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Volume 21 Number 5
31 May 2019


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Gorsi HS, Malicki DM, Barsan V, Tumblin M, Yeh-Nayre L, Milburn M, Elster JD, Crawford JR.
Nivolumab in the Treatment of Recurrent or Refractory Pediatric Brain Tumors: A Single Institutional Experience.
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2019 May 1, 2019;41(4):e235-e241. doi: 10.1097/MPH.0000000000001339. PMID: 30681550. Observational study. ˍ




Vladoiu MC, El-Hamamy I, Donovan LK, Farooq H, Holgado BL, Sundaravadanam Y, Ramaswamy V, Hendrikse LD, Kumar S, Mack SC, Lee JJY, Fong V, Juraschka K, Przelicki D, Michealraj A, Skowron P, Luu B, Suzuki H, Morrissy AS, Cavalli FMG, Garzia L, Daniels C, Wu X, Qazi MA, Singh SK, Chan JA, Marra MA, Malkin D, Dirks P, Heisler L, Pugh T, Ng K, Notta F, Thompson EM, Kleinman CL, Joyner AL, Jabado N, Stein L, Taylor MD.
Childhood cerebellar tumours mirror conserved fetal transcriptional programs.
Nature. 2019 May 1, 2019;572(7767):67-73. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1158-7. PMID: 31043743. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Guzauskas GF, Pollom EL, Stieber VW, Wang BCM, Garrison LP Jr.
Tumor treating fields and maintenance temozolomide for newly-diagnosed glioblastoma: a cost-effectiveness study.
J Med Econ. 2019 May 3, 2019;22(10):1006-1013. doi: 10.1080/13696998.2019.1614933. PMID: 31050315. Observational study. ˍ




Sun Y, Sun Y, Yan K, Li Z, Xu C, Geng Y, Pan C, Chen X, Zhang L, Xi Q.
Potent anti-tumor efficacy of palbociclib in treatment-naïve H3.3K27M-mutant diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
EBioMedicine. 2019 May 3, 2019;43:171-179. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2019.04.043. PMID: 31060906. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Sweeney KJ, Mottolese C, Belot A, Szathmari A, Frappaz D, Lesca G, Putoux A, Di Rocco F.
The first case report of medulloblastoma associated with Tatton-Brown-Rahman syndrome.
Am J Med Genet A. 2019 May 7, 2019;179(7):1357-1361. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61180. PMID: 31066180. Case report. ˍ




Jethanandani A, Gule-Monroe MK, Chen M, Johnson JM.
Extraneural Metastases From a High-Grade Glioma (HGG) With an H3F3A G34R Mutation.
Front Oncol. 2019 May 8, 2019;9:373. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00373. PMID: 31139567. Case report. ˍ




Jo Y, Sung J, Jeong H, Hong S, Jeong YK, Kim EH, Yoon M.
Effectiveness of a Fractionated Therapy Scheme in Tumor Treating Fields Therapy.
Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2019 May 9, 2019;18:1533033819845008. doi: 10.1177/1533033819845008. PMID: 31072204. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Tabrizi S, Yeap BY, Sherman JC, Nachtigall LB, Colvin MK, Dworkin M, Fullerton BC, Daartz J, Royce TJ, Oh KS, Batchelor TT, Curry WT, Loeffler JS, Shih HA.
Long-term outcomes and late adverse effects of a prospective study on proton radiotherapy for patients with low-grade glioma.
Radiother Oncol. 2019 May 10, 2019;137:95-101. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2019.04.027. PMID: 31082632. Interventional study. ˍ




Deopujari CE, Shah NJ, Shaikh ST, Karmarkar VS, Mohanty CB.
Endonasal endoscopic skullbase surgery in children.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2019 May 12, 2019;35(11):2091-2098. doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04167-3. PMID: 31079184. Observational study. ˍ




Cuncannon M, Wong M, Jayamanne D, Guo L, Cove N, Wheeler H, Back M.
Role of delayed salvage bevacizumab at symptomatic progression of chemorefractory glioblastoma.
BMC Cancer. 2019 May 14, 2019;19(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s12885-019-5678-1. PMID: 31088401. Observational study. ˍ




Munoz-Bendix C, Rapp M, Mijderwijk HJ, von Sass C, Dibué-Adjei M, Cornelius JF, Steiger HJ, Turowski B, Sabel M, Kamp MA.
Risk factors for in-brain local progression in elderly patients after resection of cerebral metastases.
Sci Rep. 2019 May 15, 2019;9(1):7431. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-43942-9. PMID: 31092876. Observational study. ˍ



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Amsbaugh MJ, Yusuf M, Gaskins J, Burton E, Woo S.
The impact of timing of adjuvant therapy on survival for patients with glioblastoma: An analysis of the National Cancer Database.
J Clin Neurosci. 2019 May 16, 2019;66:92-99. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.05.013. PMID: 31104962. Observational study. ˍ




Rossi M, Ambrogi F, Gay L, Gallucci M, Conti Nibali M, Leonetti A, Puglisi G, Sciortino T, Howells H, Riva M, Pessina F, Navarria P, Franzese C, Simonelli M, Rudà R, Bello L.
Is supratotal resection achievable in low-grade gliomas? Feasibility, putative factors, safety, and functional outcome.
J Neurosurg. 2019 May 17, 2019;132(6):1692-1705. doi: 10.3171/2019.2.JNS183408. PMID: 31100730. Observational study. ˍ




Gittleman H, Ostrom QT, Stetson LC, Waite K, Hodges TR, Wright CH, Wright J, Rubin JB, Berens ME, Lathia J, Connor JR, Kruchko C, Sloan AE, Barnholtz-Sloan JS.
Sex is an important prognostic factor for glioblastoma but not for nonglioblastoma.
Neurooncol Pract. 2019 May 18, 2019;6(6):451-462
. doi: 10.1093/nop/npz019. PMID: 31832215. Observational study. .ˍ




Khalil J, Qing Z, Chuanying Z, Belkacémi Y, Benjaafar N, Mawei J.
Twenty years experience in treating childhood medulloblastoma: Between the past and the present.
Cancer Radiother. 2019 May 18, 2019;23(3):179-187. doi: 10.1016/j.canrad.2018.05.008. PMID: 31109839. Observational study. ˍ




Mitchell D, Dey M.
Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 immunotherapy for recurrent glioblastoma.
Transl Cancer Res. 2019 Dec;8(Suppl 6):S577-S579. doi: 10.21037/tcr.2019.05.24. PMID: 32864354. Comment. ˍ
Refers to: Cloughesy TF, et al., Neoadjuvant anti-PD-1 immunotherapy promotes a survival benefit with intratumoral and systemic immune responses in recurrent glioblastoma.
Nat Med. 2019 Feb 11, 2019;25(3):477-486. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0337-7. PMID: 30742122. Interventional study.
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Bouffet E.
Selumetinib in paediatric low-grade glioma: a new era?
Lancet Oncol. 2019 May 28, 2019;20(7):900-901. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30304-3. PMID: 31151905. Comment. ˍ
Refers to: Fangusaro J, et al, Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
Lancet Oncol. 2019 May 28,
2019;20(7):1011-1022. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30277-3. PMID: 31151904. Interventional study. ˍ




Fangusaro J, Onar-Thomas A, Young Poussaint T, Wu S, Ligon AH, Lindeman N, Banerjee A, Packer RJ, Kilburn LB, Goldman S, Pollack IF, Qaddoumi I, Jakacki RI, Fisher PG, Dhall G, Baxter P, Kreissman SG, Stewart CF, Jones DTW, Pfister SM, Vezina G, Stern JS, Panigrahy A, Patay Z, Tamrazi B, Jones JY, Haque SS, Enterline DS, Cha S, Fisher MJ, Doyle LA, Smith M, Dunkel IJ, Fouladi M.
Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
Lancet Oncol. 2019 May 28, 2019;20(7):1011-1022. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30277-3. PMID: 31151904. Interventional study. ˍ




Gittleman H, Cioffi G, Chunduru P, Molinaro AM, Berger MS, Sloan AE, Barnholtz-Sloan JS.
An independently validated nomogram for isocitrate dehydrogenase-wild-type glioblastoma patient survival.
Neurooncol Adv. 2019 May 30, 2019;1(1):vdz007
. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdz007. PMID: 31608326. Observational study. ˍ