Phase II study of Gleevec® plus hydroxyurea (HU) in adults with progressive or recurrent meningioma.

abstract：:Gliomas, the most common malignant primary brain tumors, are universally fatal once they progress from low-grade into high-grade neoplasms. In recent years, we have accumulated unprecedented data about the genetic and epigenetic abnormalities in gliomas; yet, our appreciation of how these deadly tumors arise is still ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Tsankova NM,Canoll P

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：QUESTION:What is the role of immunotherapy/tumor vaccines in the treatment of low grade gliomas? TARGET POPULATION:Adult patients with newly diagnosed WHO grade 2 astrocytoma, oligo-astroctyoma, or oligodendroglioma. RECOMMENDATIONS:There is no evidence to support a recommendation in regards to the efficacy of immuno...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Sloan AE,Okada H,Ryken TC,Kalkanis SN,Olson JJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the mechanism of action of nitrosoureas as represented by 1-(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl) methyl-3-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitrosourea (ACNU) with respect to p53 and the G2M cell cycle checkpoint using two glioblastoma cell lines: U251MG and U373MG, with mutated p53. At log-phase cell growth, fresh medium con...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Nakamizo A,Inamura T,Inoha S,Amano T,Ochi H,Ikezaki K,Fukui M

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two patients with metastasis from lung carcinoma of the midbrain are presented. The computerized tomographic (CT) findings mimicked a primary pineal tumor, but autopsy confirmed a metastatic nodule in the midbrain in both cases. The rational approach to posterior third ventricular tumors seen on CT in adulthood is dis...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Tomita T,Wetzel N

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antisense bcl-2 therapy combined with chemotherapy has been proved to be effective in various tumors. However, the role played by antisense bcl-2 therapy alone is not clear. In this study, we compared the apoptosis and the protein profiles of antisense bcl-2 transfected human neuroblastoma SK-N-MC cells to the control...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Li Y,Lu Z,Chen F,Guan J,Hu L,Xu Y,Chen J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective pilot study was performed in order to assess the safety of treating recurrent malignant gliomas (MGs) with locally infused autologous tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TILs) and recombinant interleukin-2 (rIL-2). Six patients were entered between June 27, 1994 and June 2, 1995 and followed until July 1, 19...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Quattrocchi KB,Miller CH,Cush S,Bernard SA,Dull ST,Smith M,Gudeman S,Varia MA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this investigation was to define characteristic properties of cellular energy metabolism in meningiomas in vitro dependent on the histological subtype. We analysed marker enzymes of representative metabolic pathways localized in the mitochondria (respiratory chain, citric acid cycle, beta-oxidation of fatty...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Herting B,Meixensberger J,Roggendorf W,Reichmann H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniopharyngiomas and pituitary adenomas are both tumors of the hypothalamic and pituitary region, respectively that are frequently associated with endocrine defects either because of direct involvement of hormone producing cells (most pituitary tumors) or because of secondary defects due to disturbance of hypothalam...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Oikonomou E,Barreto DC,Soares B,De Marco L,Buchfelder M,Adams EF

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary intramedullary spinal cord tumors are a rare entity, comprising 4–10 %of all spinal cord tumors. The current report presents data on intramedullary spinal cord anaplastic astrocytomas and glioblastomas in adults using the national surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database (1973–2008), and evaluates ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Wong AP,Dahdaleh NS,Fessler RG,Melkonian SC,Lin Y,Smith ZA,Lam SK

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant activation of Akt is a common finding in adult malignant gliomas, resulting in most cases from mutations or deletions involving PTEN, which allows constitutive Akt phosphorylation. In contrast, we have previously reported that pediatric malignant gliomas, which are morphologically similar to lesions arising i...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Pollack IF,Hamilton RL,Burger PC,Brat DJ,Rosenblum MK,Murdoch GH,Nikiforova MN,Holmes EJ,Zhou T,Cohen KJ,Jakacki RI,Children's Oncology Group.

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To report outcomes of salvage re-irradiation (re-RT) in recurrent/progressive medulloblastoma (MB). METHODS:Medical records of patients treated with curative-intent re-RT as multi-modality management for recurrent/progressive MB between 2008 and 2018 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS:A total of 28 patien...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Gupta T,Maitre M,Sastri GJ,Krishnatry R,Shirsat N,Epari S,Sahay A,Chinnaswamy G,Patil V,Shetty P,Moiyadi A

更新日期：2019-09-01 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

abstract：:When a malignant tumor invades the child's cerebellum, the cost of successful treatment is often significant cognitive morbidity. A review of neuropsychological outcome revealed that survivors of childhood medulloblastoma (MB) have long-term deficits in intelligence, memory, language, attention, academic skills, psych...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Dennis M,Spiegler BJ,Hetherington CR,Greenberg ML

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Because raised matrix metalloprotease (MMP) levels are associated with glioma invasion and angiogenesis, we tested the efficacy of marimastat (MT) an orally active drug that can reduce MMP levels, in patients with gliomas. PATIENTS AND METHODS:A total of 162 patients with intracranial glioblastoma multiforme o...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Levin VA,Phuphanich S,Yung WK,Forsyth PA,Maestro RD,Perry JR,Fuller GN,Baillet M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neural stem cells (NSC) have unique differentiation-, proliferation-, and motility properties. To investigate whether they secrete factors that interfere with the proliferation of glioma cells, we grew glioma cells in conditioned medium (CM) obtained from cultures of neurospheres including neural stem / progenitor cel...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Suzuki T,Izumoto S,Wada K,Fujimoto Y,Maruno M,Yamasaki M,Kanemura Y,Shimazaki T,Okano H,Yoshimine T

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite similar morphological aspects, anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors (AOTs) form a heterogeneous clinical subgroup of gliomas. The chromosome arms 1p/19q codeletion has been shown to be a relevant biomarker in AOTs and to be perfectly exclusive from EGFR amplification in gliomas. To identify new genomic regions a...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Idbaih A,Dalmasso C,Kouwenhoven M,Jeuken J,Carpentier C,Gorlia T,Kros JM,French P,Teepen J,Broët P,Delattre O,Mokhtari K,Sanson M,Delattre JY,van den Bent M,Hoang-Xuan K

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a 13-month-old boy with diencephalic syndrome (DS) due to an optico-hypothalamic juvenile pilocytic astrocytoma (JPA). Massive neuroaxis dissemination was identified at diagnosis. He received 6 courses of combined conventional-dose chemotherapy consisting of carboplatin (CBDCA), etoposide (VP-16), and cyclop...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Kageji T,Nagahiro S,Horiguchi H,Watanabe T,Suzuya H,Okamoto Y,Kuroda Y

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review identifies the current literature on the use of bevacizumab for cerebral radiation necrosis in patients with high-grade gliomas, summarizes the clinical course and complications following bevacizumab, and discusses the relative costs and benefits of this therapeutic option. A Medline search was conducted o...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Lubelski D,Abdullah KG,Weil RJ,Marko NF

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The classification of cartilaginous tumors of the skull base, including chondroid chordoma and chondrosarcoma remains the subject of controversy. Critical review of the literature and our own experience of chordomas and cartilaginous tumors of the skull base led to the following conclusions: 1) Chondrosarcoma of the s...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Ishida T,Dorfman HD

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptomeningeal dissemination of low-grade gliomas is an uncommon event. A 43-year old male presented with dizziness, gait ataxia, and diplopia. A nonenhancing lesion in the right cerebellar peduncle was identified, subtotally resected, and diagnosed as a grade II astrocytoma. After one year a nodular spread in the bra...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Passarin MG,Moretto G,Musso AM,Ottaviani S,Masotto B,Ghimenton C,Iuzzolino P,Buffone E,Rudà R,Soffietti R,Vattemi E,Pedersini R

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration is a rare neurological disorder that frequently precedes the detection of malignancy. Here, we report the case of a 60 year-old woman with locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue who developed a subacute cerebellar syndrome associated with the presence of anti-CV2/...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Saloustros E,Zaganas I,Mavridis M,Vamvakas L,Plaitakis A,Georgoulias V,Mavroudis D

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The basic mechanism of cell death induced by 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA)-mediated photodynamic therapy (PDT) (ALA-PDT) in glioma cells has not been fully elucidated. In this study, the details of the cell death mechanism induced by ALA-PDT were investigated in three human glioma cell lines (U251MG, U87MG, and U118MG...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Inoue H,Kajimoto Y,Shibata MA,Miyoshi N,Ogawa N,Miyatake S,Otsuki Y,Kuroiwa T

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The embolization of cancer cells to cerebral vessels occurs early in the multi-step metastatic process. We aimed to determine whether the presence of leukoaraiosis (LA) before treatment would predict the development of brain metastases (BM) in patients with lung cancer. Between January 2014 and June 2015, 1007 patient...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Hayashi N,Mitsuya K,Nakasu Y,Naito T,Ohka F,Takahashi T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surgical resection is not the standard of care for primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), as historical studies have demonstrated unfavorable complication rates and limited benefits. Some recent studies suggest that resection may provide a therapeutic benefit, yet the safety of these procedures has not been ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Cloney MB,Sonabend AM,Yun J,Yang J,Iwamoto F,Singh S,Bhagat G,Canoll P,Zanazzi G,Bruce JN,Sisti M,Sheth S,Connolly ES,McKhann G

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of high risk medulloblastoma with leptomeningeal intracranial and spinal metastasis in a 10-year-old girl treated successfully with conventional prolonged chemotherapy without radiotherapy. This is a particular case of medulloblastoma that at onset did not receive standard therapy for medulloblastoma ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Schiavetti A,Varrasso G,Maurizi P,Trasimeni G,Carapella C,Castello MA

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare progression-free (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in patients treated in two consecutive phase II trials of hypofractionated-intensity modulated radiotherapy (hypo-IMRT) and temozolomide (TMZ) with or without bevacizumab (BEV). Patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) after biopsy or resec...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Carlson JA,Reddy K,Gaspar LE,Ney D,Kavanagh BD,Damek D,Lillehei K,Chen C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extraskeletal myxoid chondrosarcoma is a rare tumor with less than 100 cases reported in the literature. The prevalence of anti-Hu positive myxoid chondrosarcoma-associated paraneoplastic subacute cerebellar degeneration is exceedingly rare. We present a report of a patient with confirmed myxoid chondrosarcoma-associa...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Hoosien M,Vredenburgh J,Lanfranco J,Ochoa R,Robinson P,Martinez R,Singer C,Silva O

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medulloblastoma with melanotic differentiation, a rare variant of medulloblastoma, often carries a poor prognosis. We present such a case of a 4 year male with this rare, aggressive tumor. Additionally, we have reviewed the literature and report on the features important in the pathologic and radiologic diagnosis in t...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Phillips CL,Miles L,Jones BV,Sutton M,Crone K,Fouladi M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steady improvements in imaging modalities have enabled a new realm of capabilities in the identification and assessment of meningiomas. The cross-sectional imaging modalities, MRI and CT, have improved in resolution and fidelity. These modalites now provide not only improved structural information but also insights in...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Saloner D,Uzelac A,Hetts S,Martin A,Dillon W

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF)-1α and HIF-2α expression were investigated immunohistochemically as determinants of prognosis in 42 cases of astrocytic tumors associated with necrosis grade on magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. Expression of HIF-1α was determined immunohistologically. The degree of necrosis on MR images ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Mashiko R,Takano S,Ishikawa E,Yamamoto T,Nakai K,Matsumura A

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00