Neuro Oncol Rev. 2011 Jan;13(1).

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Volume 13 Number 1 January 2011

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Contents	▼
	Central nervous system tumors
	Gliomas
	○ High-grade gliomas
	○ Low-grade gliomas
	○ Gliomatosis cerebri
	Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors
	○ Diffuse Astrocytoma
	○ Anaplastic Astrocytoma
	○ Glioblastoma
	○○ Giant cell glioblastoma
	○○ Epithelioid glioblastoma
	○○ Gliosarcoma
	○ Diffuse Midline Glioma
	○ Oligodendroglioma
	○ Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma
	○ Oligoastrocytoma
	○ Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
	Other astrocytic tumors
	○ Pilocytic astrocytoma
	○○ Pilomyxoid astrocytoma
	○ Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
	○ Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
	Ependymal tumors
	○ Subependymoma
	○ Myxopapillary ependymoma
	○ Ependymoma
	○ Anaplastic Ependymoma
	Other gliomas
	○ Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle
	○ Angiocentric glioma
	○ Astroblastoma
	Choroid Plexus Tumors
	○ Choroid Plexus Papilloma
	Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors
	○ Ganglioglioma
	○ Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma
	○ Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor
	○ Central neurocytoma
	○ Cerebellar liponeurocytoma
	Tumors of the pineal region
	○ Pineocytoma
	○ Pineoblastoma
	○ Papillary tumor of the pineal region
	Embryonal tumors
	○ Medulloblastoma
	○ Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes, c19mc-altered
	○ CNS embryonal tumor
	○○ High-grade neuroepithelial tumor with bcor alteration
	○ Atypical theratoid/rhabdoid tumor
	Tumors of the cranial and paraspinal nerves
	○ Schwannoma
	○ Malignant periferal nerve sheath tumor
	Meningiomas
	○ Meningioma
	○ Meningothelial meningioma
	○ Anaplastic meningioma
	Mesenchimal non-meningothelial tumors
	○ Hemangiopericytoma
	○ Hemangioblastoma
	○ Hemangioma
	○ Ewing sarcoma / peripheral PNET
	○ Rhabdomyosarcoma
	Melanocytic tumors
	○ Meningeal melanocytoma
	○ Meningeal melanoma
	Lymphomas
	Histiocytic tumors
	Germ cell tumors
	○ Germinoma
	○ Teratoma
	Tumors of the sellar region
	○ Craniopharingioma
	○ Pituicytoma
	Familial tumor syndromes
	Metastatic tumors
	Other cns tumors

	○ Gliofibroma
	○ Epithelioid glioneuronal tumor
	○ Primary intracranial malignant melanoma


Central nervous system tumors	▲
	Barredo J, Ritchey AK. Controversies in the management of central nervous system leukemia. Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 May 14. 2010;27(5):329-32. doi: 10.3109/08880011003758422⍈ PMID: 20469977⍈ Review. ⍈

	Brandes AA, Franceschi E. Neuro-oncology: Genetic variation in pediatric and adult brain tumors. Nat Rev Neurol. 2010 Dec 3. 2010;6(12):653-4. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2010.176⍈ PMID: 21131914⍈ MiniReview. ⍈

	McDonald KL. Brain tumors and driving. J Neurooncol. 2010 Dec 15. 2011;104(1):399-400. doi: 10.1007/s11060-010-0487-z⍈ PMID: 21161566⍈ Comment. ⍈
	→Thomas S, et al. Current practices of driving restriction implementation for patients with brain tumors. J Neurooncol. 2010 Oct 23. 2011;103(3):641-7. doi: 10.1007/s11060-010-0439-7⍈ PMID: 20972603⍈ Survey. ⍈

	Thomas S, Mehta MP, Kuo JS, Ian Robins H, Khuntia D. Current practices of driving restriction implementation for patients with brain tumors. J Neurooncol. 2010 Oct 23. 2011;103(3):641-7. doi: 10.1007/s11060-010-0439-7⍈ PMID: 20972603⍈ Survey. ⍈

Gliomas	▲
	de Groot J, Sontheimer H. Glutamate and the biology of gliomas. Glia. 2010 Dec 29. 2011;59(8):1181-9. doi: 10.1002/glia.21113⍈ PMID: 21192095⍈ Review. ⍈

High-grade gliomas
	Lobb EA, Halkett GK, Nowak AK. Patient and caregiver perceptions of communication of prognosis in high grade glioma. J Neurooncol. 2010 Dec 14. 2011;104(1):315-22. doi: 10.1007/s11060-010-0495-z⍈ PMID: 21153859⍈ Survey. ⍈

	Niyazi M, Siefert A, Schwarz SB, Ganswindt U, Kreth FW, Tonn JC, Belka C. Therapeutic options for recurrent malignant glioma. Radiother Oncol. 2010 Dec 15. 2011;98(1):1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.11.006⍈ PMID: 21159396⍈ Review. ⍈

Low-grade gliomas
	Bourne TD, Schiff D. Update on molecular findings, management and outcome in low-grade gliomas. Nat Rev Neurol. 2010 Nov 2. 2010;6(12):695-701. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2010.159⍈ PMID: 21045797⍈ Review. ⍈

Gliomatosis cerebri


Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors	▲


Diffuse astrocytoma


Anaplastic astrocytoma


Glioblastoma
	Farace P, Amelio D, Ricciardi GK, Beltramello A. Baseline Preadjuvant Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Response Assessment and for Planning Radiotherapy in Glioblastoma. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 28. 2011;29(6):e148. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2010.32.9888⍈ PMID: 21189392⍈ Comment. ⍈
	→Wen PY, et al. Updated response assessment criteria for high-grade gliomas: response assessment in neuro-oncology working group. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Mar 15. 2010;28(11):1963-72. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.3541⍈ PMID: 20231676⍈ Guidelines. ⍈

	Mangiola A, Anile C, Pompucci A, Capone G, Rigante L, De Bonis P. Glioblastoma therapy: going beyond Hercules Columns. Expert Rev Neurother. 2010 Apr;10(4):507-14. doi: 10.1586/ern.09.158⍈ PMID: 20367204⍈ Review. ⍈

	Wen PY, Macdonald DR, Reardon DA, Cloughesy TF, Sorensen AG, Galanis E, Degroot J, Wick W, Gilbert MR, Lassman AB, Tsien C, Mikkelsen T, Wong ET, Chamberlain MC, Stupp R, Lamborn KR, Vogelbaum MA, van den Bent MJ, Chang SM. Updated response assessment criteria for high-grade gliomas: response assessment in neuro-oncology working group. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Mar 15. 2010;28(11):1963-72. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.26.3541⍈ PMID: 20231676⍈ Guidelines. ⍈




Giant cell glioblastoma


Epithelioid glioblastoma


Gliosarcoma


Diffuse midline glioma


Oligodendroglioma

Anaplastic oligodendroglioma

Oligoastrocytoma

Anaplastic oligoastrocytoma


Other astrocytic tumors	▲


Pilocytic astrocytoma

Pilomyxoid astrocytoma

Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma


Ependymal tumors	▲

Subependymoma

Myxopapillary ependymoma

Ependymoma

Anaplastic ependymoma


Other gliomas	▲

Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle
	Liu WP, Cheng JX, Yi XC, Zhen HN, Fei Z, Li Q, Zhang X. Chordoid glioma: a case report and literature review. Neurologist. 2011 Jan;17(1):52-6. doi: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181e7db67⍈ PMID: 21192197⍈ Case report & Review. ⍈

Angiocentric glioma


Astroblastoma


Choroid plexus tumors	▲


Neuronal and mixed neuronal-glial tumors	▲


Ganglioglioma


Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma


Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor


Central neurocytoma


Cerebellar liponeurocytoma


Tumors of the pineal region	▲


Papillary tumor of the pineal region


Embryonal tumors	▲


Medulloblastoma


Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes, c19mc-altered

Cns embryonal tumor
	Benesch M, Sperl D, von Bueren AO, Schmid I, von Hoff K, Warmuth-Metz M, Ferrari R, Lassay L, Kortmann RD, Pietsch T, Rutkowski S. Primary central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumors (CNS-PNETs) of the spinal cord in children: four cases from the German HIT database with a critical review of the literature. J Neurooncol. 2010 Dec 22. 2011;104(1):279-86. doi: 10.1007/s11060-010-0485-1⍈ PMID: 21181235⍈ Case series & Review. ⍈

High-grade neuroepithelial tumor with BCOR alteration

Atypical theratoid/rhabdoid tumor


Tumors of the cranial and paraspinal nerves	▲


Schwannoma

Malignant periferal nerve sheath tumor

Meningiomas	▲


Meningioma


Meningothelial meningioma


Anaplastic (malignant) meningioma


Mesenchimal non-meningothelial tumors	▲

Hemangioblastoma

Hemangioma

Melanocytic tumors	▲


Lymphomas	▲


Histiocytic tumors	▲


Germ cell tumors	▲


Germinoma

Teratoma
	Agrawal M, Uppin MS, Patibandla MR, Bhattacharjee S, Panigrahi MK, Saradhi V, Rani JY, Purohit AK, Challa S. Teratomas in central nervous system: A clinico-morphological study with review of literature. Neurol India. 2010 Dec 10. 2010;58(6):841-6. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.73740⍈ PMID: 21150046⍈ Review. ⍈

Tumors of the sellar region	▲

Craniopharingioma


Familial tumor syndromes	▲


Metastatic tumors	▲
	Butowski N. Medical management of brain metastases. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Nov 23. 2011;22(1):27-36. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.08.004⍈ PMID: 21109146⍈ Review. ⍈

	D'Ambrosio AL, Deyoung C, Isaacson SR. Radiosurgical management of brain metastases. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Nov 23. 2011;22(1):45-51. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.08.002⍈ PMID: 21109148⍈ Review. ⍈

	Den RB, Andrews DW. Radiotherapy for brain metastases. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Nov 23. 2011;22(1):37-44. doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2010.08.001⍈ PMID: 21109147⍈ Review. ⍈

	Fidler IJ. The role of the organ microenvironment in brain metastasis. Semin Cancer Biol. 2010 Dec 16. 2011;21(2):107-12. doi: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2010.12.009⍈ PMID: 21167939⍈ Review. ⍈

Other CNS tumors

Gliofibroma

Epithelioid glioneuronal tumor

Primary intracranial malignant melanoma


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