Neuropilin-2 contributes to tumorigenicity in a mouse model of Hedgehog pathway medulloblastoma.

abstract：:After the second recurrence of spinal seeding in hemangioblastoma not associated to von-Hippel-Lindau disease, we treated an adult female patient with thalidomide 200 mg orally/day at night for longer than 1 year. The patient reported subjective relief of symptoms after 1 month. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contro...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Piribauer M,Czech T,Dieckmann K,Birner P,Hainfellner JA,Prayer D,Fazeny-Dörner B,Weinländer G,Marosi C

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptomeningeal disease (LMD) is a highly aggressive and usually rapidly fatal condition. The purpose of this study is to identify clinical factors that can serve to predict for LMD at the time of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) for brain metastases from breast carcinoma. We conducted a retrospective review of patients...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Trifiletti DM,Romano KD,Xu Z,Reardon KA,Sheehan J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Angiogenesis is one of the key features of glioblastoma (GB). However, the use of anti-angiogenic therapies directed against vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is limited by primary or acquired resistance. MET/HGF and PlGF signaling are involved in potential alternative escape mechanisms to VEGF pathway. Our ob...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Tabouret E,Denicolai E,Delfino C,Graillon T,Boucard C,Nanni I,Padovani L,Figarella-Branger D,Chinot O

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Lonidamine (LND) has been shown to inhibit tumor aerobic glycolysis. Its effect was evaluated on several human astrocytomas at different degrees of malignancy; a correlation was found between LDN effect on lactate production and tumor malignancy: in grade I and II astrocytomas LND stimulates lactate production, while ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Paggi MG,Carapella CM,Fanciulli M,Del Carlo C,Giorno S,Zupi G,Silvestrini B,Caputo A,Floridi A

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44 year-old man with subcutaneous meningioma and rare combination of spinal lesions, consisting of dermal sinus and lipoma of the filum terminale. The literature concerning the subcutaneous meningioma is reviewed and the embryogenesis of these lesions is discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Qasho R,Lunardi P,Lo Bianco FM,di Stefano M

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment options and prognosis remains poor for patients with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. These tumors are highly vascularised and over express angiogenic factors such as vascular endothelial growth factor and may potentially be responsive to antiangiogenic therapies. We present the results of a phase II trial...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Marx GM,Pavlakis N,McCowatt S,Boyle FM,Levi JA,Bell DR,Cook R,Biggs M,Little N,Wheeler HR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to evaluate the spectrum of late effects in a large cohort of pediatric patients with low-grade gliomas (WHO grade I and II) during an observation period of 20 years. Eighty-seven patients with low-grade gliomas grouped according to tumor location (cerebellum: n=28; cerebral hemisphere...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Benesch M,Lackner H,Sovinz P,Suppan E,Schwinger W,Eder HG,Dornbusch HJ,Moser A,Triebl-Roth K,Urban C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) introduction in the surgical management of Glioblastoma (GBM) enables the intra-operatively identification of cancer cells in the mass by means of fluorescence. Here, we analyzed the phenotype of GBM cells isolated from distinct tumour areas determined by 5-ALA (tumour core, 5-ALA intense...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Rampazzo E,Della Puppa A,Frasson C,Battilana G,Bianco S,Scienza R,Basso G,Persano L

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A list of active investigative brain tumor protocols in North America is presented. The fact that there are 138 protocols (and certainly some have been missed) indicates the diversity and intensity of research into this difficult problem. The geographic diversity of institutions involved in brain tumor clinical trials...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Bernstein M,Rutka J

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developing and conducting gene therapy clinical trials poses unique challenges which must be addressed to satisfy regulatory requirements and, most importantly, to protect human subjects. Experimental products used for gene transfer studies, such as viral vectors, are often complex and cannot be sterilized or complete...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Aguilar LK,Aguilar-Cordova E

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Brain tumors make up over a quarter of pediatric malignancies. Depending on the age of presentation and treatment, pediatric brain tumor survivors experience varying degrees of treatment induced morbidity and sequelae. Epigenetic mechanisms play a critical role in silencing of tumor suppressor genes and ac...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Bhattacharya D,Pomeroy SL,Pomeranz Krummel DA,Sengupta S

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human recombinant tumor necrosis factor-alpha (rTNF-alpha) was administered to normal Fischer 344 rats by stereotaxic intracerebral (IC) injection. Animals receiving a single injection of either 6 x 10(4) U rTNF-alpha or an equivalent volume of excipient (vehicle) in their right parietal lobe. In order to demonstrate ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Wright JL,Merchant RE

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of intracranial osteosarcoma are reported. In three cases the tumors were primary neoplasms arising from the sellar region, base of the occiput and the parieto-occipital area. One case represented osteosarcoma metastatic to the cerebellum, a site not previously described, from a primary tumor at the femur. ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Ashkan K,Pollock J,D'Arrigo C,Kitchen ND

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Carmustine (BCNU)-impregnated biodegradable polymer wafers have been shown to prolong survival in patients with recurrent malignant glioma. Interferon alfa-2b (IFNalpha(2b)) has demonstrated antitumor activity against a number of cancers, but its use in glioma has been limited. The use of these agents in c...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Olson JJ,McKenzie E,Skurski-Martin M,Zhang Z,Brat D,Phuphanich S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of a functioning invasive pituitary oncocytoma in a 50-year-old man is reported. The serum prolactin was increased and immunocytochemical staining was positive for prolactin. In addition to numerous mitochondria within the neoplastic cells, structurally abnormal mitochondria with crystalline inclusions were als...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Chowdhury C,Roy S,Gupta N,Kochupillai N,Banerji AK

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We retrospectively evaluated the relationship between the response of lung lesions and distant progression-free survival (DPFS) after radiosurgery in patients with brain metastases. A total of 47 consecutive patients were treated with radiosurgery for brain metastases. Distant progression was defined as a new enhancin...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Han JH,Kim DG,Oh CW,Kim CY,Kim YH,Park JH,Kim EK,Jung HW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since its description in 1982, central neurocytoma (CN) has been a relatively innocuous rare tumor of the central nervous system. Comprising of less than 0.5% of all intracranial tumors, most are reported to be slow growing, with low recurrence rates, and a favorable prognosis. Because of its rarity, its cellular biol...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Tran H,Medina-Flores R,Cerilli LA,Phelps J,Lee FC,Wong G,Turner P

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soon after the initial description of acromegaly in the late 19th century, neurosurgeons performed the first operative procedures for the disease. Transcranial procedures eventually yielded to the transsphenoidal approach. Reasonably effective medical therapy was introduced in the 1970s and pharmacological progress co...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Jane JA Jr,Thapar K,Laws ER Jr

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningiomas, when benign, are commonly treated with surgical resection alone. However, the optimal treatment for patients with subtotally resected or recurrent World Health Organization (WHO) grade I tumors, or WHO grade II and III tumors, regardless of the extent of resection, is not well defined, with both a paucity...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Vogelbaum MA,Leland Rogers C,Linskey MA,Mehta MP

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A prospective study was performed in patients treated with cisplatin to evaluate the occurrence and degree of central, peripheral and autonomic neuropathy and to determine the most accurate method to study this neuropathy. Twelve patients were examined before, during and after treatment. Evaluation included neurologic...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Boogerd W,ten Bokkel Huinink WW,Dalesio O,Hoppenbrouwers WJ,van der Sande JJ

更新日期：1990-12-01 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：:The Notch signal regulates both cell viability and apoptosis, and maintains stemness of various cancers including glioblastoma (GBM). Although Notch signal inhibition may be an effective strategy in treating GBM initiating cells (GICs), its applicability to the different subtypes of GBM remains unclear. Here, we analy...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Tanaka S,Nakada M,Yamada D,Nakano I,Todo T,Ino Y,Hoshii T,Tadokoro Y,Ohta K,Ali MA,Hayashi Y,Hamada J,Hirao A

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increasing evidence suggests that an inflammatory microenvironment promotes invasion by glioblastoma (GBM) cells. Together with p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) activation being regarded as promoting inflammation, we hypothesized that elevated inflammatory cytokine secretion and p38 MAPK activity contribute...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Yeung YT,Bryce NS,Adams S,Braidy N,Konayagi M,McDonald KL,Teo C,Guillemin GJ,Grewal T,Munoz L

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long term survival is rare in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). To determine if the tumors of patients with long survivals constitute a subgroup of patients with identifiable molecular genetic characteristics, we studied the p53 gene and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGF-R) expression in long-term survi...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Morita M,Rosenblum MK,Bilsky MH,Fraser RA,Rosenfeld MR

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:Primary malignant brain and other central nervous system tumors (BT) are a rare cancer that causes morbidity and mortality disproportionate to their incidence. This study presents the most up-to-date mortality data for malignant BT in the United States (US) by histology groupings, age, race, and sex. Mortality rates f...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Gittleman H,Kromer C,Ostrom QT,Blanda R,Russell J,Kruchko C,Barnholtz-Sloan JS

更新日期：2017-06-01 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：:Targeting tumor angiogenesis is a potential therapeutic strategy for glioblastoma because of its high vascularization. Tivozanib is an oral pan-VEGF receptor tyrosine kinase inhibitor that hits a central pathway in glioblastoma angiogenesis. We conducted a phase II study to test the effectiveness of tivozanib in patie...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Kalpathy-Cramer J,Chandra V,Da X,Ou Y,Emblem KE,Muzikansky A,Cai X,Douw L,Evans JG,Dietrich J,Chi AS,Wen PY,Stufflebeam S,Rosen B,Duda DG,Jain RK,Batchelor TT,Gerstner ER

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report one year follow up of a case of extramedullary hematopoiesis within the clivus. The imaging findings, brief clinical course, and endoscopic transphenoidal approach are described. A 29-year-old female with thalassemia developed worsening cranial nerve signs. After imaging studies discovered a large clival mas...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Reames DL,Lindstrom K,Raghavan P,Jane J Jr

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00