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NEWSLETTER
Volume 6, Number 36 - 3 September 2007

Volume 6
Archive


Contents


Diagnosis & Evaluation
Etiology & Pathogenesis
Integrative Medicine
Overall Management
Prognosis & Outcome
Psychosocial Aspects
Treatment
Patients & Caregivers

Diagnosis & Evaluation


Amharref N, Beljebbar A, Dukic S, Venteo L, Schneider L, Pluot M, Manfait M.
Discriminating healthy from tumor and necrosis tissue in rat brain tissue samples by Raman spectral imaging.
Biochim Biophys Acta. 2007 Jul 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17761139 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Aqueveque A C, Gonzalez E P, Gutierrez B D, Jaimovich F R, Diaz P JC, Csendes G P, Orellana P P, Lavados M H, Alliende G I, Araya L S.
[Fusion of SPECT with computed tomography or magnetic resonance for the interpretation of abnormal tracer uptake.]
Rev Med Chil. 2007 Jun;135(6):725-34. Epub 2007 Aug 22. Spanish.
PMID: 17728898 [PubMed - in process]

Arbab AS, Rad AM, Iskander AS, Jafari-Khouzani K, Brown SL, Churchman JL, Ding G, Jiang Q, Frank JA, Soltanian-Zadeh H, Peck DJ.
Magnetically-labeled sensitized splenocytes to identify glioma by MRI: A preliminary study.
Magn Reson Med. 2007 Aug 30;58(3):519-526 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17763342 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Laquintana V, Denora N, Lopedota A, Suzuki H, Sawada M, Serra M, Biggio G, Latrofa A, Trapani G, Liso G.
N-Benzyl-2-(6,8-dichloro-2-(4-chlorophenyl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-3-yl)-N-(6- (7-nitrobenzo[c][1,2,5]oxadiazol-4-ylamino)hexyl)acetamide as a New Fluorescent Probe for Peripheral Benzodiazepine Receptor and Microglial Cell Visualization.
Bioconjug Chem. 2007 Aug 28; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17722875 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Larsen S, Kikinis R, Talos IF, Weinstein D, Wells W, Golby A.
Quantitative comparison of functional MRI and direct electrocortical stimulation for functional mapping.
Int J Med Robot. 2007 Aug 31; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17763497 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Saxena V, Gonzalez-Gomez I, Laug WE.
A noninvasive multimodal technique to monitor brain tumor vascularization.
Phys Med Biol. 2007 Sep 7;52(17):5295-308. Epub 2007 Aug 16.
PMID: 17762087 [PubMed - in process]

Schmidt GP, Kramer H, Reiser MF, Glaser C.
Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography-computed tomography in oncology.
Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Jun;18(3):193-202.
PMID: 17762383 [PubMed - in process]

Yamada K, Kizu O, Kubota T, Ito H, Matsushima S, Oouchi H, Nishimura T.
The pyramidal tract has a predictable course through the centrum semiovale: A diffusion-tensor based tractography study.
J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Aug 29;26(3):519-524 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17729353 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Zhang J, van Zijl PC, Laterra J, Salhotra A, Lal B, Mori S, Zhou J.
Unique patterns of diffusion directionality in rat brain tumors revealed by high-resolution diffusion tensor MRI.
Magn Reson Med. 2007 Aug 30;58(3):454-462 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17763344 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Etiology & Pathogenesis


Blouw B, Haase VH, Song H, Bergers G, Johnson RS.
Loss of vascular endothelial growth factor expression reduces vascularization, but not growth, of tumors lacking the Von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor gene.
Oncogene. 2007 Jul 5;26(31):4531-40. Epub 2007 Feb 5.
PMID: 17297464 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Gillies JK, Lorimer IA.
Regulation of p27Kip1 by miRNA 221/222 in glioblastoma.
Cell Cycle. 2007 Jun;6(16):2005-9. Epub 2007 May 31.
PMID: 17721077 [PubMed - in process]

Gomes AL, Reis-Filho JS, Lopes JM, Martinho O, Lambros MB, Martins A, Schmitt F, Pardal F, Reis RM.
Molecular alterations of KIT oncogene in gliomas.
Cell Oncol. 2007;29(5):399-408.
PMID: 17726262 [PubMed - in process]

Houshmandi SS, Gutmann DH.
All in the family: Using inherited cancer syndromes to understand de-regulated cell signaling in brain tumors.
J Cell Biochem. 2007 Aug 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17721931 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kobayashi K, Xin Y, Ymer SI, Werther GA, Russo VC.
Subtractive hybridisation screen identifies genes regulated by glucose deprivation in human neuroblastoma cells.
Brain Res. 2007 Aug 3; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17719568 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Liu T, Papagiannakopoulos T, Puskar K, Qi S, Santiago F, Clay W, Lao K, Lee Y, Nelson SF, Kornblum HI, Doyle F, Petzold L, Shraiman B, Kosik KS.
Detection of a MicroRNA Signal in an In Vivo Expression Set of mRNAs.
PLoS ONE. 2007 Aug 29;2(8):e804.
PMID: 17726534 [PubMed - in process]

Nakano I, Masterman-Smith M, Saigusa K, Paucar AA, Horvath S, Shoemaker L, Watanabe M, Negro A, Bajpai R, Howes A, Lelievre V, Waschek JA, Lazareff JA, Freije WA, Liau LM, Gilbertson RJ, Cloughesy TF, Geschwind DH, Nelson SF, Mischel PS, Tesrskikh AV, Kornblum HI.
Maternal embryonic leucine zipper kinase is a key regulator of the proliferation of malignant brain tumors, including brain tumor stem cells.
J Neurosci Res. 2007 Aug 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17722061 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:


Integrative Medicine


Gagliano N, Moscheni C, Torri C, Donetti E, Magnani I, Costa F, Nowicky W, Gioia M.
Ukrain modulates glial fibrillary acidic protein, but not connexin 43 expression, and induces apoptosis in human cultured glioblastoma cells.
Anticancer Drugs. 2007 Jul;18(6):669-76.
PMID: 17762395 [PubMed - in process]

Moss RW.
Do antioxidants interfere with radiation therapy for cancer?
Integr Cancer Ther. 2007 Sep;6(3):281-92.
PMID: 17761641 [PubMed - in process]:


Overall Management


Aichberger KJ, Herndlhofer S, Agis H, Sperr WR, Esterbauer H, Rabitsch W, Knobl P, Haas OA, Thalhammer R, Schwarzinger I, Sillaber C, Jager U, Valent P. 
Liposomal cytarabine for treatment of myeloid central nervous system relapse in chronic myeloid leukaemia occurring during imatinib therapy.
Eur J Clin Invest. 2007 Aug 28; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17727673 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Auvin S, Cuvellier JC, Vinchon M, Defoort-Dhellemes S, Soto-Ares G, Nelken B, Vallee L.
Subdural effusion in a CNS involvement of systemic juvenile xanthogranuloma: A case report treated with vinblastin.
Brain Dev. 2007 Aug 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17720345 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Fleming JO, Keegan BM, Parisi JE.
A 52-year-old man with progressive left-sided weakness and white matter disease.
Neurology. 2007 Aug 7;69(6):600-6. No abstract available.
PMID: 17679680 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Hamilton W, Kernick D.
Clinical features of primary brain tumours: a case-control study using electronic primary care records.
Br J Gen Pract. 2007 Sep;57(542):695-9.
PMID: 17761056 [PubMed - in process];

Ohashi K, Kiura K, Takigawa N, Umemura S, Kondo N, Takemoto M, Onoda K, Aoe M, Tabata M, Tanimoto M.
Radiation Necrosis Mimicking Progressive Brain Metastasis in a Patient with Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.
J Thorac Oncol. 2007 Aug;2(8):762-763. No abstract available.
PMID: 17762345 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:

Robe P, Martin D.
[Recent advances in the treatment of brain tumours]
Rev Med Liege. 2007 May-Jun;62(5-6):405-9. French.
PMID: 17725214 [PubMed - in process];

Shim KW, Kim DS, Choi JU, Kim SH.
Congenital cavernous sinus cystic teratoma.
Yonsei Med J. 2007 Aug 31;48(4):704-10.
PMID: 17722246 [PubMed - in process]

Zona G, Spena G, Sbaffi PF, Spaziante R.
A meningioma with islets of extramedullary myeloid metaplasia: case report.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Aug;61(2):E418-9.
PMID: 17762725 [PubMed - in process]

[No authors listed]
Poster session 1: Neuro-oncology (P11-P16).
Ann Neurol. 2007 Aug 29;62(S11):S108-S109 [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 17729329 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Prognosis & Outcome


Feigl GC, Samii M, Horstmann GA.
Volumetric follow-up of meningiomas: a quantitative method to evaluate treatment outcome of gamma knife radiosurgery.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Aug;61(2):281-7.
PMID: 17762740 [PubMed - in process];

Vordermark D.
Avoiding bias in the prospective evaluation of patients with brain metastases.
J Clin Oncol. 2007 Sep 1;25(25):4023; author reply 4024-5. No abstract available.
PMID: 17761992 [PubMed - in process];

Yang LS, Wang YQ, Huang FP.
[Correlation between the prognosis of medulloblastoma and relevant clinical factors: analysis of 73 cases]
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi. 2007 May 22;87(19):1322-5. Chinese.
PMID: 17727776 [PubMed - in process]:


Psychosocial Aspects


Harder H, Van Gool AR, Duivenvoorden HJ, Cornelissen JJ, Eijkenboom WM, Barge RM, van den Bent MJ.
Case-referent comparison of cognitive functions in patients receiving haematopoietic stem-cell transplantation for haematological malignancies: Two-year follow-up results.
Eur J Cancer. 2007 Aug 22; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17719220 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];

Sherwood PR, Given BA, Given CW, Schiffman RF, Murman DL, von Eye A, Lovely M, Rogers LR, Remer S.
The influence of caregiver mastery on depressive symptoms.
J Nurs Scholarsh. 2007;39(3):249-55.
PMID: 17760798 [PubMed - in process];


Treatment


Batlle A, Peng Q.
Preface: special issue of photodynamic therapy and photodetection with porphyrin precursors for the journal of environmental pathology, toxicology, and oncology.
J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 2007;26(2):ix-xii.
PMID: 17725532 [PubMed - in process]

Canon RM, Azinovic I, Lobato M, Navarro J, Rebollo J.
Analysis of fiducial markers used for on-line verification in the external-beam radiotherapy of patients with cranial tumours.
Clin Transl Oncol. 2007 Aug;9(8):531-6.
PMID: 17720656 [PubMed - in process]

Combs SE, Debus J, Schulz-Ertner D.
Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas.
BMC Cancer. 2007 Aug 30;7(1):167 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17760992 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];

Dimitrov BD, Atanassova PA, Rachkova MI.
Brain metastases of melanoma-mechanisms of attack on their defence system by engineered stem cells in the microenvironment(#).
J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2007 Sep;8(9):609-11.
PMID: 17726739 [PubMed - in process]:

Eisenson N.
Management of thrombosis in a neuro-oncology patient.
Oncol Nurs Forum. 2007 Jul;34(4):777-82. No abstract available.
PMID: 17723979 [PubMed - in process];

Friedman HS, Maxwell J.
The fallacy of single-agent chemotherapy for cancer.
J Clin Oncol. 2007 Aug 10;25(23):3550; author reply 3550-1. No abstract available.
PMID: 17687162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Grimm SA, DeAngelis LM.
Intratumoral hemorrhage after thrombolysis in a patient with glioblastoma multiforme.
Neurology. 2007 Aug 28;69(9):936. No abstract available.
PMID: 17724301 [PubMed - in process];

Julow J, Backlund EO, Lanyi F, Hajda M, Balint K, Nyary I, Szeifert GT.
Long-Term Results And Late Complications After Intracavitary Yttrium-90 Colloid Irradiation Of Recurrent Cystic Craniopharyngiomas.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Aug;61(2):288-296.
PMID: 17762741 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];

Kaira K, Shinomiya Y, Takahashi Y, Iida T, Yanagitani N, Sunaga N, Hisada T, Ishizuka T, Mori M.
Coinfection of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis and Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia in a Non-HIV Patient.
Acta Med Okayama. 2007 Aug;61(4):235-8.
PMID: 17726513 [PubMed - in process]

Koubeissi M, Alshekhlee A.
In-hospital mortality of generalized convulsive status epilepticus: a large US sample.
Neurology. 2007 Aug 28;69(9):886-93.
PMID: 17724291 [PubMed - in process]

Madsen SJ, Kharkhuu K, Hirschberg H.
Utility of the f98 rat glioma model for photodynamic therapy.
J Environ Pathol Toxicol Oncol. 2007;26(2):149-55.
PMID: 17725541 [PubMed - in process]

Meng W, Kallinteri P, Walker DA, Parker TL, Garnett MC.
Evaluation of poly (glycerol-adipate) nanoparticle uptake in an in vitro 3-d brain tumor co-culture model.
Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2007 Sep;232(8):1100-8.
PMID: 17720956 [PubMed - in process]

Rousseau J, Boudou C, Barth RF, Balosso J, Esteve F, Elleaume H.
Enhanced Survival and Cure of F98 Glioma Bearing Rats following Intracerebral Delivery of Carboplatin in Combination with Photon Irradiation.
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Aug 28; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17726137 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Soffietti R, Ruda R, Trevisan E.
New chemotherapy options for the treatment of malignant gliomas.
Anticancer Drugs. 2007 Jul;18(6):621-32.
PMID: 17762390 [PubMed - in process];

Terasaki M, Ogo E, Fukushima S, Sakata K, Miyagi N, Abe T, Shigemori M.
Impact of combination therapy with repeat surgery and temozolomide for recurrent or progressive glioblastoma multiforme: a prospective trial.
Surg Neurol. 2007 Sep;68(3):250-4.
PMID: 17719957 [PubMed - in process];

Thomas SR, Khuntia D.
Motexafin gadolinium injection for the treatment of brain metastases in patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
Int J Nanomedicine. 2007;2(1):79-87.
PMID: 17722515 [PubMed - in process];

Toshikuni N, Morii K, Yamamoto M.
Radiotherapy for multiple brain metastases from hepatocellular carcinomas.
World J Gastroenterol. 2007 Sep 7;13(33):4520-2.
PMID: 17724813 [PubMed - in process];


Patients & Caregivers


Denis Strangman, Kathy Oliver 
Walk Around the World for Brain Tumo(u)rs and the Inaugural International Brain Tumo(u)r Awareness Week. ─News Update

International Brain Tumour Alliance – IBTA, 31 August 2007

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