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Atyp. Teratoid Rhabdoid T.

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Chi SN, Zimmerman MA, Yao X, Cohen KJ, Burger P, Biegel JA, Rorke-Adams LB, Fisher MJ, Janss A, Mazewski C, Goldman S, Manley PE, Bowers DC, Bendel A, Rubin J, Turner CD, Marcus KJ, Goumnerova L, Ullrich NJ, Kieran MW
Intensive multimodality treatment for children with newly diagnosed CNS atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Jan 20;27(3):385-9. Epub 2008 Dec 8
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Brain Tumors

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E. Antonio Chiocca, William C. Broaddus, George T. Gillies, Therese Visted, Martine L.M. Lamfers
Neurosurgical Delivery of Chemotherapeutics, Targeted Toxins, Genetic and Viral Therapies in Neuro-Oncology
J Neurooncol, 69(1):101-117, Aug-Sept 2004. (Abstract+)

Das U.
A radical approach to cancer.
Med Sci Monit 2002 Apr;8(4):RA79-92.
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Lang FF, Asher A.
Prospective Clinical Trials of Brain Tumor Therapy: The Critical Role of Neurosurgeons
J Neurooncol. 2004 Aug-Sep;69(1-3):151-67.

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Merchant TE, Pollack IF, Loeffler JS.
Brain tumors across the age spectrum: biology, therapy, and late effects
Semin Radiat Oncol. 2010 Jan;20(1):58-66
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Elderly Patients


Nayak L, Iwamoto FM.
Primary Brain Tumors in the Elderly
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2010 May 12;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Pediatric Patients


Kalifa C, Grill J.
The therapy of infantile malignant brain tumors: current status?
J Neurooncol. 2005 Dec;75(3):279-85.
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Karajannis M, Allen JC, Newcomb EW.
Treatment of pediatric brain tumors.
J Cell Physiol. 2008 Dec;217(3):584-9.
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Brainstem Tumors

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Wolff JE, Rytting ME, Vats TS, Zage PE, Ater JL, Woo S, Kuttesch J, Ketonen L, Mahajan A.
Treatment of recurrent diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma: the MD Anderson Cancer Center experience.
J Neurooncol. 2011 Aug 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Cancer Research

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Winer E, Gralow J, Diller L, Karlan B, Loehrer P, Pierce L, Demetri G, Ganz P, Kramer B, Kris M, Markman M, Mayer R, Pfister D, Raghavan D, Ramsey S, Reaman G, Sandler H, Sawaya R, Schuchter L, Sweetenham J, Vahdat L, Schilsky RL; American Society of Clinical Oncology
Clinical cancer advances 2008: major research advances in cancer treatment, prevention, and screening--a report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Feb 10;27(5):812-26. Epub 2008 Dec 22°
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Choroid Plexus Tumors

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Berrak SG, Liu DD, Wrede B, Wolff JE.
Which therapy works better in choroid plexus carcinomas?
J Neurooncol. 2011 May;103(1):155-62. Epub 2010 Oct 26.
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Craniopharyngioma

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Kalina MA, Skala-Zamorowska E, Kalina-Faska B, Malecka-Tendera E, Mandera M
Practical approach to childhood craniopharyngioma: a role of an endocrinologist and a general paediatrician
Childs Nerv Syst. 2009 Jun 17. [Epub ahead of print]
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Embryonal Tumors

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Pizer B, Donachie PH, Robinson K, Taylor RE, Michalski A, Punt J, Ellison DW, Picton S.
Treatment of recurrent central nervous system primitive neuroectodermal tumours in children and adolescents: Results of a Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group study.
Eur J Cancer. 2011 Apr 5;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Ependymal Tumors

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Niazi TN, Jensen EM, Jensen RL
WHO Grade II and III supratentorial hemispheric ependymomas in adults: case series and review of treatment options
J Neurooncol. 2009 Feb;91(3):323-8. Epub 2008 Nov 1
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Shonka NA.
Targets for therapy in ependymoma.
Target Oncol. 2011 Mar 29;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Recurrent Tumors


Zacharoulis S, Ashley S, Moreno L, Gentet JC, Massimino M, Frappaz D
Treatment and outcome of children with relapsed ependymoma: a multi-institutional retrospective analysis
Childs Nerv Syst. 2010 Jul;26(7):905-11. Epub 2009 Dec 29
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Germinomas

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Kamoshima Y, Sawamura Y, Ikeda J, Shirato H, Aoyama H
Late recurrence and salvage therapy of CNS germinomas
J Neurooncol. 2008 Nov;90(2):205-11. Epub 2008 Jul 5
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Shim KW, Kim TG, Suh CO, Cho JH, Yoo CJ, Choi JU, Kim JH, Kim DS
Treatment failure in intracranial primary germinomas
Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 Oct;23(10):1155-61. Epub 2007 Jul 4
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Glioblastoma

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Barrié M, Couprie C, Dufour H, Figarella-Branger D, Muracciole X, Hoang-Xuan K, Braguer D, Martin PM, Peragut JC, Grisoli F, Chinot O.
Temozolomide in combination with BCNU before and after radiotherapy in patients with inoperable newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme.
Ann Oncol. 2005 Jul;16(7):1177-84. Epub 2005 Apr 27.
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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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Buonerba C, Di Lorenzo G, Marinelli A, Federico P, Palmieri G, Imbimbo M, Conti P, Peluso G, De Placido S, Sampson JH.
A comprehensive outlook on intracerebral therapy of malignant gliomas.
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol. 2010 Sep 29;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Chamberlain M.
Evolving strategies: future treatment of glioblastoma.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2011 Apr;11(4):519-32.
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Chiocca EA
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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Easaw JC, Mason WP, Perry J, Laperrière N, Eisenstat DD, Del Maestro R, Bélanger K, Fulton D, Macdonald D; for the Canadian Glioblastoma Recommendations Committee*.
Canadian recommendations for the treatment of recurrent or progressive glioblastoma multiforme.
Curr Oncol. 2011 Jun;18(3):e126-e136.
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Ghose A, Lim G, Husain S.
Treatment for glioblastoma multiforme: current guidelines and Canadian practice.
Curr Oncol. 2010 Nov;17(6):52-8.
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Iwamoto FM, Cooper AR, Reiner AS, Nayak L, Abrey LE
Glioblastoma in the elderly: the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Experience (1997-2007)
Cancer. 2009 May 29. [Epub ahead of print]
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Iwamoto FM, Reiner AS, Panageas KS, Elkin EB, Abrey LE
Patterns of care in elderly glioblastoma patients
Ann Neurol. 2008 Dec 23;64(6):628-34
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Lanzetta G, Minniti G.
Treatment of glioblastoma in elderly patients: an overview of current treatments and future perspective.
Tumori. 2010 Sep-Oct;96(5):650-8.
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Le Guilloux J, Carpentier AF
New therapeutic approaches in glioblastomas
Rev Neurol (Paris). 2008 June - July;164(6-7):554-559. Epub 2008 May 13
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Lino M, Merlo A.
Translating biology into clinic: the case of glioblastoma
Curr Opin Cell Biol. 2009 Feb 12; [Epub ahead of print]
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Muacevic A, Kreth FW
Quality-adjusted survival after tumor resection and/or radiation therapy for elderly patients with glioblastoma multiforme
J Neurol. 2003 May;250(5):561-8

Newton HB
Glioblastoma multiforme
Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2008 Jul;10(4):285-94
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Oh J, Sahgal A, Sanghera P, Tsao MN, Davey P, Lam K, Symons S, Aviv R, Perry JR.
Glioblastoma: patterns of recurrence and efficacy of salvage treatments.
Can J Neurol Sci. 2011 Jul;38(4):621-5.
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Olson JJ, Fadul CE, Brat DJ, Mukundan S, Ryken TC.
Management of newly diagnosed glioblastoma: guidelines development, value and application.
J Neurooncol. 2009 May;93(1):1-23. Epub 2009 May 9.
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Olson JJ, Ryken T.
Guidelines for the treatment of newly diagnosed glioblastoma: introduction.
J Neurooncol. 2008 Sep;89(3):255-8. Epub 2008 May 23.
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David A. Reardon, Patrick Y. Wen
Therapeutic Advances in the Treatment of Glioblastoma: Rationale and Potential Role of Targeted Agents.
The Oncologist, Vol. 11, No. 2, 152-164, February 2006
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Scoccianti S, Magrini SM, Ricardi U, Detti B, Buglione M, Sotti G, Krengli M, Maluta S, Parisi S, Bertoni F, Mantovani C, Tombolini V, De Renzis C, Lioce M, Fatigante L, Fusco V, Muto P, Berti F, Rubino G, Cipressi S, Fariselli L, Lupattelli M, Santoni R, Pirtoli L, Biti G
Patterns of care and survival in a retrospective analysis of 1059 patients with glioblastoma multiforme treated between 2002 and 2007: a multicenter study by the Central Nervous System Study Group of Airo (italian Association of Radiation Oncology)
Neurosurgery. 2010 Aug;67(2):446-58
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Edward G. Shaw
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained: Treatment of Glioblastoma Multiforme in the Elderly
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 22, No 9 (May 1), 2004: pp. 1540-1541 (HTML & PDF Full Text)

Williams BA
Treatment Options for Glioblastoma and other Gliomas.
Current Neuro-Oncology, Vol. 11 No. 1, Jan 2011, Published on www.BrainLife.org 17 Dec 2010
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Williams BA
Treatment Options for Glioblastoma and other Gliomas
BrainLife Newsletter,
Volume 7, Number 19 - 1 October 2008
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Ben Williams, PhD
Surviving "Terminal" Cancer: Clinical Trials, Drug Cocktails, and Other Treatments Your Doctor Won't Tell You About
Fairview Press, August 2002

Wong ET, Yamaguchi NH.
Treatment advances for glioblastoma.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2011 Oct;11(10):1343-5.
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Elderly patients


Kushnir I, Tzuk-Shina T.
Efficacy of treatment for glioblastoma multiforme in elderly patients (65+): a retrospective analysis.
Isr Med Assoc J. 2011 May;13(5):290-4.
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Laigle-Donadey F, Delattre JY.
Glioblastoma in the elderly.
Geriatr Psychol Neuropsychiatr Vieil. 2011 Mar 1;9(1):101-106.
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Piccirilli M, Bistazzoni S, Gagliardi FM, Landi A, Santoro A, Giangaspero F, Salvati M
Treatment of glioblastoma multiforme in elderly patients. Clinico-therapeutic remarks in 22 patients older than 80 years
Tumori. 2006 Mar-Apr;92(2):98-103
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Scott JG, Suh JH, Elson P, Barnett GH, Vogelbaum MA, Peereboom DM, Stevens GH, Elinzano H, Chao ST.
Aggressive treatment is appropriate for glioblastoma multiforme patients 70 years old or older: a retrospective review of 206 cases.

Neuro Oncol. 2011 Mar 1;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Pediatric patients


Ulutin C, Fayda M, Aksu G, Cetinayak O, Kuzhan O, Ors F, Beyzadeoglu M
Primary glioblastoma multiforme in younger patients: a single-institution experience
Tumori. 2006 Sep-Oct;92(5):407-11
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Recurrent Tumors


Easaw JC, Mason WP, Perry J, Laperrière N, Eisenstat DD, Del Maestro R, Bélanger K, Fulton D, Macdonald D; for the Canadian Glioblastoma Recommendations Committee.
Canadian recommendations for the treatment of recurrent or progressive glioblastoma multiforme.
Curr Oncol. 2011 Jun;18(3):e126-e136.
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Franceschi E, Tosoni A, Bartolini S, Mazzocchi V, Fioravanti A, Brandes AA.
Treatment options for recurrent glioblastoma: pitfalls and future trends.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2009 May;9(5):613-9.
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Mut M, Schiff D.
Unmet needs in the treatment of glioblastoma.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2009 May;9(5):545-51.
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Nishikawa R.
Standard therapy for glioblastoma--a review of where we are.
Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2010;50(9):713-9. Release Date: September 25, 2010
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Pichler J, Marosi C.
Drug therapy of patients with recurrent glioblastoma: is there any evidence?
Wien Med Wochenschr. 2010 Dec 27
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Pirzkall A, McGue C, Saraswathy S, Cha S, Liu R, Vandenberg S, Lamborn KR, Berger MS, Chang SM, Nelson SJ.
Tumor regrowth between surgery and initiation of adjuvant therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma
Neuro Oncol. 2009 Feb 19; [Epub ahead of print]
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Gliosarcoma

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Biswas A, Kumar N, Kumar P, Vasishta RK, Gupta K, Sharma SC, Patel F, Mathuriya SN.
Primary gliosarcoma - clinical experience from a regional cancer centre in north India.
Br J Neurosurg. 2011 May 18. [Epub ahead of print]
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Gliomas

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Nicholas G. Avgeropoulos and Tracy T. Batchelor
New Treatment Strategies for Malignant Gliomas
The Oncologist, Vol. 4, No. 3, 209-224, June 1999 (PDF Full Text)

Basso U, Monfardini S, Brandes AA
Recommendations for the management of malignant gliomas in the elderly
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2003 Oct;3(5):643-54

Boiardi A
New strategies for the postsurgical treatment of malignant glioma
Recenti Prog Med 2001 Mar;92(3):200-4


Brada M, Stenning SP
Radiotherapy for malignant gliomas in the elderly
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):63-7

Brandes AA
State-of-the-art treatment of high-grade brain tumors
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):4-9

Brandes AA, Monfardini S
The treatment of elderly patients with high-grade gliomas
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):58-62

Chinot OL
Should radiotherapy be standard therapy for brain tumors in the elderly? Cons
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):68-71

Erridge SC, Hart MG, Kerr GR, Smith C, McNamara S, Grant R, Gregor A, Whittle IR.
Trends in classification, referral and treatment and the effect on outcome of patients with glioma: a 20 year cohort.
J Neurooncol. 2011 Mar 8;. [Epub ahead of print]
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D Frappaz, O Chinot, A Bataillard, M Ben Hassel, L Capelle, S Chanalet, M Chatel, D Figarella-Branger, Y Guegan, J Guyotat, K Hoang-Xuan, E Jouanneau, F Keime-Guibert , C Laforêt, C Linassier, H Loiseau, JP Maire, P Menei, S Rousmans, M Sanson, MP Sunyach
Summary version of the Standards, Options and Recommendations for the management of adult patients with intra-cranial glioma (2002)
Electronic Journal of Oncology, 2003, 1, 115-128. (PDF Full Text)

Halperin EC
Malignant gliomas in older adults with poor prognostic signs. Getting nowhere, and taking a long time to do it
Oncology (Huntingt). 1995 Mar;9(3):229-34; discussion 237-8, 243

Huncharek M, Muscat J
Treatment of recurrent high grade astrocytoma; results of a systematic review of 1,415 patients
Anticancer Res. 1998 Mar-Apr; 18(2B): 1303-11

George I Jallo, Diana Freed, and Fred Epstein
Current management of Brainstem Gliomas
Annals of Neurosurgery, 2003; 3(1): 1-17, August 2003 (
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Munshi A, Jalali R
Therapy for glioma: Indian perspective
Indian J Cancer. 2009 Apr-Jun;46(2):127-31
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Nieder C, Grosu AL, Molls M
A comparison of treatment results for recurrent malignant gliomas
Cancer Treat Rev. 2000 Dec; 26(6): 397-409

Jeremy N. Rich & Darell D. Bigner
Development Of Novel Targeted Therapies In The Treatment Of Malignant Glioma
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 3, 430 -446 (May 2004 Vol 3 No 5)


Gliomas (High-Grade)

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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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Cavaliere R, Wen PY, Schiff D.
Novel therapies for malignant gliomas.
Neurol Clin. 2007 Nov;25(4):1141-71.
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Giglio P, Villano JL
Newly diagnosed high-grade gliomas
Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2010 Jul;12(4):309-20
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Khan MK, Hunter GK, Vogelbaum M, Suh JH, Chao ST
Evidence-based adjuvant therapy for gliomas: Current concepts and newer developments
Indian J Cancer. 2009 Apr-Jun;46(2):96-107
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Khasraw M, Lassman AB.
Advances in the treatment of malignant gliomas.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2010 Jan 5;12(1):26-33
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Lefranc F, Rynkowski M, DeWitte O, Kiss R
Present and potential future adjuvant issues in high-grade astrocytic glioma treatment
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg. 2009;34:3-35
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Mukerji N, Rodrigues D, Hendry G, Dunlop PR, Warburton F, Kane PJ.
Treating high grade gliomas in the elderly: the end of ageism?
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Volume 86, Number 3 / February, 2008, Epub November 17, 2007
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Omay SB, Vogelbaum MA
Current concepts and newer developments in the treatment of malignant gliomas
Indian J Cancer. 2009 Apr-Jun;46(2):88-95
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Rainov NG, Heidecke V.
Clinical development of experimental therapies for malignant glioma.
Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. 2011 Feb;11(1):5-28. Epub 2011 Feb 12.
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Reardon DA, Rich JN, Friedman HS, Bigner DD.
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Astrocytoma.
J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 10;24(8):1253-65.
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Soffietti R, Leoncini B, Ruda R.
New developments in the treatment of malignant gliomas.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2007 Oct;7(10):1313-26.
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Stupp R, Hegi ME, van den Bent MJ, Mason WP, Weller M, Mirimanoff RO, Cairncross JG; 
European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Brain Tumor and Radiotherapy Groups; 
National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group.
Changing Paradigms—An Update on the Multidisciplinary Management of Malignant Glioma.
Oncologist. 2006 Feb;11(2):165-80.
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Stupp R, Tonn J-C., Brada M, Pentheroudakis G and On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group
High-grade malignant glioma: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up
Ann Oncol (2010) 21 (suppl 5): v190-v193, June 2010
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Weller M.
Novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to malignant glioma.
Swiss Med Wkly. 2011 May 24;141:w13210.
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Recurrent Tumors


Niyazi M, Siefert A, Schwarz SB, Ganswindt U, Kreth FW, Tonn JC, Belka C.
Therapeutic options for recurrent malignant glioma.
Radiother Oncol. 2010 Dec 13;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Quant EC, Drappatz J, Wen PY, Norden AD
Recurrent high-grade glioma
Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2010 Jul;12(4):321-33
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Walbert T, Mikkelsen T.
Recurrent high-grade glioma: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2011 Apr;11(4):509-18.
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Gliomas (Low-Grade)

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John M. Buatti, Sanford L. Meeks, Timothy C. Ryken, Thomas L. Carlisle
Low-Grade Gliomas: Answering One Question in a Myriad of New Questions
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 20, CNO 9, May 1, 2002: 2223-2224. (Reference+)

Jon D. Olson, MD, Elyn Riedel, MA and Lisa M. DeAngelis, MD
Long-term outcome of low-grade oligodendroglioma and mixed glioma
Neurology 54:1442-1448; 11 April 2000. (Abstract+)

Ribom D, Smits A, Hartman M, Persson L, Blomquist E
On the issue of early and aggressive treatment in grade 2 gliomas
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2003 Mar;129(3):154-60. Epub 2003 Mar 12

van den Bent MJ
Can chemotherapy replace radiotherapy in low-grade gliomas? Time for randomized studies
Semin Oncol. 2003 Dec;30(6 Suppl 19):39-44

Whittle IR
What is the place of conservative management for adult supratentorial low-grade glioma?
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg. 2010;35:65-79
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S-A Yeh, MD, J-T Ho, MD, C-C Lui, MD, Y-J Huang, MD, C-Y Hsiung, MD and E-Y Huang, MD
Treatment outcomes and prognostic factors in patients with supratentorial low-grade gliomas
British Journal of Radiology, 2005; 78, 230-235

S M Yule, T A H Hide, M Cranney, E Simpson, A Barrett
Low grade astrocytomas in the West of Scotland 1987-96: treatment, outcome, and cognitive functioning
Arch Dis Child, January 2001;84:61-64. (PDF Full Text)


Intramed. Spinal Cord T.

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George I Jallo, Bong-Soo Kim, and Fred Epstein
The Current Management of Intramedullary Neoplasms in Children and Young Adults
Annals of Neurosurgery, 2001; 1(1), 1-13 (PDF Full Text)


Malignant Lymphoma

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del Rio MS, Choquet S, Hoang-Xuan K, Glaisner S, Fourme E, Janvier M, Soussain C.
Platine and cytarabine-based salvage treatment for primary central nervous system lymphoma.
J Neurooncol. 2011 Nov;105(2):409-14. Epub 2011 Jun 9.
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Medulloblastoma

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Dufour C, Beaugrand A, Pizer B, Micheli J, Aubelle MS, Fourcade A, Couanet D, Laplanche A, Kalifa C, Grill J.
Metastatic Medulloblastoma in Childhood: Chang's Classification Revisited.
Int J Surg Oncol. 2012;2012:245385. Epub 2011 Sep 11.
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Gold DR, Packer RJ, Cohen BH.
Treatment strategies for medulloblastoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors.
Neurosurg Focus. 1999 Aug 15;7(2):e1.
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Melanocytoma

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Rades D, Schild SE, Tatagiba M, Molina HA, Alberti W
Therapy of meningeal melanocytomas
Cancer. 2004 Jun 1;100(11):2442-7


Meningioma

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Chamberlain MC, Barnholtz-Sloan JS.
Medical treatment of recurrent meningiomas.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2011 Oct;11(10):1425-32.
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Mattox A, Hughes B, Oleson J, Reardon D, McLendon R, Adamson C
Treatment recommendations for primary extradural meningiomas
Cancer. 2010 Sep 7. [Epub ahead of print]
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Sioka C, Kyritsis AP
Chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, and immunotherapy for recurrent meningiomas
J Neurooncol. 2008 Nov 21. [Epub ahead of print]
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Wen PY, Quant E, Drappatz J, Beroukhim R, Norden AD
Medical therapies for meningiomas
J Neurooncol. 2010 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print]
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Metastatic Tumors

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Abd-El-Barr MM, Rahman M, Rao G.
Investigational therapies for brain metastases.
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2011 Jan;22(1):87-96.
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Ammirati M, Cobbs CS, Linskey ME, Paleologos NA, Ryken TC, Burri SH, Asher AL, Loeffler JS, Robinson PD, Andrews DW, Gaspar LE, Kondziolka D, McDermott M, Mehta MP, Mikkelsen T, Olson JJ, Patchell RA, Kalkanis SN
The role of retreatment in the management of recurrent/progressive brain metastases: a systematic review and evidence-based clinical practice guideline
J Neurooncol. 2009 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
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Arslan C, Dizdar O, Altundag K.
Systemic treatment in breast-cancer patients with brain metastasis
Expert Opin Pharmacother. 2010 Mar 29;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Bai B, Yuan ZY, Liu DG, Teng XY, Wang SS
Clinical features and survival analysis of different subtypes of patients with breast cancer brain metastases
Ai Zheng. 2010 Apr;29(4):413-9
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Butowski N.
Medical management of brain metastases.
Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2011 Jan;22(1):27-36.
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Jenkinson MD, Haylock B, Shenoy A, Husband D, Javadpour M.
Management of cerebral metastasis: Evidence-based approach for surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery and radiotherapy.
Eur J Cancer. 2010 Dec 31;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Jiang HF, Fang J, Ren J, DI LJ, Song GH, Che L, Yu J, Zhu YL.
Concurrent versus sequential systemic chemotherapy and whole brain radiation therapy for brain matastases in non-small-cell lung cancer patients.
Zhonghua Zhong Liu Za Zhi. 2011 Jan;33(1):58-62.
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Kalkanis SN, Linskey ME
Evidence-based clinical practice parameter guidelines for the treatment of patients with metastatic brain tumors: introduction
J Neurooncol. 2009 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
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Rejin Kebudi, İnci Ayan, Ömer Görgün, Fulya Yaman Ağaoğlu, Sema Vural and Emin Darendeliler
Brain metastasis in pediatric extracranial solid tumors: survey and literature review
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 71(1): 43-48, January 2005. (Abstract+)

Kienast Y, Winkler F.
Therapy and prophylaxis of brain metastases.
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2010 Nov;10(11):1763-1777.
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Sewa S. Legha
Treatment of brain metastases from melanoma
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 23, No 13 (May 1), 2005: pp. 3155. (PDF Full Text)

McHaffie DR, Chabot P, Dagnault A, Suh JH, Fortin MA, Chang E, Timmerman R, Souhami L, Grecula J, Nabid A, Schultz C, Werner-Wasik M, Gaspar LE, Brachman D, Mody T, Mehta MP.
Safety and feasibility of motexafin gadolinium administration with whole brain radiation therapy and stereotactic radiosurgery boost in the treatment of ≤6 brain metastases: a multi-institutional phase II trial.
J Neurooncol. 2011 Apr 27. [Epub ahead of print]
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McWilliams RR, Brown PD, Buckner JC, Link MJ, Markovic SN
Treatment of brain metastases from melanoma
Mayo Clin Proc. 2003 Dec;78(12):1529-36

McWilliams RR, Giannini C, Hay ID, Atkinson JL, Stafford SL, Buckner JC
Management of brain metastases from thyroid carcinoma: a study of 16 pathologically confirmed cases over 25 years
Cancer. 2003 Jul 15;98(2):356-62

R. R. McWilliams, C. Giannini, J. Atkinson, S. Stafford, J. Buckner
Management of brain metastases from thyroid cancer: A study of 16 pathologically confirmed cases over twenty-five years
39th ASCO Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. May 31-June 3, 2003

Mintz A, Perry J, Spithoff K, Chambers A, Laperriere N
Management of single brain metastasis: a practice guideline
Curr Oncol. 2007 Aug;14(4):131-43
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Olson JJ, Paleologos NA, Gaspar LE, Robinson PD, Morris RE, Ammirati M, Andrews DW, Asher AL, Burri SH, Cobbs CS, Kondziolka D, Linskey ME, Loeffler JS, McDermott M, Mehta MP, Mikkelsen T, Patchell RA, Ryken TC, Kalkanis SN
The role of emerging and investigational therapies for metastatic brain tumors: a systematic review and evidence-based clinical practice guideline of selected topics
J Neurooncol. 2009 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
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Robinson PD, Kalkanis SN, Linskey ME, Santaguida PL
Methodology used to develop the AANS/CNS management of brain metastases evidence-based clinical practice parameter guidelines
J Neurooncol. 2009 Dec 3. [Epub ahead of print]
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Shapiro WR, Johanson CE, Boogerd W
Treatment modalities for leptomeningeal metastases
Semin Oncol. 2009 Aug;36(4 Suppl 2):S46-54

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Patricia S Steeg; Dan Theodorescu
Metastasis: A Therapeutic Target for Cancer
Nat Clin Pract Oncol.  2008;5(4):206-219. Published online: 5 February 2008
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Tsimberidou AM, Letourneau K, Wen S, Wheler JJ, Hong DS, Naing A, Iskander NG, Uehara C, Kurzrock R.
Phase I Clinical Trials in 93 Patients with Brain Metastases: The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Experience.
Clin Cancer Res. 2011 Mar 17. [Epub ahead of print]
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Walid MS, Johnston KW
Successful treatment of a brain-metastasized renal cell carcinoma
Ger Med Sci. 2009 Oct 21;7:Doc28
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Yohena T, Kuniyoshi M, Teruya T, Kawasaki H, Teruya J, Kawabata T, Ohta M, Ishikawa K, Oshiro Y, Chinen T, Uehara T, Hirayasu T, Ogawa K, Samura H
A Case of Long-Term Survival of Postoperative Brain Metastasis of Small Cell Lung Cancer Effectively Treated with Chemotherapy, Whole Brain Radiotherapy and Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Feb;35(2):331-334
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Colorectal cancer


Tajima Y, Ishibashi K, Ishiguro T, Osawa T, Sakimoto T, Okada N, Miyazaki T, Yokoyama M, Yamano T, Nishimura K, Hondo M, Takahashi T, Ishida H
Analysis of 12 cases of brain metastasis from colorectal cancer
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2009 Nov;36(12):2245-7
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Hepatocellular carcinoma


Han JH, Kim DG, Park JC, Chung HT, Paek SH, Chung YS.
Little response of cerebral metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma to any treatments
J Korean Neurosurg Soc. 2010 May;47(5):325-31
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Lung Cancer


Chen L, Yang Q, Liang Y, Liu G, Liao H, Xu G.
Brain radiotherapy combined with sequential chemotherapy in non-small-cell lung cancer patients with brain metastases
Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi (Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer). 2009 Aug 20;12(8):896-900. Chinese
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Melanoma


Othus M, Moon J, Margolin K.
Melanoma's deadly march to the brain: by what route, and can it be stopped?
Cancer. 2011 Apr 15;117(8):1560-3. Epub 2010 Nov 10.
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Sarcomas


Salvati M, D'Elia A, Frati A, Santoro A
Sarcoma metastatic to the brain: a series of 35 cases and considerations from 27 years of experience
J Neurooncol. 2009 Dec 29;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Neuroblastoma

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G. Biswas, P. Kurkure, S. Banavali, S. Achrekar, P. Kulkarni, R. Bhagwat, L. Sharma
Challenges in management of advanced neuroblastoma: Experience at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
40th ASCO Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. June 5-8, 2004. Abstract No.8562

A. Donfrancesco, A. Jenkner, A. Castellano, I. Ilari, G. M. Milano, C. Dominici, L. De Sio, P. Fidani
Front-line topotecan and high-dose cyclophosphamide followed by ICE in high-risk neuroblastoma
40th ASCO Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA. June 5-8, 2004. Abstract No.8536


Neurocytoma

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Dirk Rades, Fabian Fehlauer, Katrin Lamszus, Steven E. Schild, Christian Hagel, Manfred Westphal, and Winfried Alberti
Well-differentiated neurocytoma: What is the best available treatment?
Neuro-Oncology, Volume 7, Number 1, Pages 77--83, January 2005. (Abstract+)


Oligodendroglial Tumors

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Bromberg JE, van den Bent MJ
Oligodendrogliomas: Molecular Biology and Treatment
Oncologist. 2009 Jan 31. [Epub ahead of print]
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Jeremic B, Milicic B, Grujicic D, Samardzic M, Antunovic V, Dagovic A, Aleksandrovic J
Combined treatment modality for anaplastic oligodendroglioma and oligoastrocytoma: a 10-year update of a phase II study
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2004 Jun 1;59(2):509-14

Ozyigit G, Onal C, Gurkaynak M, Soylemezoglu F, Zorlu F
Postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the management of oligodendroglioma: single institutional review of 88 patients
J Neurooncol. 2005 Nov;75(2):189-93

Alfredo D. Voloschin, David N. Louis, Garth R. Cosgrove, and Tracy T. Batchelor
Neoadjuvant temozolomide followed by complete resection of a 1p- and 19q-deleted anaplastic oligoastrocytoma: Case study
Neuro-Oncology, Volume 7, Number 1, Pages 97 -- 100, January 2005. (Abstract+)


Pediatric Patients

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Asgharzadeh S, Finlay JL.
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Pediatric Brain Tumors.
Oncology (Williston Park). 2006 Nov 1;18(3)
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Recurrent Tumors
Gilman AL, Jacobsen C, Bunin N, Levine J, Goldman F, Bendel A, Joyce M, Anderson P, Rozans M, Wall DA, Macdonald TJ, Simon S, Kadota RP.
Phase I study of tandem high-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell rescue for children with recurrent brain tumors: A pediatric blood and marrow transplant consortium study.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;. [Epub ahead of print]
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Fried I, Hawkins C, Scheinemann K, Tsangaris E, Hesselson L, Bartels U, Huang A, Laperriere N, Dirks P, Bouffet E, Tabori U.
Favorable outcome with conservative treatment for children with low grade brainstem tumors.
Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May 25;. [Epub ahead of print]

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Gururangan S, Friedman HS.
Recent advances in the treatment of pediatric brain tumors.
Oncology (Williston Park). 2004 Nov 1;18(13):1649-61; discussion 1662, 1665-6, 1668.
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Lafay-Cousin L, Strother D.
Current treatment approaches for infants with malignant central nervous system tumors.
Oncologist. 2009 Apr;14(4):433-44. Epub 2009 Apr 2.
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Ononiwu C, Mehta V, Bettegowda C, Jallo G.
Pediatric spinal glioblastoma multiforme: current treatment strategies and possible predictors of survival.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2012 Feb 4. [Epub ahead of print]
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Partap S, Fisher PG
Update on new treatments and developments in childhood brain tumors
Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 19(6):670-674, December 2007
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Astrocytic Tumors


Varan A, Akyüz C, Akalan N, Atahan L, Söylemezoglu F, Selek U, Yalçin B, Kutluk T, Büyükpamukçu M.
Astrocytic tumors in children: treatment results from a single institution.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2007 Mar;23(3):315-9. Epub 2006 Oct 13.
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Embryonal Tumors


Tobey J. MacDonald, Brian R. Rood, Maria R. Santi, Gilbert Vezina, Kimberly Bingaman, Philip H. Cogen, Roger J. Packer
Advances in the Diagnosis, Molecular Genetics, and Treatment of Pediatric Embryonal CNS Tumors
The Oncologist, Vol. 8, No. 2, 174–186, April 2003 (PDF Full Text)


Glioblastoma


Perkins SM, Rubin JB, Leonard JR, Smyth MD, El Naqa I, Michalski JM, Simpson JR, Limbrick DL, Park TS, Mansur DB.
Glioblastoma in Children: A Single-Institution Experience.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2011 Jan 8. [Epub ahead of print]
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Gliomas


Broniscer A, Gajjar A
Supratentorial high-grade astrocytoma and diffuse brainstem glioma: two challenges for the pediatric oncologist
Oncologist. April 2004;9(2):197-206. (PDF Full Text)

Macdonald TJ, Aguilera D, Kramm CM.
Treatment of high-grade glioma in children and adolescents.
Neuro Oncol. 2011 Jul 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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Massimino M, Spreafico F, Biassoni V, Simonetti F, Riva D, Trecate G, Giombini S, Poggi G, Pecori E, Pignoli E, Casanova M, Ferrari A, Meazza C, Luksch R, Terenziani M, Cefalo G, Podda M, Polastri D, Clerici CA, Fossati-Bellani F, Gandola L
Diffuse pontine gliomas in children: changing strategies, changing results? A mono-institutional 20-year experience
J Neurooncol. 2008 Jan 24; [Epub ahead of print]
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Medulloblastoma


Akyüz C, Varan A, Küpeli S, Akalan N, Söylemezoglu F, Zorlu F, Kutluk T, Büyükpamukçu M
Medulloblastoma in children: a 32-year experience from a single institution
J Neurooncol. 2008 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]
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Chung NG.
High-dose chemotherapy with reduced-dose craniospinal radiotherapy in children with newly diagnosed high-risk brain tumor.
Korean J Hematol. 2010 Sep;45(3):211-2.
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Kim SY, Sung KW, Hah JO, Yoo KH, Koo HH, Kang HJ, Park KD, Shin HY, Ahn HS, Im HJ, Seo JJ, Lim YJ, Lee YH, Shin HJ, Lim do H, Cho BK, Ra YS, Choi JU.
Reduced-dose craniospinal radiotherapy followed by high-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue for children with newly diagnosed high-risk medulloblastoma or supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor.
Korean J Hematol. 2010 Jun;45(2):120-6. Epub 2010 Jun 30.
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von Bueren AO, von Hoff K, Pietsch T, Gerber NU, Warmuth-Metz M, Deinlein F, Zwiener I, Faldum A, Fleischhack G, Benesch M, Krauss J, Kuehl J, Kortmann RD, Rutkowski S.
Treatment of young children with localized medulloblastoma by chemotherapy alone: Results of the prospective, multicenter trial HIT 2000 confirming the prognostic impact of histology.
Neuro Oncol. 2011 Jun;13(6):669-79.
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Recurrent Tumors
Warmuth-Metz M, Blashofer S, von Bueren AO, von Hoff K, Bison B, Pohl F, Kortmann RD, Pietsch T, Rutkowski S.
Recurrence in childhood medulloblastoma.
J Neurooncol. 2010 Nov 11. [Epub ahead of print]
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T. of the Sellar Region

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Hurley DM, Ho KK
MJA Practice Essentials--Endocrinology. 9: Pituitary disease in adults
Med J Aust. 2004 Apr 19;180(8):419-25.(PDF Full Text)

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