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Volume 7, Number 8 - 15 April 2008


Contents



Detection


Bettina C. Reulecke, Christian G. Erker, Barbara J. Fiedler, Thomas-Ulrich Niederstadt, and Gerhard Kurlemann
Brain Tumors in Children: Initial Symptoms and Their Influence on the Time Span Between Symptom Onset and Diagnosis
Journal of Child Neurology, Feb 2008; vol. 23: pp. 178 - 183
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Diagnosis & Evaluation


Danchaivijitr N, Waldman AD, Tozer DJ, Benton CE, Brasil Caseiras G, Tofts PS, Rees JH, Jäger HR
Low-grade gliomas: do changes in rCBV measurements at longitudinal perfusion-weighted MR imaging predict malignant transformation?
Radiology. 2008 Apr;247(1):170-8.
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Kato T, Shinoda J, Nakayama N, Miwa K, Okumura A, Yano H, Yoshimura S, Maruyama T, Muragaki Y, Iwama T
Metabolic Assessment of Gliomas Using 11C-Methionine, [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose, and 11C-Choline Positron-Emission Tomography
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print]
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Sanal HT, Bulakbasi N, Kocaoglu M, Onguru O, Chen L
Giant Infantile Gliosarcoma: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Findings
J Child Neurol. 2008 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]
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Zhang H, Rödiger LA, Shen T, Miao J, Oudkerk M
Perfusion MR imaging for differentiation of benign and malignant meningiomas
Neuroradiology. 2008 Apr 1; [Epub ahead of print]
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Epidemiology & Risk Factors


Bethke L, Sullivan K, Webb E, Murray A, Schoemaker M, Auvinen A, Kiuru A, Salminen T, Johansen C, Christensen HC, Muir K, McKinney P, Hepworth S, Dimitropoulou P, Lophatananon A, Feychting M, Lönn S, Ahlbom A, Malmer B, Henriksson R, Swerdlow A, Houlston R.
The Common D302H Variant of CASP8 Is Associated with Risk of Glioma
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Apr 1;17(4):987-9
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Etiology & Pathogenesis


Facoetti A, Ranza E, Nano R
Proliferation and programmed cell death: role of p53 protein in high and low grade astrocytoma
Anticancer Res. 2008 Jan-Feb;28(1A):15-9
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Jacobs JF, Grauer OM, Brasseur F, Hoogerbrugge PM, Wesseling P, Gidding CE, van de Rakt MW, Figdor CG, Coulie PG, de Vries IJ, Adema GJ
Selective cancer-germline gene expression in pediatric brain tumors
J Neurooncol. 2008 Apr 9; [Epub ahead of print]
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Mellai M, Caldera V, Patrucco A, Annovazzi L, Schiffer D
Survivin expression in glioblastomas correlates with proliferation, but not with apoptosis
Anticancer Res. 2008 Jan-Feb;28(1A):109-18
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Integrative Medicine


Eom KS, Hong JM, Youn MJ, So HS, Park R, Kim JM, Kim TY
Berberine Induces G1 Arrest and Apoptosis in Human Glioblastoma T98G Cells through Mitochondrial/Caspases Pathway
Biol Pharm Bull. 2008 Apr;31(4):558-62. Epub 2008 Jan 10
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Tseng-Hsi Lin, Hsing-Chun Kuo, Fen-Pi Chou and Fung-Jou Lu
Berberine enhances inhibition of glioma tumor cell migration and invasiveness mediated by arsenic trioxide
BMC Cancer 2008 Feb 25, 8:58; doi:10.1186/1471-2407-8-58
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Overall Mngt & Case Reports


Brandes AA, Tosoni A, Franceschi E, Reni M, Gatta G, Vecht C
Glioblastoma in adults
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2008 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print]
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Schittenhelm J, Reifenberger G, Ritz R, Nägele T, Weller M, Pantazis G, Capper D, Beschorner R, Meyermann R, Mittelbronn M
Primary anaplastic ganglioglioma with a small-cell glioblastoma component
Clin Neuropathol. 2008 Mar-Apr;27(2):91-5
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Prognosis & Outcome


Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Williams VL, Maldonado JL, Shahani D, Stockwell HG, Chamberlain M, Sloan AE
Patterns of care and outcomes among elderly individuals with primary malignant astrocytoma
J Neurosurg. 2008 Apr;108(4):642-648
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Eichler AF, Kuter I, Ryan P, Schapira L, Younger J, Henson JW
Survival in patients with brain metastases from breast cancer: the importance of HER-2 status
Cancer. 2008 Mar 24; [Epub ahead of print]
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Kesari S, Kim RS, Markos V, Drappatz J, Wen PY, Pruitt AA
Prognostic factors in adult brainstem gliomas: a multicenter, retrospective analysis of 101 cases
J Neurooncol. 2008 Mar 26; [Epub ahead of print]
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Ritz R, Müller M, Dietz K, Duffner F, Bornemann A, Roser F, Tatagiba M
Hypericin uptake: A prognostic marker for survival in high-grade glioma
J Clin Neurosci. 2008 Apr 3;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Treatment


E. Antonio Chiocca
Being old is no fun: treatment of glioblastoma multiforme in the elderly
Journal of Neurosurgery, April 2008 Volume 108, Number 4, Page 639
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Choi JD, Powers CJ, Vredenburgh JJ, Friedman AH, Sampson JH.
Cryptococcal meningitis in patients with glioma: a report of two cases
J Neurooncol. 2008 Apr 9;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Deisboeck TS, Guiot C
Surgical impact on brain tumor invasion: A physical perspective
Ann Surg Innov Res. 2008 Apr 2;2(1):1
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El-Awady RA, Ali MM, Saleh EM, Ghaleb FM
Apoptosis is the most efficient death-pathway in tumor cells after topoisomerase II inhibition
Saudi Med J. 2008 Apr;29(4):558-64
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Geoerger B, Gaspar N, Opolon P, Morizet J, Devanz P, Lecluse Y, Valent A, Lacroix L, Grill J, Vassal G
EGFR tyrosine kinase inhibition radiosensitizes and induces apoptosis in malignant glioma and childhood ependymoma xenografts
Int J Cancer. 2008 Apr 3; [Epub ahead of print]
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Gessi M, Maderna E, Guzzetti S, Cefalo G, Massimino M, Solero CL, Finocchiaro G, Pollo B
Radiation-induced glioblastoma in a medulloblastoma patient: A case report with molecular features
Neuropathology. 2008 Apr 1;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Kesari S, Schiff D, Henson JW, Muzikansky A, Gigas DC, Doherty L, Batchelor TT, Longtine JA, Ligon KL, Weaver S, Laforme A, Ramakrishna N, Black PM, Drappatz J, Ciampa A, Folkman J, Kieran M, Wen PY.
Phase II study of temozolomide, thalidomide, and celecoxib for newly diagnosed glioblastoma in adults
Neuro Oncol. 2008 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]
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Ma YH, Yu JB, Yao HP, Zhan RY, Zheng JS
Treatment of intracerebral glioblastomas with g422 tumour cell vaccine in a mouse model
J Int Med Res. 2008 Mar-Apr;36(2):308-13
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Mong S, Pomeroy SL, Cecchin F, Juraszek A, Alexander ME
Cardiac risk after craniopharyngioma therapy
Pediatr Neurol. 2008 Apr;38(4):256-60; Epub 2008 Mar 19
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Pan E, Mitchell SB, Tsai JS
A retrospective study of the safety of BCNU wafers with concurrent temozolomide and radiotherapy and adjuvant temozolomide for newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients
J Neurooncol. 2008 Apr 4; [Epub ahead of print]
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Preusser M, Janzer RC, Felsberg J, Reifenberger G, Hamou MF, Diserens AC, Stupp R, Gorlia T, Marosi C, Heinzl H, Hainfellner JA, Hegi M
Anti-O6-Methylguanine-Methyltransferase (MGMT) Immunohistochemistry in Glioblastoma Multiforme: Observer Variability and Lack of Association with Patient Survival Impede Its Use as Clinical Biomarker
Brain Pathol. 2008 Apr 8;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Rades D, Kieckebusch S, Haatanen T, Lohynska R, Dunst J, Schild SE
Surgical resection followed by whole brain radiotherapy versus whole brain radiotherapy alone for single brain metastasis
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Apr 1;70(5):1319-24; Epub 2008 Mar 25
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Sijben AE, McIntyre JB, Roldán GB, Easaw JC, Yan E, Forsyth PA, Parney IF, Magliocco AM, Bernsen H, Cairncross JG
Toxicity from chemoradiotherapy in older patients with glioblastoma multiforme
J Neurooncol. 2008 Apr 9;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Suki D, Abouassi H, Patel AJ, Sawaya R, Weinberg JS, Groves MD
Comparative risk of leptomeningeal disease after resection or stereotactic radiosurgery for solid tumor metastasis to the posterior fossa
J Neurosurg. 2008 Feb;108(2):248-57
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Yuan J, Wang JZ, Lo S, Grecula JC, Ammirati M, Montebello JF, Zhang H, Gupta N, Yuh WT, Mayr NA
Hypofractionation Regimens for Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Large Brain Tumors
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Mar 27; [Epub ahead of print]
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Children's Corner


Elisabetta Mancini Camporeale
Linda e la bambola Rattoppina
(Linda and the Patchie doll) 
English translation by Silvia Mancini
BrainLife, 17 April 2008
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Library


Boyle M, Wong C, Rocha M, Jones DL.
Decline in self-renewal factors contributes to aging of the stem cell niche in the Drosophila testis
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Oct 10;1(4):470-8
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Pierre Chaurand, Sarah A. Schwartz, Michelle L. Reyzer, and Richard M. Caprioli
Imaging Mass Spectrometry: Principles and Potentials
Toxicologic Pathology, Jan 2005; vol. 33: pp. 92 - 101
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Eric C. Holland
A Mouse Model for Glioma: Biology, Pathology, and Therapeutic Opportunities
Toxicologic Pathology, Jan 2000; vol. 28: pp. 171 - 177
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Steven J. Jubelirer
Venous Thromboembolism and Malignant Brain Tumors: A Review
Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, Apr 1996; vol. 2: pp. 130 - 136
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Paul Kleihues and Hiroko Ohgaki
Phenotype vs Genotype in the Evolution of Astrocytic Brain Tumors
Toxicologic Pathology, Jan 2000; vol. 28: pp. 164 - 170
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Laningham FH, Kun LE, Reddick WE, Ogg RJ, Morris EB, Pui CH.
Childhood central nervous system leukemia: historical perspectives, current therapy, and acute neurological sequelae
Neuroradiology. 2007 Nov;49(11):873-88. Epub 2007 Oct 9
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The Neuroscientist, Feb 2002; vol. 8: pp. 5
Disease Mechanisms in Neuroscience: Glutamate
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Nieder C, Adam M, Grosu AL
Combined modality treatment of glioblastoma multiforme: the role of temozolomide
Rev Recent Clin Trials. 2006 Jan;1(1):43-51
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Nystul T, Spradling A
An epithelial niche in the Drosophila ovary undergoes long-range stem cell replacement
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Sep 12;1(3):277-85
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Pan L, Chen S, Weng C, Call G, Zhu D, Tang H, Zhang N, Xie T.
Stem cell aging is controlled both intrinsically and extrinsically in the Drosophila ovary
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Oct 10;1(4):458-69
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Ramalho-Santos M, Willenbring H
On the origin of the term "stem cell"
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Jun 1;1(1):35-8
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Sneddon JB, Werb Z
Location, location, location: the cancer stem cell niche
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Dec 12;1(6):607-11
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Beth Stevens and R. Douglas Fields
Regulation of the Cell Cycle in Normal and Pathological Glia
The Neuroscientist, Apr 2002; vol. 8: pp. 93 - 97
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Franck Tirode, Karine Laud-Duval, Alexandre Prieur, Bruno Delorme, Pierre Charbord and Olivier Delattre
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Features of Ewing Tumors
Cancer Cell Volume 11, Issue 5, 8 May 2007, Pages 421-429. Available online 7 May 2007
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Matilde Todaro, Mileidys Perez Alea, Anna B. Di Stefano, Patrizia Cammareri, Louis Vermeulen, Flora Iovino, Claudio Tripodo, Antonio Russo, Gaspare Gulotta, Jan Paul Medema and Giorgio Stassi
Colon Cancer Stem Cells Dictate Tumor Growth and Resist Cell Death by Production of Interleukin-4
Cell Stem Cell. 2007 Oct 10;1(4):389-402
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Jo M. Wilmshurst, Sally F. Barrington, Dylan Pritchard, Tim Cox, Peter Bullock, Michael Maisey, and Richard O. Robinson
Positron Emission Tomography in Imaging Spinal Cord Tumors
Journal of Child Neurology, Jul 2000; vol. 15: pp. 465 - 472
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Zhang K, Li C, Liu Y, Li L, Ma X, Meng X, Feng D
Evaluation of invasiveness of astrocytoma using 1H-magnetic resonance spectroscopy: correlation with expression of matrix metalloproteinase-2
Neuroradiology. 2007 Nov;49(11):913-9. Epub 2007 Sep 1
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Stem Cells


Aboody KS, Najbauer J, Danks MK
Stem and progenitor cell-mediated tumor selective gene therapy
Gene Ther. 2008 Mar 27; [Epub ahead of print]
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Gutova M, Najbauer J, Frank RT, Kendall SE, Gevorgyan A, Metz MZ, Guevorkian M, Edmiston M, Zhao D, Glackin CA, Kim SU, Aboody KS
uPA and uPAR Mediate Human Stem Cell Tropism to Malignant Solid Tumors
Stem Cells. 2008 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]
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Knoepfler PS
Why Myc? An Unexpected Ingredient in the Stem Cell Cocktail
Cell Stem Cell. 2008 Jan 10;2(1):18-21
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Laurent LC, Chen J, Ulitsky I, Mueller FJ, Lu C, Shamir R, Fan JB, Loring JF
Comprehensive MicroRNA Profiling Reveals a Unique Human Embryonic Stem Cell Signature Dominated by a Single Seed Sequence
Stem Cells. 2008 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]
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Nusse R
Wnt signaling and stem cell control
Cell Res. 2008 Apr 8; [Epub ahead of print]
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Ogden AT, Waziri AE, Lochhead RA, Fusco D, Lopez K, Ellis JA, Kang J, Assanah M, McKhann GM, Sisti MB, McCormick PC, Canoll P, Bruce JN
Identification of A2B5+CD133- tumor-initiating cells in adult human gliomas
Neurosurgery. 2008 Feb;62(2):505-14
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Rao RC, Boyd J, Padmanabhan R, Chenoweth JG, McKay RD
Efficient Serum-Free Derivation of Oligodendrocyte Precursors from Neural Stem Cell-Enriched Cultures
Stem Cells. 2008 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]
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Shipitsin M, Polyak K
The cancer stem cell hypothesis: in search of definitions, markers, and relevance
Lab Invest. 2008 Mar 31;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Shu Q, Wong KK, Su JM, Adesina AM, Yu LT, Tsang YT, Antalffy BC, Baxter P, Perlaky L, Yang JH, Dauser RC, Chintagumpala M, Blaney SM, Lau CC, Li XN.
Direct Orthotopic Transplantation of Fresh Surgical Specimen Preserves CD133+ Tumor Cells in Clinically Relevant Mouse Models of Medulloblastoma and Glioma
Stem Cells. 2008 Apr 10; [Epub ahead of print]
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Tong QS, Zheng LD, Tang ST, Ruan QL, Liu Y, Li SW, Jiang GS, Cai JB
Expression and clinical significance of stem cell marker CD133 in human neuroblastoma
World J Pediatr. 2008 Feb;4(1):58-62
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Wang Y, Armstrong SA
Cancer: inappropriate expression of stem cell programs?
Cell Stem Cell. 2008 Apr 9;2(4):297-9
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Yang Y, Qiu Y, Ren W, Gong J, Chen F
An identification of stem cell-resembling gene expression profiles in high-grade astrocytomas
Mol Carcinog. 2008 Apr 7; [Epub ahead of print]
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