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Brain Tumors


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 (PDF Full Text)

Frederick F. Lang, Anthony Asher
Prospective Clinical Trials of Brain Tumor Therapy: The Critical Role of Neurosurgeons
J Neurooncol,
69(1):151-167, Aug-Sept 2004. (Abstract+)


Germinomas


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
 Abstract |
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Glioblastoma


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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DBLinks | BL 7:8

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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DBLinks | BL 7:8

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

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
Abstract | BrainLife | Full Text | Reprint

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)

Ben A. Williams, PhD
Treatment Options for Glioblastoma and other Gliomas
BrainLife Newsletter, Volume 6, Number 35, 27 August 2007

Ben Williams, PhD
Surviving "Terminal" Cancer: Clinical Trials, Drug Cocktails, and Other Treatments Your Doctor Won't Tell You About
Fairview Press, August 2002


Gliomas


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

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 (
PDF Full Text)

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)

Roger Stupp, Monika E. Hegi, Martin J. van den Bent, Warren P. Mason, Michael Weller, René O. Mirimanoff, J. Gregory Cairncross
Changing Paradigms—An Update on the Multidisciplinary Management of Malignant Glioma
The Oncologist, Vol. 11, No. 2, 165-180, February 2006
Abstract | BrainLife | Full Text | Reprint



Gliomas (High-Grade)


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.
Abstract | DBLinks

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
Abstract | DBLinks

David A. Reardon, Jeremy N. Rich, Henry S. Friedman, Darell D. Bigner
Recent Advances in the Treatment of Malignant Astrocytoma
Journal of Clinical Oncology, Vol 24, No 8 (March 10), 2006: pp. 1253-1265

Soffietti R, Leoncini B, Ruda R.
New developments in the treatment of malignant gliomas.
Expert Rev Neurother. 2007 Oct;7(10):1313-26.
Abstract | DBLinks


Gliomas (Low Grade)


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, Issue 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

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.


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)


Melanocytoma


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


Metastatic Tumors


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+)

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)

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

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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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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Neuroblastoma


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


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


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 Brain Tumors


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)

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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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)

Partap S, Fisher PG
Update on new treatments and developments in childhood brain tumors
Current Opinion in Pediatrics. 19(6):670-674, December 2007
Abstract | DBLinks

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.
Full Text | Reprint


T. of the Sellar Region


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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