Brain Cancer Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Brain Cancer, including details on symptoms, benign and malignant tumors, gliomas, treatment.

Volume 2 (2005), Issue 1 (January)

1. Frontal ataxia in childhood.
   Neuropediatrics, 35(6): 368-70. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Glioma therapy and real-time imaging of neural precursor cell migration and tumor regression.
   Ann Neurol, 57(1): 34-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Essential language function of the right hemisphere in brain tumor patients.
   Ann Neurol, 57(1): 128-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Nelson's syndrome: complete remission with cabergoline but not with bromocriptine or cyproheptadine treatment.
   Horm Res, 62(6): 300-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Atlas-based automatic segmentation of MR images: validation study on the brainstem in radiotherapy context.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 61(1): 289-98. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Temozolomide and concomitant whole brain radiotherapy in patients with brain metastases: a phase II randomized trial.
   Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 61(1): 185-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Incidence of dysarthria in children with cerebellar tumors: a prospective study.
   Brain Lang, 92(2): 153-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. Self-reported electrical appliance use and risk of adult brain tumors.
   Am J Epidemiol, 161(2): 136-46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. Olig2 expression, GFAP, p53 and 1p loss analysis contribute to glioma subclassification.
   Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol, 31(1): 62-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Histomorphometry of tumour cell nuclei in astrocytomas using shape analysis, densitometry and topometric analysis.
    Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol, 31(1): 34-44. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. Constitutional rearrangement of the architectural factor HMGA2: a novel human phenotype including overgrowth and lipomas.
    Am J Hum Genet, 76(2): 340-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Cerebrovascular complications in patients with cancer.
    Semin Neurol, 24(4): 453-60. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Central nervous system infections in cancer patients.
    Semin Neurol, 24(4): 435-52. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Brain metastases.
    Semin Neurol, 24(4): 347-62. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Mechanisms of membrane estrogen receptor-alpha-mediated rapid stimulation of Ca2+ levels and prolactin release in a pituitary cell line.
    Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab, 288(2): E388-97. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Fractional anisotropy value by diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging as a predictor of cell density and proliferation activity of glioblastomas.
    Surg Neurol, 63(1): 56-61; discussion 61. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Visual outcome of blind eyes in pituitary apoplexy after transsphenoidal surgery: a series of 14 eyes.
    Surg Neurol, 63(1): 42-6; discussion 46. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Reduction of the transcription level of the mitochondrial genome in human glioblastoma.
    Cancer Lett, 218(1): 99-107. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. Endocrine and neuroanatomic features associated with weight gain and obesity in adult patients with hypothalamic damage.
    Am J Med, 118(1): 45-50. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Infrasellar craniopharyngioma presenting as epistaxis, excised via Denker's medial maxillectomy approach.
    J Laryngol Otol, 118(11): 895-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Mutational analysis of hSNF5/INI1 and TP53 genes in choroid plexus carcinomas.
    Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 156(2): 179-82. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. Genetic polymorphisms of GSTs and their association with primary brain tumor incidence.
    Cancer Genet Cytogenet, 156(2): 144-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Gonadotroph tumor associated with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1.
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab, 90(1): 570-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Long term course of WHO grade II astrocytomas of the Insula of Reil after I-125 interstitial irradiation.
    J Neurol, 251(12): 1455-64. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Influences of brain tumor-associated pH changes and hypoxia on epileptogenesis.
    Acta Neurol Scand, 111(2): 75-83. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. The diagnostic importance of prolactin subgroups in patients with stalk mass.
    Acta Neurochir (Wien), 147(2): 209-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. Telovelar approach to the fourth ventricle: operative findings and results in 16 cases.
    Acta Neurochir (Wien), 147(2): 137-42; discussion 142. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Spontaneous ventriculostomy in a patient with obstructive hydrocephalus.
    Acta Neurochir (Wien), 147(2): 219; discussion 219-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Management of pituitary apoplexy: clinical experience with 40 patients.
    Acta Neurochir (Wien), 147(2): 151-7; discussion 157. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Medulloblastoma: developmental mechanisms out of control.
    Trends Mol Med, 11(1): 17-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. The metabotropic P2Y4 receptor participates in the commitment to differentiation and cell death of human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells.
    Neurobiol Dis, 18(1): 100-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Primary malignant lymphoma of the brain: frequent abnormalities and inactivation of p14 tumor suppressor gene.
    Cancer Sci, 96(1): 38-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Vertical-torsional oscillations and dissociated bilateral horizontal gaze palsy in a patient with a pontine cavernous angioma.
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry, 76(2): 283-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Strain processing of intraoperative ultrasound images of brain tumours: initial results.
    Ultrasound Med Biol, 31(1): 45-51. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Spontaneous ovarian hyperstimulation caused by a follicle-stimulating hormone-secreting pituitary adenoma.
    Fertil Steril, 83(1): 208-10. [Abstract] [Full-text]
36. In vivo inhibition of endogenous brain tumors through systemic interference of Hedgehog signaling in mice.
    Mech Dev, 122(2): 223-30. [Abstract] [Full-text]
37. The brain tumor board: lessons to be learned from an interdisciplinary conference.
    Onkologie, 28(1): 22-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
38. Phase II trial of irinotecan plus celecoxib in adults with recurrent malignant glioma.
    Cancer, 103(2): 329-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]
39. Melanotroph pituitary adenoma in a cat with diabetes mellitus.
    Vet Pathol, 42(1): 92-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
40. Phase I/II trial of simultaneous whole-brain irradiation and dose-escalating topotecan for brain metastases.
    Strahlenther Onkol, 181(1): 20-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
41. The phosphotyrosine phosphatase eta mediates somatostatin inhibition of glioma proliferation via the dephosphorylation of ERK1/2.
    Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1030: 264-74. [Abstract] [Full-text]
42. Advanced-stage large-cell lymphoma in children and adolescents: results of a randomized trial incorporating intermediate-dose methotrexate and high-dose cytarabine in the maintenance phase of the APO regimen: a Pediatric Oncology Group phase III trial.
    J Clin Oncol, 23(3): 541-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
43. Phase I clinical trial of mafosfamide in infants and children aged 3 years or younger with newly diagnosed embryonal tumors: a pediatric brain tumor consortium study (PBTC-001).
    J Clin Oncol, 23(3): 525-31. [Abstract] [Full-text]
44. Screening for cerebellopontine angle tumors: is a CISS sufficient?
    Eur Radiol, 15(2): 286-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
45. Reduced metastasis-suppressor gene mRNA-expression in breast cancer brain metastases.
    J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 131(3): 191-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
46. Real time fMRI: a tool for the routine presurgical localisation of the motor cortex.
    Eur Radiol, 15(2): 292-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
47. The dural tail sign--beyond meningioma.
    Clin Radiol, 60(2): 171-88. [Abstract] [Full-text]
48. Dynamic MR imaging for diagnosis of lesions adjacent to pituitary gland.
    Eur J Radiol, 53(2): 159-67. [Abstract] [Full-text]
49. Radiologic findings in patients treated with boron neutron capture therapy for glioblastoma multiforme within EORTC trial 11961.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 61(2): 392-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
50. Postoperative radiation therapy for grade II and III intracranial ependymoma.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 61(2): 387-91. [Abstract] [Full-text]
51. Phase II trial of carmustine, cisplatin, and oral etoposide chemotherapy before radiotherapy for grade 3 astrocytoma (anaplastic astrocytoma): results of North Central Cancer Treatment Group trial 98-72-51.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 61(2): 380-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
52. Stereotactic radiotherapy for localized low-grade gliomas in children: final results of a prospective trial.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 61(2): 374-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
53. Low-level microsatellite instability phenotype in sporadic glioblastoma multiforme.
    J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 131(2): 87-93. [Abstract] [Full-text]
54. Successful treatment of refractory schizophrenia with combined olanzapine and quetiapine in a patient with a prolactin secreting pituitary microadenoma.
    J Psychopharmacol, 19(1): 97-101. [Abstract] [Full-text]
55. Impairment of glutamate transport and increased vulnerability to oxidative stress in neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cells expressing a Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase typical of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
    Neurochem Int, 46(3): 227-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
56. Resveratrol interference with the cell cycle protects human neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y cell from paclitaxel-induced apoptosis.
    Neurochem Int, 46(3): 205-11. [Abstract] [Full-text]
57. Lhermitte-Duclos disease (dysplastic cerebellar gangliocytoma).
    J Coll Physicians Surg Pak, 15(1): 48-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
58. The long-term efficacy of conventional radiotherapy in patients with GH-secreting pituitary adenomas.
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 62(2): 210-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
59. High prevalence of long-term cardiovascular, neurological and psychosocial morbidity after treatment for craniopharyngioma.
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 62(2): 197-204. [Abstract] [Full-text]
60. Different responses to chronic somatostatin analogues in patients with central hyperthyroidism.
    Clin Endocrinol (Oxf), 62(2): 176-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
61. Metastatic lung and pleural malignancy presenting as bilateral acute anterior uveitis.
    Clin Experiment Ophthalmol, 33(1): 99-100. [Abstract] [Full-text]
62. Surgical resection and whole brain radiation therapy versus whole brain radiation therapy alone for single brain metastases.
    Cochrane Database Syst Rev. [Abstract] [Full-text]
63. Neuronavigation-guided endoscopic surgery for pineal tumors with hydrocephalus.
    Minim Invasive Neurosurg, 47(6): 365-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
64. Brain metastasis of hepatocellular carcinoma detected after liver transplantation.
    Arq Gastroenterol, 41(3): 199-201. [Abstract] [Full-text]
65. High-resolution blood-brain barrier permeability and blood volume imaging using quantitative synchrotron radiation computed tomography: study on an F98 rat brain glioma.
    J Cereb Blood Flow Metab, 25(2): 145-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]
66. Clinicopathological study of cellular proliferation and invasion in gliomatosis cerebri: important role of neural cell adhesion molecule L1 in tumour invasion.
    J Clin Pathol, 58(2): 166-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
67. Perspectives of cellular and molecular neurosurgery.
    J Neurooncol, 70(2): 255-69. [Abstract] [Full-text]
68. Apoptosis in gliomas: molecular mechanisms and therapeutic implications.
    J Neurooncol, 70(2): 245-54. [Abstract] [Full-text]
69. Genetic and hypoxic regulation of angiogenesis in gliomas.
    J Neurooncol, 70(2): 229-43. [Abstract] [Full-text]
70. Molecular mechanisms of glioma cell migration and invasion.
    J Neurooncol, 70(2): 217-28. [Abstract] [Full-text]
71. Molecular pathogenesis of childhood brain tumors.
    J Neurooncol, 70(2): 203-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
72. Developmental neurobiology and the origin of brain tumors.
    J Neurooncol, 70(2): 125-36. [Abstract] [Full-text]
73. Gamma knife radiosurgery for cavernous sinus plasmacytoma in a patient with breast cancer history.
    Surg Neurol, 63(2): 174-6; discussion 176-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
74. A brainstem cavernoma demonstrating a dramatic, spontaneous decrease in size during follow-up: case report and review of the literature.
    Surg Neurol, 63(2): 170-3; discussion 173. [Abstract] [Full-text]
75. Glioblastoma multiforme-report of 267 cases treated at a single institution.
    Surg Neurol, 63(2): 162-9; discussion 169. [Abstract] [Full-text]
76. Studies on in vivo gene transfer in pituitary tumors using herpes-derived and adenoviral vectors.
    Brain Res Bull, 65(1): 17-22. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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