi H, Hasegawa H, Kim SU, Yoshida J. The free-radical scavenger edaravone restores the differentiation of human neural precursor cells after radiation-induced oxidative stress. Neurosci Lett. 2007 Aug 3; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17709197 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]: |
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Aniba
K, Ghannane H, Attar H, Belaabidia B, Ait Benali S.
[Cystic meningioma. Case report and literature review.] Neurochirurgie. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] French. PMID: 17707865 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Chebel
S, Rekik O, Boughammoura-Bouatay A, Frih-Ayed M.
[Pseudotumoral presentation of multiple sclerosis.] Neurochirurgie. 2007 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print] French. PMID: 17714741 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Cheng
X, Hung MC.
Breast cancer brain metastases. Cancer Metastasis Rev. 2007 Aug 24; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17717635 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Hamlat
A, Le Strat A, Guegan Y, Ben-Hassel M, Saikali S.
Cerebellar pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: case report and literature review. Surg Neurol. 2007 Jul;68(1):89-94; discussion 94-5. Epub 2007 May 29. Review. PMID: 17537486 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Majer
M, Samlowski WE.
Management of metastatic melanoma patients with brain metastases. Curr Oncol Rep. 2007 Sep;9(5):411-6. PMID: 17706170 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Martinez-Murillo
R, Martinez A.
Standardization of an orthotopic mouse brain tumor model following transplantation of CT-2A astrocytoma cells. Histol Histopathol. 2007 Dec;22(12):1309-26. PMID: 17701911 [PubMed - in process] |
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Mathews
MS, Duma CM, Brant-Zawadzki M, Hasso A, Westhout FD, Klein DJ, Vanhorn D.
Extramedullary hematopoeisis within a convexity meningioma. Surg Neurol. 2007 Aug 20; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17714768 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Mintz
A, Perry J, Spithoff K, Chambers A, Laperriere N. Management of single brain metastasis: a practice guideline. Curr Oncol. 2007 Aug;14(4):131-43.
PMID: 17710205 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Mohindra
S, Gupta SK, Chhabra R, Gupta R, Kumar A, Radotra BD.
Ventrally placed craniovertebral junction arachnoid cysts in children: a report of 2 cases and literature review. Surg Neurol. 2007 Jul;68(1):85-8. Epub 2007 Feb 15. Review. PMID: 17586236 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Park
SK, Yi HJ, Paik SS, Kim YJ, Ko Y, Oh SJ.
Metastasizing malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor initially presenting as intracerebral hemorrhage. Case report and review of the literature. Surg Neurol. 2007 Jul;68(1):79-84; discussion 84. Review. PMID: 17586234 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Re
D, Fuchs M, Schober T, Engert A, Diehl V.
CNS involvement in Hodgkin's lymphoma. J Clin Oncol. 2007 Jul 20;25(21):3182. No abstract available. PMID: 17634503 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] |
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Scheithauer
BW, Silva AI, Kattner K, Seibly J, Oliveira AM, Kovacs K. Synovial sarcoma of the sellar region. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704363 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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authors listed]
Targeting, imaging and treating brain cancer with nanoparticles. Nanomed. 2006 Dec;1(4):387-392. No abstract available. PMID: 17716141 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Dalla
Via P, Opocher E, Pinello ML, Calderone M, Viscardi E, Clementi M,
Battistella PA, Laverda AM, Dalt LD, Perilongo G. Visual outcome of a cohort of children with neurofibromatosis type 1 and optic pathway glioma followed by a pediatric neuro-oncology program. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704361 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Maillo
A, Orfao A, Espinosa AB, Sayagues JM, Merino M, Sousa P, Lara M, Tabernero
MD. Early recurrences in histologically benign/grade I meningiomas are associated with large tumors and coexistence of monosomy 14 and del(1p36) in the ancestral tumor cell clone. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704362 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Baile
WF, Beale EA. Giving bad news to cancer patients: matching process and content. J Clin Oncol. 2003 May 1;21(9 Suppl):49s-51s. No abstract available. PMID: 12743192 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Locke
DE, Decker PA, Sloan JA, Brown PD, Malec JF, Clark MM, Rummans TA, Ballman
KV, Schaefer PL, Buckner JC. Validation of Single-Item Linear Analog Scale Assessment of Quality of Life in Neuro-Oncology Patients. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17703910 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Mabbott
DJ, Barnes M, Laperriere N, Landry SH, Bouffet E. Neurocognitive function in same-sex twins following focal radiation for medulloblastoma. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704358 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Postovsky
S, Moaed B, Krivoy E, Ofir R, Ben Arush MW.
Practice of palliative sedation in children with brain tumors and sarcomas at the end of life. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Sep;24(6):409-15. PMID: 17710658 [PubMed - in process] |
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Balasubramaniam
A, Shannon P, Hodaie M, Laperriere N, Michaels H, Guha A. Glioblastoma multiforme after stereotactic radiotherapy for acoustic neuroma: Case report and review of the literature. Neuro Oncol. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704364 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]: |
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Bassiouni
H, Asgari S, Konig HJ, Stolke D.
Meningiomas of the falcotentorial junction: selection of the surgical approach according to the tumor type. Surg Neurol. 2007 Aug 16; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17707469 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Beduneau
A, Saulnier P, Benoit JP.
Active targeting of brain tumors using nanocarriers. Biomaterials. 2007 Aug 21; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17716726 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Chen
CH, Shen CC, Sun MH, Ho WL, Huang CF, Kwan PC.
Histopathology of Radiation Necrosis with Severe Peritumoral Edema after Gamma Knife Radiosurgery for Parasagittal Meningioma. A Report of Two Cases. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2007 Aug 17;85(6):292-295 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17709982 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Ferrari
P, Gualdrini G, Nava E, Burn KW.
Preliminary Evaluations Of The Undesirable Patient Dose From A Bnct Treatment At The Enea-Tapiro Reactor. Radiat Prot Dosimetry. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17704505 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Guckenberger
M, Baier K, Guenther I, Richter A, Wilbert J, Sauer O, Vordermark D, Flentje
M.
Reliability of the bony anatomy in image-guided stereotactic radiotherapy of brain metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Sep 1;69(1):294-301. PMID: 17707284 [PubMed - in process] |
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H-Stenstam
B, Pellettieri L, Skold K, Rezaei A, Brun A.
Neuropathological postmortem evaluation of BNCT for GBM. Acta Neurol Scand. 2007 Sep;116(3):169-76. PMID: 17714330 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Lopez
CA, Feng FY, Herman JM, Nyati MK, Lawrence TS, Ljungman M.
Phenylbutyrate sensitizes human glioblastoma cells lacking wild-type p53 function to ionizing radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Sep 1;69(1):214-20. PMID: 17707275 [PubMed - in process]: |
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Mouiseddine
M, Francois S, Semont A, Sache A, Allenet B, Mathieu N, Frick J, Thierry D,
Chapel A.
Human mesenchymal stem cells home specifically to radiation-injured tissues in a non-obese diabetes/severe combined immunodeficiency mouse model. Br J Radiol. 2007 Sep;80 Spec No 1:S49-55. PMID: 17704326 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Nicholson
HS, Kretschmar CS, Krailo M, Bernstein M, Kadota R, Fort D, Friedman H,
Harris MB, Tedeschi-Blok N, Mazewski C, Sato J, Reaman GH.
Phase 2 study of temozolomide in children and adolescents with recurrent central nervous system tumors: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer. 2007 Aug 17; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17705175 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Pein
F, Pinkerton R, Berthaud P, Pritchard-Jones K, Dick G, Vassal G.
Dose finding study of oral PSC 833 combined with weekly intravenous etoposide in children with relapsed or refractory solid tumours. Eur J Cancer. 2007 Aug 21; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17716890 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Poelen
J, Bernsen HJ, Prick MJ. Metastatic medulloblastoma in an adult; treatment with temozolomide. Acta Neurol Belg. 2007 Jun;107(2):51-4. PMID: 17710841 [PubMed - in process]; |
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Ren
W, Duan Y, Yang Y, Ji Y, Chen F.
Down-regulation of Stat3 induces apoptosis of human glioma cell: a potential method to treat brain cancer. Neurol Res. 2007 Aug 22; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17716392 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Sonoda
Y, Matsumoto K, Kakuto Y, Nishino Y, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Katakura R.
Primary CNS lymphoma treated with combined intra-arterial ACNU and radiotherapy. Acta Neurochir (Wien). 2007 Aug 22; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17712511 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Ben
A. Williams Treatment Options for Glioblastoma and other Gliomas
BrainLife Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 35, 27 August 2007: |
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Witt
TC, Lo SS, Timmerman RD.
Successful Treatment of a Skull Base Malignant Rhabdoid Tumor with Surgery, Chemotherapy and Gamma Knife-Based Stereotactic Radiosurgery in a Young Child. Stereotact Funct Neurosurg. 2007 Aug 17;85(6):310-313 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17709987 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Yang
H, Chopp M, Weiland B, Zhang X, Tepley N, Jiang F, Schallert T.
Sensorimotor deficits associated with brain tumor progression and tumor-induced brain plasticity mechanisms. Exp Neurol. 2007 Jul 19; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17706196 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]; |
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Yin
LT, Fu YJ, Xu QL, Yang J, Liu ZL, Liang AH, Fan XJ, Xu CG.
Potential biochemical therapy of glioma cancer. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Aug 8; [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 17707767 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher] |
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Zhao
W, Diz DI, Robbins ME.
Oxidative damage pathways in relation to normal tissue injury. Br J Radiol. 2007 Sep;80 Spec No 1:S23-31. PMID: 17704323 [PubMed - in process]: |
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