abstract：:The role of repeat resection in the multimodal treatment of gliomas is unclear. Repeat surgery theoretically carries a higher risk of inducing neurological deficits, which might even out any advantage of cytoreduction. We sought to determine whether the occurrence of perioperative infarction is higher for repeat surge...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Dützmann S,Geßler F,Bink A,Quick J,Franz K,Seifert V,Senft C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central neurocytoma was originally described as a rare benign neuronal tumor. However, progression and local recurrences after surgery are well recognized. Stereotactic radiosurgery is another option for treatment of CN. In order to evaluate the efficacy of SRS, we performed a quantitative systematic review of the ava...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Park HK,Steven D C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (brain or leptomeningeal) metastases (BLm) are considered rare in castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients. Now that docetaxel has become the reference drug for first-line treatment of CRPC, patients whose disease is not controlled by hormonal manipulations may live much longer than ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Caffo O,Gernone A,Ortega C,Sava T,Cartenì G,Facchini G,Re GL,Amadio P,Bortolus R,Pagliarulo V,Prati V,Veccia A,Galligioni E

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatoma-derived growth factor (HDGF) is a neurotrophic factor found in mouse spinal cord and hippocampal neurons. In various malignant tumors, the role of HDGF in tumor progression and its use as a diagnostic biomarker or therapeutic target have been extensively explored. However, the prognostic function and mitogeni...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Hsu SS,Chen CH,Liu GS,Tai MH,Wang JS,Wu JC,Kung ML,Chan EC,Liu LF

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extracranial metastases from glioblastoma (GBM) are uncommon with an estimated incidence of less than 2%. We report two cases of metastatic GBM seen within an 8-week period followed by a literature review. We attempted to identify common factors or a causative mechanism. Factors that predominated among the reviewed ca...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Kalokhe G,Grimm SA,Chandler JP,Helenowski I,Rademaker A,Raizer JJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 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：:We prospectively evaluated the efficacy and safety of imatinib plus hydroxyurea in patients with progressive/recurrent meningioma. A total of 21 patients with progressive/recurrent meningioma were enrolled in this dual center, single-arm, phase II trial. All patients received 500 mg of hydroxyurea twice a day. Imatini...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Reardon DA,Norden AD,Desjardins A,Vredenburgh JJ,Herndon JE 2nd,Coan A,Sampson JH,Gururangan S,Peters KB,McLendon RE,Norfleet JA,Lipp ES,Drappatz J,Wen PY,Friedman HS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and obesity are known risk factors for poor outcomes in patients with systemic malignancies but are not well-studied in the brain tumor population. In this study we asked if type 2 DM and elevated body mass index (BMI) are independent risk factors for poor prognosis in patients with high-...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Chambless LB,Parker SL,Hassam-Malani L,McGirt MJ,Thompson RC

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aberrant expression of stem cell-related genes in tumors may confer more primitive and aggressive traits affecting clinical outcome. Here, we investigated expression and prognostic value of the neural stem cell marker CD133, as well as of the pluripotency genes LIN28 and OCT4 in 37 samples of pediatric medulloblastoma...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Rodini CO,Suzuki DE,Saba-Silva N,Cappellano A,de Souza JE,Cavalheiro S,Toledo SR,Okamoto OK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effectiveness of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in high grade gliomas (HGG) depends on tumor micro-environment. We summarize our experience of the influence of spinal cord stimulation (SCS) on this micro-environment. Patients with HGG (n = 26) were assessed pre- and post-SCS, using: (1) Doppler in middle cerebral a...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Clavo B,Robaina F,Valcarcel B,Catala L,Perez JL,Cabezon A,Jorge IJ,Fiuza D,Hernandez MA,Jover R,Carreras JL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is a rare complication of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) with varied outcomes. We contribute two additional cases of CLL with CNS involvement. The clinical course and response to treatment are described. All 78 previously reported cases of CLL with CNS involvement are prese...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Moazzam AA,Drappatz J,Kim RY,Kesari S

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaplastic ganglioglioma (AGG) are rare central nervous system tumours. Patient and treatment factors associated with outcome are poorly defined and limited to small retrospective case series and single case reports. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registry, we investigated potentia...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Selvanathan SK,Hammouche S,Salminen HJ,Jenkinson MD

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine analogs (TAs) are synthetic nucleosides that incorporate into newly synthesized DNA. Halogenated pyrimidines (HPs), such as bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU), are a class of TAs that can be detected with antibodies and are commonly used for birthdating individual cells and for assessing the proliferative index of cel...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Ross HH,Rahman M,Levkoff LH,Millette S,Martin-Carreras T,Dunbar EM,Reynolds BA,Laywell ED

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need for better predictors for short survival in patients with brain metastases undergoing open surgery. The graded prognostic assessment (GPA) has recently been developed to predict survival in patients with brain metastases. We explored the prognostic capabilities of GPA in a consecutive neurosurgical pop...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Jakola AS,Gulati S,Nerland US,Solheim O

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal stability signatures of complex molecule interaction in biological fluids can be measured using a new approach called differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The thermal stability of plasma proteome has been described previously as a method of producing a disease-specific "signature," termed thermogram, in se...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Chagovetz AA,Jensen RL,Recht L,Glantz M,Chagovetz AM

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromatin modification through histone deacetylase inhibition has shown evidence of activity against malignancies. The mechanism of action of such agents are pleiotropic and potentially tumor specific. In this study, we studied the mechanisms of vorinostat-induced cellular effects in gliomas. The effects of vorinostat...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Xu J,Sampath D,Lang FF,Prabhu S,Rao G,Fuller GN,Liu Y,Puduvalli VK

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current study reports longitudinal coping responses among parents of children diagnosed with an embryonal brain tumor. Patients (n = 219) were enrolled on a treatment protocol for a pediatric embryonal brain tumor. Their parents (n = 251) completed the Coping Response Inventory at time of their child's diagnosis a...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Palmer SL,Lesh S,Wallace D,Bonner MJ,Swain M,Chapieski L,Janzen L,Mabbott D,Knight S,Boyle R,Armstrong CL,Gajjar A

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radiation therapy (RT) for brain tumors is associated with neurocognitive toxicity which may be a result of damage to neural progenitor cells (NPCs). We present a novel technique to limit the radiation dose to NPC without compromising tumor coverage. A study was performed in mice to examine the rationale and another w...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Redmond KJ,Achanta P,Grossman SA,Armour M,Reyes J,Kleinberg L,Tryggestad E,Quinones-Hinojosa A,Ford EC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to identify the needs of brain tumor patients and their caregivers to provide improved health services to these populations. Two different questionnaires were designed for patients and caregivers. Both questionnaires contained questions pertaining to three realms: disease symptoms/treatmen...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Parvataneni R,Polley MY,Freeman T,Lamborn K,Prados M,Butowski N,Liu R,Clarke J,Page M,Rabbitt J,Fedoroff A,Clow E,Hsieh E,Kivett V,Deboer R,Chang S

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With more rapid advances in potential treatments for brain tumours, the number of clinical trials for brain tumour patients is rising. In the context of the challenges of recruitment and enrollment of patients with brain tumors, the dichotomy between the paucity of subjects and abundance of clinical trials creates a u...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Ibrahim GM,Chung C,Bernstein M

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2007 the WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System introduced the entity "glioblastoma with oligodendroglioma component" (GBM/OLIGO). This entity accounts for approximately one in every ten new glioblastomas (GBM). In practice, those mixed gliomas with necrosis which were previously diagnosed as a...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Marucci G

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors (VEGFR) are central components in the development and progression of glioblastoma. To investigate if genetic variation in VEGF and VEGFR2 is associated with glioblastoma prognosis, we examined blood samples from 154 glioblastoma cases collected in Sweden and ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Sjöström S,Wibom C,Andersson U,Brännström T,Broholm H,Johansen C,Collatz-Laier H,Liu Y,Bondy M,Henriksson R,Melin B

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of patients suffering from elevated psychosocial distress, the sources of the distress, and the necessary treatment of the distress can be rather difficult within the neurosurgical setting (e.g., lack of time, cognitive or aphasic disorders of the patients). The distress thermometer (DT) is a single-ite...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Goebel S,Mehdorn HM

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastomas (GBM) may originate de novo (primary), or following transformation from a lower grade glioma (secondary), and it has been postulated that these tumors may have different biological behaviors. We performed a correlative analysis involving 204 patients with glioma treated prospectively on NCCTG clinical tr...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Jaeckle KA,Decker PA,Ballman KV,Flynn PJ,Giannini C,Scheithauer BW,Jenkins RB,Buckner JC

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma Knife surgery (GKS) has emerged as a valuable adjuvant treatment modality for recurrent or residual craniopharyngioma. However, prognostic factors pertaining to progression-free survival (PFS) remain poorly understood. A study was conducted to address this issue. A total of 37 consecutive patients undergoing 39 ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Xu Z,Yen CP,Schlesinger D,Sheehan J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We observed a stripe-like pattern of regional cerebral blood volume (rCBV) increase in a defined region adjacent to the contrast enhancement (CE) on MRI of glioblastomas (GBM) that we defined as the "striate sign" (SS). We hypothesized that the SS marks infiltration of GBM outside the CE volume transforming into futur...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Blasel S,Franz K,Ackermann H,Weidauer S,Zanella F,Hattingen E

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with recurrent high grade gliomas (HGG) have a dismal outcome with a median progression free survival (PFS) of 12 weeks. Adults with recurrent HGG treated with irinotecan and bevacizumab reportedly have a 63% response rate and a median PFS of 23 weeks. There is a paucity of corresponding published pediatric d...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Parekh C,Jubran R,Erdreich-Epstein A,Panigrahy A,Bluml S,Finlay J,Dhall G

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：: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：:To identify molecular therapeutic targets for glioma, we performed gene expression profiling by using a complementary DNA (cDNA) microarray method and identified the urokinase plasminogen activator receptor-associated protein (uPARAP/Endo180) as a gene expressed highly in glioma tissue compared with the normal brain t...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Takahashi S,Yamada-Okabe H,Hamada K,Ohta S,Kawase T,Yoshida K,Toda M

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the context of bevacizumab therapy for the treatment of progressive malignant gliomas, it is currently unclear how different magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) sequences correlate with each other over time. The objective of this study was to determine if a reliable and predictable relationship over time exists betwee...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Thompson EM,Dosa E,Kraemer DF,Neuwelt EA

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We conducted a phase II study to test methotrexate (5 g/m(2)), as a single agent prior to radiochemotherapy for pediatric high-grade glioma and diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma. Thirty patients (19 male, median age 10.8) were enrolled. Tumors were located as follows: cortex 10, pons 7, other 13. Tumor resection was cl...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Wolff JE,Kortmann RD,Wolff B,Pietsch T,Peters O,Schmid HJ,Rutkowski S,Warmuth-Metz M,Kramm C

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present study we investigated the feasibility and effectiveness of a new biweekly schedule of fotemustine (FTM) in patients with recurrent glioblastoma, after at least one previous treatment. The primary endpoint was progression-free survival at 6 months; secondary objectives were clinical response, overall sur...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Addeo R,Caraglia M,De Santi MS,Montella L,Abbruzzese A,Parlato C,Vincenzi B,Carraturo M,Faiola V,Genovese M,Cennamo G,Del Prete S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the accumulating evidences of high chemosensitivity especially in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas with loss of chromosomes 1p and 19q, the optimal management strategy for low-grade tumors using the 1p/19q information remains controversial. We have treated all low-grade oligodendrogliomas by a chemotherapy-preced...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Iwadate Y,Matsutani T,Hasegawa Y,Shinozaki N,Higuchi Y,Saeki N

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the safety and efficacy of hypofractionated radiotherapy (RT) with a standard temozolomide (TMZ) regimen for adults with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), twenty-six consecutive adults (range 39-79 years) who met our enrollment criteria received short courses of hypofractionated RT (45 Gy in 1...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Terasaki M,Eto T,Nakashima S,Okada Y,Ogo E,Sugita Y,Tokutomi T,Shigemori M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The completion of the Human Genome Project resulted in discovery of many unknown novel genes. This feat paved the way for the future development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of human disease based on novel biological functions and pathways. Towards this aim, we undertook a bioinformatics analysis of in-hous...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Junes-Gill KS,Gallaher TK,Gluzman-Poltorak Z,Miller JD,Wheeler CJ,Fan X,Basile LA

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite total macroscopic resection of meningiomas relapses do occur in these tumours, possibly because of microscopic clusters of neoplastic cells left in the dura mater or in the arachnoid membrane. The invasiveness of the neoplastic cells of human meningiomas has been related to expression of matrix-metalloproteina...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Barresi V,Vitarelli E,Tuccari G,Barresi G

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epigenetic silencing of the O(6)-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (MGMT) gene by promoter methylation is correlated with improved progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in adult patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) who receive alkylating agents. The aim of this study is to ...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Minniti G,Salvati M,Arcella A,Buttarelli F,D'Elia A,Lanzetta G,Esposito V,Scarpino S,Maurizi Enrici R,Giangaspero F

更新日期：2011-04-01 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

abstract：:Sacral chordoma is a vessel-rich and infiltrative tumor, but the fundamental knowledge of its biological behavior remains unknown. This study was designed to investigate the expression levels and contributions of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9) in the angiogenesis and r...

journal_title：Journal of neuro-oncology

authors： Chen KW,Yang HL,Lu J,Wang GL,Ji YM,Wu GZ,Zhu LF,Liu JY,Chen XQ,Gu YP

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00