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NEWSLETTER
Volume 6, Number 40 - 1 October 2007

Volume 6
Archive


Contents


Diagnosis & Evaluation
Epidemiology & Risk Factors
Etiology & Pathogenesis
Overall Management
Prognosis & Outcome
Psychosocial Aspects
Treatment
Patients & Caregivers

Diagnosis & Evaluation


Agarwal AK, Garg R, Simon M. 
Ring enhancing lesion on CT scan: metastases or a brain abscess?
Emerg Med J. 2007 Oct;24(10):706. No abstract available.
PMID: 17901271 [PubMed - in process]

Archip N, Jolesz FA, Warfield SK.
A Validation Framework for Brain Tumor Segmentation.
Acad Radiol. 2007 Oct;14(10):1242-1251.
PMID: 17889341 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];

Berman JI, Berger MS, Chung SW, Nagarajan SS, Henry RG.
Accuracy of diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging tractography assessed using intraoperative subcortical stimulation mapping and magnetic source imaging.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3):488-94.
PMID: 17886545 [PubMed - in process]

Chawla S, Wang S, Wolf RL, Woo JH, Wang J, O'rourke DM, Judy KD, Grady MS, Melhem ER, Poptani H.
Arterial Spin-Labeling and MR Spectroscopy in the Differentiation of Gliomas.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Sep 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17893221 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Dinca EB, Sarkaria JN, Schroeder MA, Carlson BL, Voicu R, Gupta N, Berger MS, James CD.
Bioluminescence monitoring of intracranial glioblastoma xenograft: response to primary and salvage temozolomide therapy.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3):610-6.
PMID: 17886562 [PubMed - in process];

Ellika SK, Jain R, Patel SC, Scarpace L, Schultz LR, Rock JP, Mikkelsen T.
Role of Perfusion CT in Glioma Grading and Comparison with Conventional MR Imaging Features.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Sep 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17893216 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Gerychova R, Racanska E.
P38.05: Prenatally diagnosed fetal brain tumor.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Sep 21;30(4):594 [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 17887079 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Guggisberg AG, Honma SM, Findlay AM, Dalal SS, Kirsch HE, Berger MS, Nagarajan SS.
Mapping functional connectivity in patients with brain lesions.
Ann Neurol. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17894381 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Karantanis D, O'neill BP, Subramaniam RM, Witte RJ, Mullan BP, Nathan MA, Lowe VJ, Peller PJ, Wiseman GA.
18F-FDG PET/CT in primary central nervous system lymphoma in HIV-negative patients.
Nucl Med Commun. 2007 Nov;28(11):834-841.
PMID: 17901765 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kirsch HE, Zhu Z, Honma S, Findlay A, Berger MS, Nagarajan SS.
Predicting the location of mouth motor cortex in patients with brain tumors by using somatosensory evoked field measurements.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3):481-7.
PMID: 17886544 [PubMed - in process]

Mahasittiwat P, Mizoe JE, Hasegawa A, Ishikawa H, Yoshikawa K, Mizuno H, Yanagi T, Takagi R, Pattaranutaporn P, Tsujii H.
l-[methyl-(11)C] Methionine positron emission tomography for target delineation in malignant gliomas: impact on results of carbon ion radiotherapy.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17900820 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Morales H, Kwock L, Castillo M.
Magnetic resonance imaging and spectroscopy of pilomyxoid astrocytomas: case reports and comparison with pilocytic astrocytomas.
J Comput Assist Tomogr. 2007 Sep-Oct;31(5):682-7.
PMID: 17895777 [PubMed - in process]

Morris JM, Miller GM.
Increased Signal in the Subarachnoid Space on Fluid-Attenuated Inversion Recovery Imaging Associated with the Clearance Dynamics of Gadolinium Chelate: A Potential Diagnostic Pitfall.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2007 Sep 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17893215 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Romano A, Ferrante M, Cipriani V, Fasoli F, Ferrante L, D'Andrea G, Fantozzi LM, Bozzao A.
Role of magnetic resonance tractography in the preoperative planning and intraoperative assessment of patients with intra-axial brain tumours.
Radiol Med (Torino). 2007 Sep 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17891343 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Shinohara M, Kosaka S, Okamura T, Yamamoto T.
Neurological picture. FDG-PET in meningeal lymphomatosis.
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Sep;78(9):974. No abstract available.
PMID: 17702776 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Young R, Babb J, Law M, Pollack E, Johnson G.
Comparison of region-of-interest analysis with three different histogram analysis methods in the determination of perfusion metrics in patients with brain gliomas.
J Magn Reson Imaging. 2007 Sep 25;26(4):1053-1063 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17896374 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Epidemiology & Risk Factors


Bosetti C, McLaughlin JK, Tarone RE, Pira E, La Vecchia C.
Formaldehyde and cancer risk: a quantitative review of cohort studies through 2006.
Ann Oncol. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17897961 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];

Jauniaux E, Burton GJ.
Morphological and biological effects of maternal exposure to tobacco smoke on the feto-placental unit.
Early Hum Dev. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17900829 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:

Youakim S.
Risk of cancer among firefighters: a quantitative review of selected malignancies.
Arch Environ Occup Health. 2006 Sep-Oct;61(5):223-31.
PMID: 17891891 [PubMed - in process]


Etiology & Pathogenesis


Clark AJ, Dos SW, McCready J, Chen MY, Van Meter TE, Ware JL, Wolber SB, Fillmore H, Broaddus WC.
Wilms tumor 1 expression in malignant gliomas and correlation of +KTS isoforms with p53 status.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3):586-92.
PMID: 17886559 [PubMed - in process]

Fukushima Y, Tamura M, Nakagawa H, Itoh K.
Induction of glioma cell migration by vitronectin in human serum and cerebrospinal fluid.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3):578-85.
PMID: 17886558 [PubMed - in process];

Gray DC, Hoeflich KP, Peng L, Gu Z, Gogineni A, Murray LJ, Eby M, Kljavin N, Seshagiri S, Cole MJ, Davis DP.
pHUSH: a single vector system for conditional gene expression.
BMC Biotechnol. 2007 Sep 26;7(1):61 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17897455 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Hayashi Y, Edwards NA, Proescholdt MA, Oldfield EH, Merrill MJ.
Regulation and function of aquaporin-1 in glioma cells.
Neoplasia. 2007 Sep;9(9):777-87.
PMID: 17898873 [PubMed - in process]

Inda MD, Castresana JS.
RASSF1A promoter is highly methylated in primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the central nervous system.
Neuropathology. 2007 Aug;27(4):341-6.
PMID: 17899687 [PubMed - in process]

Kawataki T, Yamane T, Naganuma H, Rousselle P, Anduren I, Tryggvason K, Patarroyo M.
Laminin isoforms and their integrin receptors in glioma cell migration and invasiveness: Evidence for a role of alpha5-laminin(s) and alpha3beta1 integrin.
Exp Cell Res. 2007 Aug 16; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17888902 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Mita R, Coles JE, Glubrecht DD, Sung R, Sun X, Godbout R.
B-FABP-Expressing Radial Glial Cells: The Malignant Glioma Cell of Origin?
Neoplasia. 2007 Sep;9(9):734-44.
PMID: 17898869 [PubMed - in process];

Nakamura JL, Haas-Kogan DA, Pieper RO.
Glioma invasiveness responds variably to irradiation in a co-culture model.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Nov 1;69(3):880-6.
PMID: 17889268 [PubMed - in process];

Ni MH, Wu CC, Chan WH, Chien KY, Yu JS.
GSK-3 mediates the okadaic acid-induced modification of collapsin response mediator protein-2 in human SK-N-SH neuroblastoma cells.
J Cell Biochem. 2007 Sep 27; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17902168 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Brain Tumor Stem Cells

Bao S, Wu Q, McLendon RE, Hao Y, Shi Q, Hjelmeland AB, Dewhirst MW, Bigner DD, Rich JN.
Glioma stem cells promote radioresistance by preferential activation of the DNA damage response.
Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):756-60. Epub 2006 Oct 18.
PMID: 17051156 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Beier D, Hau P, Proescholdt M, Lohmeier A, Wischhusen J, Oefner PJ, Aigner L, Brawanski A, Bogdahn U, Beier CP.
CD133(+) and CD133(-) glioblastoma-derived cancer stem cells show differential growth characteristics and molecular profiles.
Cancer Res. 2007 May 1;67(9):4010-5.
PMID: 17483311 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Chen D, Zhao M, Mundy GR.
Bone morphogenetic proteins.
Growth Factors. 2004 Dec;22(4):233-41. Review.
PMID: 15621726 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Dirks PB.
Cancer: stem cells and brain tumours.
Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):687-8. No abstract available.
PMID: 17151644 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Galli R, Binda E, Orfanelli U, Cipelletti B, Gritti A, De Vitis S, Fiocco R, Foroni C, Dimeco F, Vescovi A.
Isolation and characterization of tumorigenic, stem-like neural precursors from human glioblastoma.
Cancer Res. 2004 Oct 1;64(19):7011-21.
PMID: 15466194 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Gilbertson RJ, Gutmann DH.
Tumorigenesis in the brain: location, location, location.
Cancer Res. 2007 Jun 15;67(12):5579-82. Review.
PMID: 17575119 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Korkaya H, Wicha MS.
Selective targeting of cancer stem cells: a new concept in cancer therapeutics.
BioDrugs. 2007;21(5):299-310.
PMID: 17896836 [PubMed - in process]:

Liu G, Yuan X, Zeng Z, Tunici P, Ng H, Abdulkadir IR, Lu L, Irvin D, Black KL, Yu JS.
Analysis of gene expression and chemoresistance of CD133+ cancer stem cells in glioblastoma.
Mol Cancer. 2006 Dec 2;5:67.
PMID: 17140455 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:


Lobo NA, Shimono Y, Qian D, Clarke MF.
The Biology of Cancer Stem Cells.
Annu Rev Cell Dev Biol. 2007 Jul 23; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17645413 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:

Malaterre J, Mantamadiotis T, Dworkin S, Lightowler S, Yang Q, Ransome MI, Turnley AM, Nichols NR, Emambokus NR, Frampton J, Ramsay RG.
c-Myb is Required for Neural Progenitor Cell Proliferation and Maintenance of the Neural Stem Cell Niche in Adult Brain.
Stem Cells. 2007 Sep 27; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17901403 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];

Pellegatta S, Poliani PL, Corno D, Menghi F, Ghielmetti F, Suarez-Merino B, Caldera V, Nava S, Ravanini M, Facchetti F, Bruzzone MG, Finocchiaro G.
Neurospheres enriched in cancer stem-like cells are highly effective in eliciting a dendritic cell-mediated immune response against malignant gliomas.
Cancer Res. 2006 Nov 1;66(21):10247-52.
PMID: 17079441 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Pfenninger CV, Roschupkina T, Hertwig F, Kottwitz D, Englund E, Bengzon J, Jacobsen SE, Nuber UA.
CD133 is not present on neurogenic astrocytes in the adult subventricular zone, but on embryonic neural stem cells, ependymal cells, and glioblastoma cells.
Cancer Res. 2007 Jun 15;67(12):5727-36.
PMID: 17575139 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Piccirillo SG, Vescovi AL.
Brain tumour stem cells: possibilities of new therapeutic strategies.
Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2007 Aug;7(8):1129-35. Review.
PMID: 17696813 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Piccirillo SG, Reynolds BA, Zanetti N, Lamorte G, Binda E, Broggi G, Brem H, Olivi A, Dimeco F, Vescovi AL.
Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells.
Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):761-5.
PMID: 17151667 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Salmaggi A, Boiardi A, Gelati M, Russo A, Calatozzolo C, Ciusani E, Sciacca FL, Ottolina A, Parati EA, La Porta C, Alessandri G, Marras C, Croci D, De Rossi M.
Glioblastoma-derived tumorospheres identify a population of tumor stem-like cells with angiogenic potential and enhanced multidrug resistance phenotype.
Glia. 2006 Dec;54(8):850-60.
PMID: 16981197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Shiras A, Chettiar ST, Shepal V, Rajendran G, Prasad GR, Shastry P.
Spontaneous transformation of human adult nontumorigenic stem cells to cancer stem cells is driven by genomic instability in a human model of glioblastoma.
Stem Cells. 2007 Jun;25(6):1478-89. Epub 2007 Mar 1.
PMID: 17332509 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Shiras A, Bhosale A, Shepal V, Shukla R, Baburao VS, Prabhakara K, Shastry P.
A unique model system for tumor progression in GBM comprising two developed human neuro-epithelial cell lines with differential transforming potential and coexpressing neuronal and glial markers.
Neoplasia. 2003 Nov-Dec;5(6):520-32.
PMID: 14965445 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Singh S, Dirks PB.
Brain tumor stem cells: identification and concepts.
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2007 Jan;18(1):31-8, viii. Review.
PMID: 17244552 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Singh SK, Hawkins C, Clarke ID, Squire JA, Bayani J, Hide T, Henkelman RM, Cusimano MD, Dirks PB.
Identification of human brain tumour initiating cells.
Nature. 2004 Nov 18;432(7015):396-401.
PMID: 15549107 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Singh SK, Clarke ID, Hide T, Dirks PB.
Cancer stem cells in nervous system tumors.
Oncogene. 2004 Sep 20;23(43):7267-73. Review.
PMID: 15378086 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Singh SK, Clarke ID, Terasaki M, Bonn VE, Hawkins C, Squire J, Dirks PB.
Identification of a cancer stem cell in human brain tumors.
Cancer Res. 2003 Sep 15;63(18):5821-8.
PMID: 14522905 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Stupp R, Hegi ME.
Targeting brain-tumor stem cells.
Nat Biotechnol. 2007 Feb;25(2):193-4. No abstract available.
PMID: 17287755 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Tang C, Chua CL, Ang BT.
Insights into the cancer stem cell model of glioma tumorigenesis.
Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2007 May;36(5):352-7. Review.
PMID: 17549283 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:

Tang C, Ang BT, Pervaiz S.
Cancer stem cell: target for anti-cancer therapy.
FASEB J. 2007 Jul 11; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17625071 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:

Tunici P, Bissola L, Lualdi E, Pollo B, Cajola L, Broggi G, Sozzi G, Finocchiaro G.
Genetic alterations and in vivo tumorigenicity of neurospheres derived from an adult glioblastoma.
Mol Cancer. 2004 Oct 6;3:25.
PMID: 15469606 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Wicha MS, Liu S, Dontu G.
Cancer stem cells: an old idea--a paradigm shift.
Cancer Res. 2006 Feb 15;66(4):1883-90; discussion 1895-6.
PMID: 16488983 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]:


Overall Management


Arsene D, Gherghiceanu M, Ardeleanu C, Danaila L.
Highly cystic brain tumor: rare histological features in an ependymoma.
Neuropathology. 2007 Aug;27(4):378-82.
PMID: 17899693 [PubMed - in process]

Cobo F, Talavera P, Busquier H, Concha A.
CNK/T-cell brain lymphoma associated with Epstein-Barr virus in a patient with AIDS.
Neuropathology. 2007 Aug;27(4):396-402.
PMID: 17899696 [PubMed - in process]

Dunham C, Sugo E, Tobias V, Wills E, Perry A.
Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes (ETANTR): report of a case with prominent neurocytic differentiation.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):91-8. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
PMID: 17332950 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gonzalez LF, Lekovic GP, Eschbacher J, Coons S, Spetzler RF.
A true malignant schwannoma of the eighth cranial nerve: case report.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Aug;61(2):E421-2; discussion E422.
PMID: 17762727 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Inglese M.
Von Hippel-Lindau disease: an overview.
Nephrol Nurs J. 2007 Jul-Aug;34(4):390-3; quiz 394.
PMID: 17891907 [PubMed - in process];

Isolan GR, Krayenbuhl N, Mahmoud M, Al-Mefty O.
A hemangioblastoma in the pineal region: case report.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Aug;61(2):E423; discussion E423.
PMID: 17762728 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Kasliwal MK, Sinha S, Sharma BS, Garg A.
Symptomatic central canal rupture heralding the presence of an asymptomatic conus dermoid.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):39-40. Epub 2007 May 15.
PMID: 17502997 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Lee SS, Kim MK, Sym SJ, Kim SW, Kim WK, Kim SB, Ahn JH.
Intramedullary spinal cord metastases: a single-institution experience.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):85-9. Epub 2007 Feb 20.
PMID: 17310265 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Matsumoto M, Horiuchi K, Sato T, Oinuma M, Sakuma J, Suzuki K, Sasaki T, Kodama N, Watanabe K, Suzuki T.
Cerebral medulloepithelioma with long survival.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2007 Sep;47(9):428-33.
PMID: 17895618 [PubMed - in process]

Ng S, Butzkueven H, Kalnins R, Rowe C.
Prolonged interval between sentinel pseudotumoral demyelination and development of primary CNS lymphoma.
J Clin Neurosci. 2007 Sep 21; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17890092 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ogawa M, Kurahashi K, Ebina A, Kaimori M, Wakabayashi K.
Miliary brain metastasis presenting with dementia: progression pattern of cancer metastases in the cerebral cortex.
Neuropathology. 2007 Aug;27(4):390-5.
PMID: 17899695 [PubMed - in process]

Prakash PS, Prabhakar H.
Transient Hiccups and Stridor After Surgery for Brain-stem Tumor.
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol. 2007 Oct;19(4):288-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 17893584 [PubMed - in process]

Wang F, Qiao G, Li X, Gui Q.
A dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor in the area of the caudate nucleus in a 57-year-old woman: case report.
Neurosurgery. 2007 Aug;61(2):E420; discussion E420.
PMID: 17762726 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Zarovnaya EL, Pallatroni HF, Hug EB, Ball PA, Cromwell LD, Pipas JM, Fadul CE, Meyer LP, Park JP, Biegel JA, Perry A, Rhodes CH.
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the spine in an adult: case report and review of the literature.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):49-55. Epub 2007 Mar 22. Review.
PMID: 17377740 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]


Prognosis & Outcome


Ozdemir H, Tacyildiz N, Unal E, Yavuz G, Ugur H, Gunduz K.
Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of retinoblastoma: correlation with prognosis in a Turkish pediatric oncology center.
Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Apr-May;24(3):221-31.
PMID: 17454793 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Rades D, Lohynska R, Veninga T, Stalpers LJ, Schild SE.
Evaluation of 2 whole-brain radiotherapy schedules and prognostic factors for brain metastases in breast cancer patients.
Cancer. 2007 Sep 24; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17893909 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Schiff D, Brown PD, Giannini C.
Outcome in adult low-grade glioma: the impact of prognostic factors and treatment.
Neurology. 2007 Sep 25;69(13):1366-73.
PMID: 17893297 [PubMed - in process]:


Psychosocial Aspects


Chen CM, Chen YC, Haase JE.
Games of Lives in Surviving Childhood Brain Tumors.
West J Nurs Res. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17895428 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kemeny ME, Schedlowski M.
Understanding the interaction between psychosocial stress and immune-related diseases: A stepwise progression.
Brain Behav Immun. 2007 Sep 20; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17889502 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:

[No authors listed]
Stat Bite: School Performance in Brain Cancer Patients.
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 17895476 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


Treatment


Altintas A, Cil T, Kilinc I, Kaplan MA, Ayyildiz O.
Central nervous system blastic crisis in chronic myeloid leukemia on imatinib mesylate therapy: a case report.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):103-5. Epub 2007 Feb 23.
PMID: 17318411 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Bilancia D, Rosati G, Dinota A, Germano D, Romano R, Manzione L.
Lapatinib in breast cancer.
Ann Oncol. 2007 Jun;18 Suppl 6:vi26-30.
PMID: 17591827 [PubMed - in process]

Buti S, Brighenti M, Bongiovanni C, Buzio C, Chiesa MD, Alberici F, Passalacqua R.
Role of Chemotherapy With Gemcitabine Plus 5-fluorouracil and Chemoimmunotherapy in Metastatic Renal Cell Cancer (mRCC).
J Immunother (1997). 2007 Oct;30(7):780-786.
PMID: 17893570 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Choi KD, Kim JS, Kim HJ, Koo JW, Kim JH, Kim CY, Oh CW, Kee HJ.
Hyperventilation-induced nystagmus in peripheral vestibulopathy and cerebellopontine angle tumor.
Neurology. 2007 Sep 4;69(10):1050-9.
PMID: 17785675 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

Gleissner B, Chamberlain M.
Treatment of CNS dissemination in systemic lymphoma.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):107-17. Epub 2007 Feb 28. Review.
PMID: 17332946 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Gounaris I, Rahamim J, Shivasankar S, Earl S, Lyons B, Yiannakis D.
Marked response to a cisplatin/docetaxel/temozolomide combination in a heavily pretreated patient with metastatic large cell neuroendocrine lung carcinoma.
Anticancer Drugs. 2007 Nov;18(10):1227-30.
PMID: 17893525 [PubMed - in process]

Jane EP, Premkumar DR, Pollack IF.
AG490 influences UCN-01-induced cytotoxicity in Glioma cells in a p53-dependent fashion, correlating with effects on BAX cleavage and BAD phosphorylation.
Cancer Lett. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17900801 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Kanat A.
Brainstem gliomas and Gamma Knife.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3):708; author reply 708-9. No abstract available.
PMID: 17886574 [PubMed - in process]

Kasamatsu T, Sasajima Y, Onda T, Sawada M, Kato T, Tanikawa M.
Surgical treatment for neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17897648 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]:

Lutz S.
Palliative whole-brain radiotherapy fractionation: Convenience versus cognition?
Cancer. 2007 Sep 24; [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available.
PMID: 17893908 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Mangel L, Sipos L, Fedorcsak I, Viola A, Julow J, Bajcsay A, Nemeth G, Fodor J.
[The possibilities of fractionated external beam reirradiation of relapsed primary brain tumours. The first Hungarian experience.]
Orv Hetil. 2007 Sep 30;148(39):1843-9. Hungarian.
PMID: 17890172 [PubMed - in process]

Merchant TE, Kun LE, Krasin MJ, Wallace D, Chintagumpala MM, Woo SY, Ashley DM, Sexton M, Kellie SJ, Ahern V, Gajjar A.
Multi-Institution Prospective Trial of Reduced-Dose Craniospinal Irradiation (23.4 Gy) Followed by Conformal Posterior Fossa (36 Gy) and Primary Site Irradiation (55.8 Gy) and Dose-Intensive Chemotherapy for Average-Risk Medulloblastoma.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Sep 22; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17892918 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Nieder C, Astner ST, Grosu AL, Andratschke NH, Molls M.
The Role of Postoperative Radiotherapy after Resection of a Single Brain Metastasis : Combined Analysis of 643 Patients.
Strahlenther Onkol. 2007 Oct;183(10):576-580.
PMID: 17896090 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Pan M, Santamaria M, Wollman DB.
CNS response after erlotinib therapy in a patient with metastatic NSCLC with an EGFR mutation.
Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2007 Oct;4(10):603-607.
PMID: 17898810 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Rudnicka H, Niwinska A, Murawska M.
Breast cancer leptomeningeal metastasis--the role of multimodality treatment.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Aug;84(1):57-62. Epub 2007 Feb 20.
PMID: 17310266 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE];

Salhia B, Hwang JH, Smith CA, Nakada M, Rutka F, Symons M, Rutka JT.
Role of myosin II activity and the regulation of myosin light chain phosphorylation in astrocytomas.
Cell Motil Cytoskeleton. 2007 Sep 25; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17896341 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Ulasov IV, Rivera AA, Han Y, Curiel DT, Zhu ZB, Lesniak MS.
Targeting adenovirus to CD80 and CD86 receptors increases gene transfer efficiency to malignant glioma cells.
J Neurosurg. 2007 Sep;107(3):617-27.
PMID: 17886563 [PubMed - in process]

Vaishampayan UN, Heilbrun LK, Marsack C, Smith DW, Flaherty LE.
Phase II trial of pegylated interferon and thalidomide in malignant metastatic melanoma.
Anticancer Drugs. 2007 Nov;18(10):1221-6.
PMID: 17893524 [PubMed - in process]

Verhoeff JJ, Stalpers LJ, Coumou AW, Koedooder K, Lavini C, Van Noorden CJ, Haveman J, Vandertop WP, van Furth WR.
Experimental iodine-125 seed irradiation of intracerebral brain tumors in nude mice.
Radiat Oncol. 2007 Sep 26;2(1):38 [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17897452 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher];


Voloschin AD, Betensky R, Wen PY, Hochberg F, Batchelor T.
Topotecan as salvage therapy for relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma.
J Neurooncol. 2007 Sep 21; [Epub ahead of print]
PMID: 17896078 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Yamada Y, Lovelock DM, Bilsky MH.
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