Potential clinical role of FDG-PET in detecting sarcomatous transformation in von Recklinghausen's disease: a case study and review of the literature.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:High hospital case volumes are associated with improved treatment outcomes for numerous diseases. We assessed the association between academic non-profit hospital case volume and survival of adult glioblastoma patients. METHODS:From the nationwide Finnish Cancer Registry, we identified all adult (≥ 18 yea...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Raj R,Seppä K,Luostarinen T,Malila N,Seppälä M,Pitkäniemi J,Korja M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to test by means of a voxel-based approach the hypothesis that there is a different spatial distribution of brain metastases (BM) and white matter hyperintensities (WMH) and that the presence of WMH affects the location of BM in lung and non-lung cancer patients. Two-hundred consecutive cance...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Quattrocchi CC,Errante Y,Mallio CA,Carideo L,Scarciolla L,Santini D,Tonini G,Zobel BB

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric brain gliomas are not always amenable for complete surgical excision, therefore adjuvant treatment for a large tumor mass is often required. As tumor volume shrinkage may not be a reliable method for assessing response to treatment, information about the tumor growth potential is desirable for an adequate fo...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Lazareff JA,Gupta RK,Alger J

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of multiple brain metastases from breast carcinoma treated with tamoxifen is described. She remained in remission for 58 months and is still alive after 82+ months of hormone therapy. The case indicates that hormonal treatment may be very effective in the management of brain metastases from breast carcinoma. ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Pors H,von Eyben FE,Sørensen OS,Larsen M

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase has been previously studied as a biomarker for progression of metastatic disease and implicated in adverse skeletal events and worsened survival. The purpose of this study was to determine if serum alkaline phosphatase was a predictor of short-term mortality of patients un...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Karhade AV,Thio QCBS,Ogink PT,Schwab JH

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A phase II trial of Homoharringtonine (HHT) was performed in 15 patients with recurrent or progressive malignant glioma. The drug was administered at a initial dose of 4 mg/m2/day by continuous 5 day intravenous infusion (3 mg/m2/day x 5 days for heavily pretreated patients). Courses were repeated every 3-4 weeks upon...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Feun LG,Savaraj N,Landy H,Levin H,Lampidis T

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To increase awareness about lymphomatosis cerebri by describing a patient with a unique presentation Case report a 58 year old woman presented with progressive lower extremity weakness, postural hypotension, and 90 pound weight loss over 3 months a brain magnetic resonance image revealed multiple non-enhancing foci of...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Keswani A,Bigio E,Grimm S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastomas are malignant brain tumors with poor prognosis. Lately, data from clinical studies assessing the role of co-medications in different cancer types suggested reduced mortality and potential anti-tumor activity for statins, angiotensin-I converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and angiotensin II receptor blocke...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Happold C,Gorlia T,Nabors LB,Erridge SC,Reardon DA,Hicking C,Picard M,Stupp R,Weller M,EORTC Brain Tumor Group and on behalf of the CENTRIC and CORE Clinical Trial Groups.

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS) is an unique acute postoperative complication characterized by transient decrease in speech output (often mutism), apathy, irritability as well as global cerebellar dysfunction. As much as 25% of patients undergoing a resection of a cerebellar...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Siffert J,Poussaint TY,Goumnerova LC,Scott RM,LaValley B,Tarbell NJ,Pomeroy SL

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-eight consecutive patients were given high-dose dexamethasone (96 mg i.v. loading dose, decreasing doses to zero in 14 days) and radiotherapy for epidural spinal cord compression due to malignant disease. There were eight events classified as side effects of the dexamethasone treatment. Four of these were consi...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Heimdal K,Hirschberg H,Slettebø H,Watne K,Nome O

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：SUBJECT:To date there is no established tumor marker for the clinical follow-up of glioblastoma, WHO grade IV, (GBM) which constitutes the most frequent and malignant primary brain tumor. However, since there is promising data that the serum glial fibrillary acidic protein (sGFAP) may serve as a biomarker for glial bra...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Baumgarten P,Quick-Weller J,Gessler F,Wagner M,Tichy J,Forster MT,Foerch C,Seifert V,Mittelbronn M,Senft C

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The anti-Hu syndrome is the most common paraneoplastic neurologic syndrome but the exact mechanism of immune mediated neuronal injury remains unknown. Anti-Hu antibodies do not appear to play a pivotal role in the pathogenesis of the disease. To assess cell-mediated immunity, we selected 51 peptides from the Hu-D sequ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Rousseau A,Benyahia B,Dalmau J,Connan F,Guillet JG,Delattre JY,Choppin J

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thirty-five adult recurrent GBM patients, divided randomly in two groups of 19 and 16 cases, had been treated with two regimens of chemotherapy: a) 'eight-drugs-in-one-day'; b) procarbazine + CCNU + vincristine (PCV) respectively. Chemotherapy was planned at the tumour relapse and delivered as long as tolerated withou...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Boiardi A,Silvani A,Milanesi I,Broggi G,Fariselli L

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate whether activity and protein expression of ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) the metabolism-rate limiting enzyme of the polyamine biosynthesis, which is involved in the regulation of cellular growth and differentiation, reflects the distinct histopathologic characteristics in...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Stenzel W,Röhn G,Miletic H,Radner H,Deckert M,Ernestus RI

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids, such as betamethasone, are often used to prevent possible acute reactions during radiation therapy of intracranial tumors (for example gliomas). The effect of the glucocorticoids is probably due to vascular changes decreasing the development of edemas. The radiosensitivity of two studied cell-lines of...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Benediktsson G,Blomquist E,Carlsson J

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous investigations correlated the degree of cytogenetic and immunophenotypic heterogeneity of cultured normal glia, astrocytomas and malignant gliomas. The possible significance was suggested by the statistical correlation of individual antigens with diagnosis and patient survival. The present study has estab...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Jennings MT,Asadourian LL,Jennings VD,Shapiro JR,Thaler HT

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of recombinant human interleukin 1 beta (rHuIL-1 beta) on myelosuppression induced by 3-[(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidynyl)methyl]-1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nit rosourea hydrochloride (ACNU) was studied. In in vivo study using BALB/c mice, pretreatment with 1 microgram/mouse of rHuIL-1 beta as a single intraperiton...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Tanaka S,Tabuchi S,Watanabe K,Takigawa H,Akatsuka K,Numata H,Hokama Y,Hori T

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas may display benign (Grade I), atypical (Grade II) and anaplastic (Grade III) histopathological findings. The cytogenetic studies strongly suggest that secondary changes (moreover loss of chromosome 22) appear to be associated with more atypical features and with greater clinical aggressivity. We studied 60...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Cerdá-Nicolás M,López-Gineś C,Pérez-Bacete M,Barcia-Salorio JL,Llombart-Bosch A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thrombin is known to play a role as regulator in tumor spreading and tumor growth. Proteinase-activated receptor 1 (PAR 1)-type thrombin receptors were identified in different cancer cells including human glioblastoma cells. Thus a function of PAR 1 in brain tumors may be suggested. In this study, the presence of PAR ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Kaufmann R,Patt S,Kraft R,Zieger M,Henklein P,Neupert G,Nowak G

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimal treatment of anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors (AOT) in elderly patients is debatable. We report a retrospective study of 44 consecutive patients aged 70 years or older [median age: 74 years; median Karnofsky performance status (KPS): 70] treated with up-front chemotherapy using temozolomide (TMZ) at conventi...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Ducray F,del Rio MS,Carpentier C,Psimaras D,Idbaih A,Dehais C,Kaloshi G,Mokhtari K,Taillibert S,Laigle-Donadey F,Omuro A,Sanson M,Delattre JY,Hoang-Xuan K

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown an inverse association between allergies and glioma risk; however, results for associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of allergy-related genes and glioma risk have been inconsistent and restricted to a small number of SNPs. The objective of this study was to examine the...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Backes DM,Siddiq A,Cox DG,Calboli FC,Gaziano JM,Ma J,Stampfer M,Hunter DJ,Camargo CA,Michaud DS

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with neglect fail to report, respond to, or orient to stimuli presented on the opposite side of the brain lesion. Spatial neglect is a multi-componential syndrome and many of its symptoms and signs need specific testing to detect their different clinical manifestations. Given that neglect has a dramatic effec...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Emanuele B,Santini B,Talacchi A,Gerosa M,Savazzi S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bevacizumab, an anti-angiogenic agent, is FDA-approved for use in patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (rGBM). The radiologic evaluation of tumor response to bevacizumab is complex and there is no validated method of monitoring tumor vascularity during therapy. We evaluated perfusion-weighted MR imaging (PW...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Bennett IE,Field KM,Hovens CM,Moffat BA,Rosenthal MA,Drummond K,Kaye AH,Morokoff AP

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retaspimycin hydrochloride (IPI-504), an Hsp90 (heat shock protein 90) inhibitor, has shown activity in multiple preclinical cancer models, such as lung, breast and ovarian cancers. However, its biological effects in gliomas and normal brain derived cellular populations remain unknown. In this study, we profiled the e...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Di K,Keir ST,Alexandru-Abrams D,Gong X,Nguyen H,Friedman HS,Bota DA

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiproliferative effect of IFNalpha was tested on the human glioblastoma cell lines, U-373MG and T98G. IFNalpha significantly inhibited the growth of both cell lines, but was more effective in retarding the growth of U-373MG cells. Flow cytometry analysis indicated that synchronized IFNalpha-treated U-373MG cells...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Tanabe T,Kominsky SL,Subramaniam PS,Johnson HM,Torres BA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A positron emission tomography study using [18F]-fluorodeoxyglucose was undertaken to identify and quantitate whether diaschisis occurred in cerebral cortex, basal ganglia, or thalamus, as well as in cerebellar cortex and dentate nuclei in patients with malignant glioma. The relationship between diaschisis in these ce...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Rozental JM,Levine RL,Nickles RJ,Dobkin JA,Hanson JM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of microRNAs (miRNAs), a class of small non-coding regulatory RNAs, has been implicated in the development and progression of high-grade gliomas. However, the precise mechanistic role of many miRNAs in this disease remains unclear. Here, we investigate the functional role of miR-331-3p in glioblast...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Epis MR,Giles KM,Candy PA,Webster RJ,Leedman PJ

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antiangiogenic therapies for malignant gliomas often result in transient response, and recurrent disease is characterized by adoption of invasive and hypoxic phenotype. The notch signaling pathway is activated in gliomas, and augments cell migration and hypoxic response. Here we report a clinical study of the combinat...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Pan E,Supko JG,Kaley TJ,Butowski NA,Cloughesy T,Jung J,Desideri S,Grossman S,Ye X,Park DM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial metastatic prostate carcinoma is rare. We sought to determine the clinical outcomes after Gamma Knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GKSRS) for patients with intracranial prostate carcinoma metastases. We studied data from 10 patients who underwent radiosurgery for 15 intracranial metastases (9 dural-based an...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Flannery T,Kano H,Niranjan A,Monaco EA 3rd,Flickinger JC,Lunsford LD,Kondziolka D

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oligodendroglial tumors are rare and chemosensitive diseases; but the overall results with current chemotherapy regimens cannot be considered satisfactory and other active treatments are necessary. We decided to determine the efficacy and toxicity profile of the carboplatin and etoposide (CE) regimen in this...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Scopece L,Franceschi E,Cavallo G,Paioli A,Paioli G,Conforti R,Palmerini E,Berzioli C,Spagnolli F,Esposti RD,Crinò L

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00