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Anaplastic Astrocytomas


Sadones J, Michotte A, Veld P, Chaskis C, Sciot R, Menten J, Joossens EJ, Strauven T, D'Hondt LA, Sartenaer D, Califice SF, Bierau K, Svensson C, De Grève J, Neyns B.
MGMT promoter hypermethylation correlates with a survival benefit from temozolomide in patients with recurrent anaplastic astrocytoma but not glioblastoma
Eur J Cancer. 2008 Oct 20; [Epub ahead of print]
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Basic Science


Waldeck W, Wiessler M, Ehemann V, Pipkorn R, Spring H, Debus J, Didinger B, Mueller G, Langowski J, Braun K.
TMZ-BioShuttle--a reformulated temozolomide
Int J Med Sci. 2008 Sep 15;5(5):273-84
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Links |   BL 7:19


Brain Tumors


Maschio M, Albani F, Jandolo B, Zarabla A, Contin M, Dinapoli L, Fabi A, Pace A, Baruzzi A
Temozolomide treatment does not affect topiramate and oxcarbazepine plasma concentrations in chronically treated patients with brain tumor-related epilepsy
J Neurooncol. 2008 Jul 9; [Epub ahead of print]
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Links | BL 7:14

Stupp R, Gander M, Leyvraz S, Newlands E
Current and future developments in the use of temozolomide for the treatment of brain tumours
Lancet Oncol. 2001 Sep; 2(9): 552-60.  

Tilleul P, Brignone M, Hassani Y, Taillandier L, Taillibert S, Cartalat-Carel S, Borget I, Chinot O.
Prescription guidebook for temozolomide usage in brain tumors
Bull Cancer. 2009 May 1;96(5):579-589. French
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Cancer Research


Pegg AE
Mammalian O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase: regulation and importance in response to alkylating carcinogenic and therapeutic agents
Cancer Res 1990 Oct 1;50(19):6119-29 

Shinoura N, Yamada R, Tabei Y, Saito K, Nakamura O, Takahashi M.
Temozolomide-temodal
Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Mar;35(3):543-7
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Links | BL 7:7


Glioblastoma


Manish Aghi, Samuel Rabkin, Robert L. Martuza
Effect of Chemotherapy-Induced DNA Repair on Oncolytic Herpes Simplex Viral Replication
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 98, No. 1, 38-50, January 4, 2006
Abstract | BrainLife | News

Balana C, Ramirez JL, Taron M, Roussos Y, Ariza A, Ballester R, Sarries C, Mendez P, Sanchez JJ, Rosell R
O(6)-methyl-guanine-DNA methyltransferase Methylation in Serum and Tumor DNA Predicts Response to 1,3-Bis(2-Chloroethyl)-1-Nitrosourea but not to Temozolamide Plus Cisplatin in Glioblastoma Multiforme
Clin Cancer Res 2003 Apr;9(4):1461-8 

Beier D, Röhrl S, Pillai DR, Schwarz S, Kunz-Schughart LA, Leukel P, Proescholdt M, Brawanski A, Bogdahn U, Trampe-Kieslich A, Giebel B, Wischhusen J, Reifenberger G, Hau P, Beier CP
Temozolomide preferentially depletes cancer stem cells in glioblastoma
Cancer Res. 2008 Jul 15;68(14):5706-15
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Links | BL 7:15

Susan E. Jones-Bolin, Hugh Zhao, Kathryn Hunter, Bruce Ruggeri
Effects of chronic oral administration of the pan VEGF-R kinase inhibitor, CEP-7055, alone and in combination with temozolomide (TMZ), on primary tumor growth, neurological dysfunction, and survival in an orthotopic model of human glioblastoma in nude mice
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 44, 2nd ed., July 2003, Abstract No. 61 

Brandes AA, Tosoni A, Franceschi E, Sotti G, Frezza G, Amistà P, Morandi L, Spagnolli F, Ermani M
Recurrence Pattern after Temozolomide Concomitant With and Adjuvant to Radiotherapy in Newly Diagnosed Patients With Glioblastoma: Correlation With MGMT Promoter Methylation Status
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Feb 2. [Epub ahead of print]
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Brandes AA, Franceschi E, Tosoni A, Blatt V, Pession A, Tallini G, Bertorelle R, Bartolini S, Calbucci F, Andreoli A, Frezza G, Leonardi M, Spagnolli F, Ermani M.
MGMT promoter methylation status can predict the incidence and outcome of pseudoprogression after concomitant radiochemotherapy in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients
J Clin Oncol. 2008 May 1;26(13):2192-7
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Carlson BL, Grogan PT, Mladek AC, Schroeder MA, Kitange GJ, Decker PA, Giannini C, Wu W, Ballman KA, James CD, Sarkaria JN
Radiosensitizing effects of temozolomide observed in vivo only in a subset of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase methylated glioblastoma multiforme xenografts
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Sep 1;75(1):212-9
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  CNO 8(10)

Arabinda Das, Kunal D. Patel, Marc S. Weinberg, Sunil J. Patel, Naren L. Banik, Swapan K. Ray
Modulatory effect of dexamethasone on temozolomide induced apoptosis in human glioblastoma U87MG cells
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 554.

Fu J, Liu ZG, Liu XM, Chen FR, Shi HL, Pangjesse CS, Ng HK, Chen ZP
Glioblastoma stem cells resistant to temozolomide-induced autophagy
Chin Med J (Engl). 2009 Jun 5;122(11):1255-9
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Li S, Zhang W, Chen B, Jiang T, Wang Z
Prognostic and predictive value of p53 in low MGMT expressing glioblastoma treated with surgery, radiation and adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
Neurol Res. 2009 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print]
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  CNO 8(10)

Li S, Jiang T, Li G, Wang Z
Impact of p53 status to response of temozolomide in low MGMT expression glioblastomas: preliminary results
Neurol Res. 2008 Jul;30(6):567-70
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Links | BL 7:15

Huan Ren, Alf Giese, Tingchang Chou, Steven Pelech, Nikolai Rainov
Biological activity of a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor of the 2-phenylaminopyrimidine class, Imatinib (STI571, Gleevec), on human glioblastoma cells
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 44, 2nd ed., July 2003, Abstract No. R3776 

Schaich M, Kestel L, Pfirrmann M, Robel K, Illmer T, Kramer M, Dill C, Ehninger G, Schackert G, Krex D.
A MDR1 (ABCB1) gene single nucleotide polymorphism predicts outcome of temozolomide treatment in glioblastoma patients
Ann Oncol. 2008 Aug 7; [Epub ahead of print]
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Links | BL 7:16

Mrugala MM, Chamberlain MC.
Mechanisms of disease: temozolomide and glioblastoma--look to the future
Nat Clin Pract Oncol. 2008 Aug;5(8):476-86. Epub 2008 Jun 10
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Links |  BL 7:18

Park DM, Shah DD, Egorin MJ, Beumer JH
Disposition of temozolomide in a patient with glioblastoma multiforme after gastric bypass surgery
J Neurooncol. 2009 Jan 6. [Epub ahead of print]
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Antonio Silvani, Elena Lamperti, Paola Gaviani, Marica Eoli, Anna Fiumani, Andrea Salmaggi, Chiara Falcone, Graziella Filippini, Andrea Botturi and Amerigo Boiardi
Salvage chemotherapy with procarbazine and fotemustine combination in the treatment of temozolomide treated recurrent glioblastoma patients
Journal of Neuro-Oncology, Epub June 19, 2007, DOI: 10.1007/s11060-007-9427-y
Abstract | Links | BL 7:4

van Nifterik KA, van den Berg J, Stalpers LJ, Lafleur MV, Leenstra S, Slotman BJ, Hulsebos TJ, Sminia P.
Differential Radiosensitizing Potential of Temozolomide in MGMT Promoter Methylated Glioblastoma Multiforme Cell Lines.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Nov 15;69(4):1246-53.
Abstract

Vinjamuri M, Adumala RR, Altaha R, Hobbs GR, Crowell EB Jr.
Comparative analysis of temozolomide (TMZ) versus 1,3-bis (2-chloroethyl)-1 nitrosourea (BCNU) in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients
J Neurooncol. 2008 Sep 24; [Epub ahead of print]
  Abstract | Links |   BL 7:19


Gliomas


Akbar U, Jones T, Winestone J, Michael M, Shukla A, Sun Y, Duntsch C
Delivery of temozolomide to the tumor bed via biodegradable gel matrices in a novel model of intracranial glioma with resection
J Neurooncol. 2009 Apr 1. [Epub ahead of print]
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Marco Balzarotti, Emilio Ciusani, Chiara Calatozzolo, Danilo Croci, Amerigo Boiardi, and Andrea Salmaggi
Effect of Association of Temozolomide With Other Chemotherapic Agents on Cell Growth Inhibition in Glioma Cell Lines
Oncology Research, 2004, Volume 14, pp. 325-330. 

Banissi C, Ghiringhelli F, Chen L, Carpentier AF
Treg depletion with a low-dose metronomic temozolomide regimen in a rat glioma model
Cancer Immunol Immunother. 2009 Feb 17; [Epub ahead of print]
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Dora B. Bocangel, Sydney Finkelstein, S. Clifford Schold, Kishor K. Bhakat, Sankar Mitra and Demetrius M. Kokkinakis
Multifaceted Resistance of Gliomas to Temozolomide
Clinical Cancer Research Vol. 8, 2725-2734, 1 August 2002

 Abstract |  Full Text |  Reprint |  Links | BL 1:3

Brem S, Tyler B, Li K, Pradilla G, Legnani F, Caplan J, Brem H
Local delivery of temozolomide by biodegradable polymers is superior to oral administration in a rodent glioma model
Cancer Chemother Pharmacol. 2007 Oct;60(5):643-50. Epub 2007 Jan 26.
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Chalmers AJ, Ruff EM, Martindale C, Lovegrove N, Short SC
Cytotoxic effects of temozolomide and radiation are additive- and schedule-dependent
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2009 Dec 1;75(5):1511-9
  Abstract | Links |   CNO 8(12)

M.J.M. Darkes, G.L. Plosker, B. Jarvis
Temozolomide: A Review of its Use in the Treatment of Malignant Gliomas, Malignant Melanoma and Other Advanced Cancers

American Journal of Cancer, Volume 1, Number 1, Pages: 55 -- 80 [2002] 


Dinnes J, Cave C, Huang S, Milne R
A rapid and systematic review of the effectiveness of temozolomide for the treatment of recurrent malignant glioma
Br J Cancer. 2002 Feb 12;86(4):501-5
 

Friedman HS, Keir S, Pegg AE, Houghton PJ, Colvin OM, Moschel RC, Bigner DD, Dolan ME
O6-benzylguanine-mediated enhancement of chemotherapy
Mol Cancer Ther 2002 Sep;1(11):943-8 

Hassouna I, Sperling S, Kim E, Schulz-Schaeffer W, Rave-Fränk M, Hasselblatt M, Jelkmann W, Giese A, Ehrenreich H
Erythropoietin augments survival of glioma cells after radiation and temozolomide
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2008 Nov 1;72(3):927-34
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Hingtgen S, Ren X, Terwilliger E, Classon M, Weissleder R, Shah K.
Targeting multiple pathways in gliomas with stem cell and viral delivered S-TRAIL and Temozolomide
Mol Cancer Ther. 2008 Nov 1;7(11):3575-85
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Takao Kanzawa, Hideaki Ito, Yasuko Kondo, Seiji Kondo
Role of autophagy in temozolomide-induced cytotoxicity for malignant glioma cells
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 579. 

Kanzawa T, Germano IM, Kondo Y, Ito H, Kyo S, Kondo S
Inhibition of telomerase activity in malignant glioma cells correlates with their sensitivity to temozolomide
Br J Cancer. 2003 Sep 1;89(5):922-929 (Cell Culture Study, Abstract)


Koukourakis GV, Kouloulias V, Zacharias G, Papadimitriou C, Pantelakos P, Maravelis G, Fotineas A, Beli I, Chaldeopoulos D, Kouvaris J
Temozolomide with radiation therapy in high grade brain gliomas: pharmaceuticals considerations and efficacy; a review article
Molecules. 2009 Apr 16;14(4):1561-77
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La Rocca RV, Mehdorn HM.
Localized BCNU chemotherapy and the multimodal management of malignant glioma
Curr Med Res Opin. 2009 Jan;25(1):149-60
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Maurer GD, Tritschler I, Adams B, Tabatabai G, Wick W, Stupp R, Weller M.
Cilengitide modulates attachment and viability of human glioma cells, but not sensitivity to irradiation or temozolomide in vitro
Neuro Oncol. 2009 Feb 16; [Epub ahead of print]
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Murphy PS, Viviers L, Abson C, Rowland IJ, Brada M, Leach MO, Dzik-Jurasz AS
Monitoring temozolomide treatment of low-grade glioma with proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Br J Cancer. 2004 Feb 23;90(4):781-6. 

Panetta JC, Kirstein MN, Gajjar AJ, Nair G, Fouladi M, Stewart CF
A mechanistic mathematical model of temozolomide myelosuppression in children with high-grade gliomas
Math Biosci. 2003 Nov;186(1):29-41

Susan Pannullo, D. C Shungu, R. L DeLaPaz, M. Odaimi, J. Serventi, L. Heller, C. M Balmaceda
Use of magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) in malignant gliomas treated with temozolomide (TMZ)
38th ASCO Annual Meeting. Orlando, FL. May 18-21, 2002. Abstract No.
2101.  

Patel VJ, Elion GB, Houghton PJ, Keir S, Pegg AE, Johnson SP, Dolan ME, Bigner DD, Friedman HS
Schedule-dependent activity of temozolomide plus CPT-11 against a human central nervous system tumor-derived xenograft
Clin Cancer Res 2000 Oct;6(10):4154-7 

Paz MF, Yaya-Tur R, Rojas-Marcos I, Reynes G, Pollan M, Aguirre-Cruz L, Garcia-Lopez JL, Piquer J, Safont MJ, Balana C, Sanchez-Cespedes M, Garcia-Villanueva M, Arribas L, Esteller M
CpG island hypermethylation of the DNA repair enzyme methyltransferase predicts response to temozolomide in primary gliomas
Clin Cancer Res. 2004 Aug 1;10(15):4933-8. 

Plowman J, Waud WR, Koutsoukos AD, Rubinstein LV, Moore TD, Grever MR
Preclinical antitumor activity of temozolomide in mice: efficacy against human brain tumor xenografts and synergism with 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea
Cancer Res 1994 Jul 15;54(14):3793-9 

Quinn JA, Jiang SX, Reardon DA, Desjardins A, Vredenburgh JJ, Rich JN, Gururangan S, Friedman AH, Bigner DD, Sampson JH, McLendon RE, Herndon JE 2nd, Walker A, Friedman HS
Phase II Trial of Temozolomide Plus O6-Benzylguanine in Adults With Recurrent, Temozolomide-Resistant Malignant Glioma
J Clin Oncol. 2009 Feb 9. [Epub ahead of print]
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Lucio Tentori, Carlo Leonetti, Marco Scarsella, Giulia d'Amati, Weizheng Xu, Vincent Kalish, Jie Zhang, Gabriella Zupi, Grazia Graziani
Systemic administration of the PARP inhibitor GPI 15427 increases the anti-tumor activity of temozolomide in melanoma, glioma and lymphoma preclinical models in vivo
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 44, 2nd ed., July 2003, Abstract No. 5466 

Rosso L, Brock CS, Gallo JM, Saleem A, Price PM, Turkheimer FE, Aboagye EO
A new model for prediction of drug distribution in tumor and normal tissues: pharmacokinetics of temozolomide in glioma patients
Cancer Res. 2009 Jan 1;69(1):120-7
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van Rijn J, Heimans JJ, van den Berg J, van der Valk P, Slotman BJ
Survival of human glioma cells treated with various combination of temozolomide and X-rays
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2000 Jun 1; 47(3): 779-84

Meg Verrees, Lili Liu, Stanton L. Gerson
Interruption of base excision repair selectively enhances temozolamide and 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-nitrosurea cytotoxicity in treatment of adult human malignant glioma cell lines
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 1548. 

F. S. Viola, F. Morrone, J. Stella, F. Spiller, A. Battastini, C. H. Barrios
Combination of STI571 and temozolamide on inhibition of rat and human glioma cell lines proliferation
39th ASCO Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. May 31-June 3, 2003. Abstract No. 469

Yamini B, Yu X, Pytel P, Galanopoulos N, Rawlani V, Veerapong J, Bickenbach K, Weichselbaum RR
Adenovirally delivered tumor necrosis factor-alpha improves the antiglioma efficacy of concomitant radiation and temozolomide therapy
Clin Cancer Res. 2007 Oct 15;13(20):6217-23

Abstract | Links | BL 7:2


Hum. lymphoblastoid cell lines


D'Atri S, Tentori L, Lacal PM, Graziani G, Pagani E, Benincasa E, Zambruno G, Bonmassar E, Jiricny J
Involvement of the mismatch repair system in temozolomide-induced apoptosis
Mol Pharmacol 1998 Aug;54(2):334-41 (PDF Full Text)


Metastatic Tumors


Islam R, Isaacson BJ, Zickerman PM, Ratanawong C, Tipping SJ
Hemorrhagic cystitis as an unexpected adverse reaction to temozolomide: case report
Am J Clin Oncol 2002 Oct;25(5):513-4 


Lucio Tentori, Carlo Leonetti, Marco Scarsella, Weizheng Xu, David C. Calvin, Lisa Morgan, Zhaocheng Tang, Krystyna M. Wozniak, Christina Alemu, Randall Hoover, Rena G. Lapidus, Gabriella Zupi, Jie Zhang, Grazia Graziani
Oral administration of the PARP-1 inhibitor GPI 15427 increases the anti-tumor activity of temozolomide against melanoma growing at the CNS site
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 2007. 


Microenvironment


Virrey JJ, Golden EB, Sivakumar W, Wang W, Pen L, Schönthal AH, Hofman FM, Chen TC
Glioma-associated endothelial cells are chemoresistant to temozolomide
J Neurooncol. 2009 Apr 18. [Epub ahead of print]
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Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma


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


Michael S. Bobola, Richard Ellenbogen, Ryan Goff, John Silber
Ablation of O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase with O6-benzylguanine reduces the resistance of pediatric primary brain tumor cell lines to temozolomide and BCNU
Proceedings of the AACR, Volume 45, March 2004, Abstract Number: 2143. 


Pseudo-progression


Taal W, Brandsma D, de Bruin HG, Bromberg JE, Swaak-Kragten AT, Sillevis Smitt PA, van Es CA, van den Bent MJ.
Incidence of early pseudo-progression in a cohort of malignant glioma patients treated with chemoirradiation with temozolomide
Cancer. 2008 May 16. [Epub ahead of print]
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Links | BL 7:11

 

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