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：: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：:Between January 1985 and December 2000, 916 patients with brain metastases were treated with whole brain radiation therapy (WBRT) at the Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Freiburg. In 47 patients, a primary tumor could not be identified (cancer of unknown primary (CUP)). Sixteen patients had a solitary b...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Bartelt S,Lutterbach J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In earlier studies, we demonstrated that intratumoral infusions of alloreactive cytotoxic T lymphocytes (aCTL), sensitized to the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens of the host, effectively retarded the intracranial growth of Fischer 9L gliosarcoma. We further demonstrated that continuous in vitro exposur...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Paul DB,Read SB,Kulprathipanja NV,Gomez GG,Kleinschmidt-DeMasters BK,Schiltz PM,Kruse CA

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The type III mutant epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is expressed on the cell surface of a subset of glioma, but not of normal tissues. In this study, we investigated the in vivo kinetics of 3C10 mouse monoclonal antibody (mAb), specifically recognizing the type III mutant EGFR (EGFRvIII), using athymic nude mi...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Takasu S,Takahashi T,Okamoto S,Oriuchi N,Nakayashiki N,Okamoto K,Muramatsu H,Hayashi T,Nakahara N,Mizuno M,Wakabayashi T,Higuchi T,Endo K,Kozaki K,Miyaishi O,Saga S,Ueda R,Yoshida J,Yoshikawa K

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) is involved as an autocrine growth factor in the autonomous proliferation of glioma cells. To develop a new strategy for treating patients with glioma, we studied the effect on human glioma cells of a 16-mer oligopeptide with conformational similarity to the putative receptor-binding...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Kono K,Ueba T,Takahashi JA,Murai N,Hashimoto N,Myoumoto A,Itoh N,Fukumoto M

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：:Neurological complications may occur in the course of Waldenström's macroglobulinemia (Wm). These complications affect both the central and peripheral nervous system. Pathogenesis is debated and several mechanisms have been suggested. Direct malignant lymphoid infiltration (MLI) is very rare and has only been reported...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Massengo S,Riffaud L,Morandi X,Bernard M,Verin M

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteasome activity is essential during cAMP-induced terminal differentiation of a murine neuroblastoma cell line (NBP2). However, the mechanisms through which proteasome affects NBP2 differentiation have not been characterized. We hypothesized that proteasome is required to implement the differentiation-mediated effe...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Nahreini P,Andreatta C,Hanson A,Prasad KN

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-dose (1-3.5 g/m2) methotrexate (MTX) followed by whole-brain radiation therapy (WBRT) has consistently improved length of survival in primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL), but the prognosis remains dismal. To optimize and enhance the dose intensity of MTX, we applied MTX at 8 g/m2 to 20 patients with P...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Watanabe T,Katayama Y,Yoshino A,Komine C,Yokoyama T,Fukushima T

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews the development of low-energy light ion accelerator-based neutron sources (ABNSs) for the treatment of brain tumors through an intact scalp and skull using boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). A major advantage of an ABNS for BNCT over reactor-based neutron sources is the potential for siting withi...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Blue TE,Yanch JC

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The uptake of the boron compound Na2B12H10-SH (BSH) in tumor and normal tissues was investigated in the frame of the EORTC phase I trial 'Postoperative treatment of glioblastoma with BNCT at the Petten Irradiation Facility' (protocol 11961). METHODS AND MATERIALS:The boron concentration in blood, tumor, normal...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Hideghéty K,Sauerwein W,Wittig A,Götz C,Paquis P,Grochulla F,Haselsberger K,Wolbers J,Moss R,Huiskamp R,Fankhauser H,de Vries M,Gabel D

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Future success using chemotherapy against human gliomas may result from exploiting unique molecular vulnerabilities of these tumors. Chemotherapy frequently results in DNA damage. When such damage is sensed by the cell, programmed cell death, or apoptosis, may be initiated. However, chemotherapy-induced DNA damage may...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Weaver KD,Yeyeodu S,Cusack JC Jr,Baldwin AS Jr,Ewend MG

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to characterize the time course of N-isopropyl-p-[123I]-iodoamphetamine (123I-IMP) uptake of primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL) comparing with those of other common brain tumors such as malignant gliomas and meningioma. Ten patients with PCNSL, 14 with malignant gliomas and 7...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Shinoda J,Yano H,Murase S,Yoshimura S,Sakai N,Asano T

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRT) are aggressive neoplasms generally of the infant kidney, although a few extrarenal, central nervous system-located, were reported. We describe two cases of such tumors arising intracerebrally in patients aged 16 and 31 years, hence older than the usually reported, with survival times of...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Pimentel J,Silva R,Pimentel T

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death ligand-mediated apoptosis is a promising strategy of gene therapy for human malignant glioma. We here report that the infection of human malignant glioma cell lines with an adenoviral vector encoding full length human Apo2 ligand/tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (Ad-Apo2L/TRAIL) results in...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Naumann U,Waltereit R,Schulz JB,Weller M

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ceramide is a physiologic regulator of growth and differentiation in mammalian cells. In this study, the relationship between ceramide and FLICE inhibitory protein (FLIP) in the induction of apoptosis in glioblastoma cell lines was investigated. We found that LN215 cells were slightly more sensitive to Fas-mediated ap...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Yoon G,Kim KO,Lee J,Kwon D,Shin JS,Kim SJ,Choi IH

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have expressed the tumor suppressor p16 under the control of a tetracycline-sensitive promoter in two human glioblastoma cell lines which do not contain endogenous p16. Ectopic p16 expression led to a stable but reversible G1 phase cell cycle arrest, reduced the growth of both cell lines in cell culture, and almost...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Simon M,Simon C,Köster G,Hans VH,Schramm J

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a 72-year-old woman with primary CNS lymphoma of the mid-brain and pons who had a complete response to oral temozolomide chemotherapy. She initially presented in early 2001 with several weeks of progressive memory loss and unresponsiveness. Because of her age and impaired renal function, she was ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Lerro KA,Lacy J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The time to tumor progression (TTP), time to death (TTD) and complications were studied prospectively in a cohort of patients treated by surgery and adjuvant radio- and intensified PCV chemotherapy for astrocytomas (AIII), oligodendrogliomas (OIII) and oligoastrocytomas (OAIII) WHO grade III. The treatment was carried...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Kristof RA,Neuloh G,Hans V,Deckert M,Urbach H,Schlegel U,Simon M,Schramm J

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Medulloblastomas (MB) are the most common central nervous system malignancies in children. Numerous publications describe certain efforts to identify predictive value of various patterns of MB pathology and immunohistochemistry but received data appear to be controversial. In the present study, the apoptotic index (AI...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Korshunov A,Savostikova M,Ozerov S

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic high-dose methotrexate (HD-MTX) is the most effective chemotherapeutic agent in the treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). Leptomeningeal involvement is common and intrathecal methotrexate (IT-MTX) is frequently used in combination with HD-MTX, but its benefits are not established. Usin...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Khan RB,Shi W,Thaler HT,DeAngelis LM,Abrey LE

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurement of oxygen pressure (pO2) in tumor tissue is important, because pO2 is a major factor for radiosensitivity in malignant glioma treatment. We attempted to elucidate the changes in pO2 level in glioblastoma tissue of patients under various conditions. Eighteen patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma were r...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Beppu T,Kamada K,Yoshida Y,Arai H,Ogasawara K,Ogawa A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macrophages play an important role in the regulation of malignant tumors. Although glioma contains abundance of macrophages, their role in apoptosis of glioma is not known. We stimulated macrophages with lipopolysaccharide and culture supernatants of activated macrophages were collected to treat glioma cells. The resu...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Chen GG,Chu YS,Chak EC,Leung BC,Poon WS

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both cell proliferation and cell death occur simultaneously in tumor tissue, and extent of tumor growth reflects the net balance of these events. We correlated cell proliferation, spontaneous cell death, and alterations in tumor suppressor proteins with one another and with survival of patients with primary astrocytic...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Nakamizo A,Inamura T,Ikezaki K,Yoshimoto K,Inoha S,Mizoguchi M,Amano T,Fukui M

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Choroid plexus papillomas (CPPs) are generally regarded as benign tumours, with a favourable long-term prognosis. Complete resection should result in cure. We present a case of diffuse craniospinal seeding from an apparently completely resected fourth ventricular primary tumour. A 51-year-old male is discussed, who pr...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： McEvoy AW,Galloway M,Revesz T,Kitchen ND

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent and progressive non-GBM gliomas are a diverse group of brain tumors that often respond poorly to adjuvant chemotherapy treatment. Regional intra-arterial (IA) administration of chemotherapy may result in increased tumor uptake of drug, with improvement in response rates and time to progression (TTP). Twenty-...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Newton HB,Slivka MA,Stevens CL,Bourekas EC,Christoforidis GA,Baujan MA,Chakeres DW

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the treatment of malignant glioma, chemotherapy plays a critical role as do surgical resection and irradiation. Cepharanthine (CEP), a biscoclaurine-derived alkaloid, reportedly potentiates the effects of antitumor agents and induces apoptosis in some cancer cells. Here, we examined the effects of CEP, alone and in...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Kono K,Takahashi JA,Ueba T,Mori H,Hashimoto N,Fukumoto M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A prospective Phase II study of CPT-11 in adult patients with recurrent supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). METHODS:Forty patients (25 men, 15 women) ages 32-71 years (median 59), with recurrent GBM were treated. All patients had previously been treated with surgery and involved field radiotherapy...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Chamberlain MC

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The high incidence of gliomas in Li-Fraumeni families and the high frequency of somatic p53 mutations in sporadic glial tumors have raised the possibility that germline p53 mutations could play an important role in familial aggregation of gliomas. In the present study, 18 families with two or more gliomas were screene...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Paunu N,Syrjäkoski K,Sankila R,Simola KO,Helén P,Niemelä M,Matikainen M,Isola J,Haapasalo H

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review on current concepts in radiation therapy in the treatment of incompletely resected supratentorial low-grade glioma, a number of important issues are discussed. They include indication for radiation therapy, timing (early vs delayed), dose response issue, impact of modern neuroimaging, 'optimal' treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Jeremic B,Bamberg M

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using the novel tissue microarray technique, we studied immunohistochemical expression of cell cycle regulators p53, p21, pRb in 42 grade II oligodendrogliomas, 16 grade III anaplastic oligodendrogliomas, 10 primary and 4 recidive grade II oligoastrocytomas, 10 grade III oligoastrocytomas and 2 other grade II mixed gl...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Miettinen HE,Paunu N,Rantala I,Kalimo H,Paljärvi L,Helin H,Haapasalo H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various histological types of tumors arise in the pineal region. The most common tumors are pineal parenchymal tumors and germ cell tumors. Pineal parenchymal tumors are divided into pineocytoma, pineal parenchymal tumor with intermediate differentiation and pineoblastoma. Pineocytomas are well-differentiated tumors a...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Hirato J,Nakazato Y

更新日期：2001-09-01 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：: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：:New genetic models provide better biological mimics of human tumors. The new models can give deeper insight into tumorigenesis and provide better targets for testing therapies. To use the new models most successfully, it is useful to keep in mind limitations that are harder to overcome by genetic manipulation. These i...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Lampson LA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane-type MMPs (MT-MMPs) constitute a growing subclass of recently identified matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs). In addition to the highly conserved MMP functional domains, the MT-MMPs have additional insertion sequences (IS) that confer unique functional roles. While most of the MMPs are secreted, the MT-MMPs are ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Fillmore HL,VanMeter TE,Broaddus WC

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a retrospective analysis based on a malignant glioma databank, we describe effects of age, sex and diagnosis upon survival in patients with malignant cerebral glioma with a pre-treatment Karnofsky-index of 60 or more. All patients had been treated with 55-60Gy radiotherapy and nitrosurea-based adjuvant chemotherapy...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Diete S,Treuheit T,Dietzmann K,Schmidt U,Wallesch CW

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diffuse invasion of the brain by tumor cells is a hallmark of human glioblastomas and a major cause for the poor prognosis of these tumors. This phenomenon is only partially reproduced by rodent models of gliomas that display a very high rate of proliferation and limited cell migration. We have analyzed the developmen...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Guillamo JS,Lisovoski F,Christov C,Le Guérinel C,Defer GL,Peschanski M,Lefrançois T

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00