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 6 (2009), Issue 2 (February)

1. Identification of CD15 as a marker for tumor-propagating cells in a mouse model of medulloblastoma.
   Cancer Cell, 15(2): 135-47. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Identifying the perpetrator in medulloblastoma: Dorian Gray versus Benjamin Button.
   Cancer Cell, 15(2): 83-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Hyperfractionated accelerated radiotherapy in the Milan strategy for metastatic medulloblastoma.
   J Clin Oncol, 27(4): 566-71. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Phase II study of erlotinib plus temozolomide during and after radiation therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme or gliosarcoma.
   J Clin Oncol, 27(4): 579-84. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Impact of different CT slice thickness on clinical target volume for 3D conformal radiation therapy.
   Med Dosim, 34(1): 36-41. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Dosimetric comparison between 3DCRT and IMRT using different multileaf collimators in the treatment of brain tumors.
   Med Dosim, 34(1): 1-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Acetylcholine-induced neuronal differentiation: muscarinic receptor activation regulates EGR-1 and REST expression in neuroblastoma cells.
   J Neurochem, 108(3): 821-34. [Abstract] [Full-text]
8. The Na+-dependent L-ascorbic acid transporter SVCT2 expressed in brainstem cells, neurons, and neuroblastoma cells is inhibited by flavonoids.
   J Neurochem, 108(3): 563-77. [Abstract] [Full-text]
9. The microglial/macrophagic response at the tumour-brain border of invasive meningiomas.
   Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol, 35(1): 82-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
10. Diagnostic value of WT1 in neuroepithelial tumours.
    Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol, 35(1): 69-81. [Abstract] [Full-text]
11. A radiation oncologist's guide to contouring the hippocampus.
    Am J Clin Oncol, 32(1): 20-2. [Abstract] [Full-text]
12. Distinct role of ShcC docking protein in the differentiation of neuroblastoma.
    Oncogene, 28(5): 662-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
13. Phase II trial of single-agent bevacizumab followed by bevacizumab plus irinotecan at tumor progression in recurrent glioblastoma.
    J Clin Oncol, 27(5): 740-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
14. Short delay in initiation of radiotherapy may not affect outcome of patients with glioblastoma: a secondary analysis from the radiation therapy oncology group database.
    J Clin Oncol, 27(5): 733-9. [Abstract] [Full-text]
15. Ependymoma of the sella turcica: a variant of pituicytoma.
    Hum Pathol, 40(3): 435-40. [Abstract] [Full-text]
16. Whole brain radiotherapy plus stereotactic radiosurgery (WBRT+SRS) versus surgery plus whole brain radiotherapy (OP+WBRT) for 1-3 brain metastases: results of a matched pair analysis.
    Eur J Cancer, 45(3): 400-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
17. Oncolytic adenovirus retargeted to Delta-EGFR induces selective antiglioma activity.
    Cancer Gene Ther, 16(3): 256-65. [Abstract] [Full-text]
18. Tissue pO2 of orthotopic 9L and C6 gliomas and tumor-specific response to radiotherapy and hyperoxygenation.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 73(3): 878-85. [Abstract] [Full-text]
19. The role of hypofractionation radiotherapy for diffuse intrinsic brainstem glioma in children: a pilot study.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 73(3): 722-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
20. Prophylactic cranial irradiation in advanced breast cancer: a case for caution.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 73(3): 752-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
21. Phase I three-dimensional conformal radiation dose escalation study in newly diagnosed glioblastoma: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 98-03.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 73(3): 699-708. [Abstract] [Full-text]
22. The role of palliative radiosurgery when cancer invades the cavernous sinus.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 73(3): 709-15. [Abstract] [Full-text]
23. Surveillance of craniopharyngioma cyst growth in children treated with proton radiotherapy.
    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 73(3): 716-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
24. Analysis of factors associated with volumetric data errors in gamma knife radiosurgery.
    Stereotact Funct Neurosurg, 87(1): 1-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
25. Inhibition of Aurora B kinase sensitizes a subset of human glioma cells to TRAIL concomitant with induction of TRAIL-R2.
    Cell Death Differ, 16(3): 498-511. [Abstract] [Full-text]
26. Tumor stabilization under treatment with imatinib in progressive hypothalamic-chiasmatic glioma.
    Pediatr Blood Cancer, 52(4): 476-80. [Abstract] [Full-text]
27. IDH1 and IDH2 mutations in gliomas.
    N Engl J Med, 360(8): 765-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
28. Personality in patients with pituitary adenomas is characterized by increased anxiety-related traits: comparison of 70 acromegalic patients with patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas and age- and gender-matched controls.
    Eur J Endocrinol, 160(3): 367-73. [Abstract] [Full-text]
29. Lobectomy of second primary cancer in survivor of small cell lung cancer with brain metastasis.
    Ann Thorac Surg, 87(3): 952-4. [Abstract] [Full-text]
30. Intracerebral Hodgkin's lymphoma in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma: a case report and literature review.
    Cancer Invest, 27(2): 215-20. [Abstract] [Full-text]
31. YY1 Over-expression in human brain gliomas and meningiomas correlates with TGF-beta1, IGF-1 and FGF-2 mRNA levels.
    Cancer Invest, 27(2): 184-92. [Abstract] [Full-text]
32. Blockade of estrogen receptor signaling inhibits growth and migration of medulloblastoma.
    Endocrinology, 150(3): 1112-21. [Abstract] [Full-text]
33. Posttreatment recurrence of malignant brain neoplasm: accuracy of relative cerebral blood volume fraction in discriminating low from high malignant histologic volume fraction.
    Radiology, 250(3): 887-96. [Abstract] [Full-text]
34. Mapping the zonal organization of tumor perfusion and permeability in a rat glioma model by using dynamic contrast-enhanced synchrotron radiation CT.
    Radiology, 250(3): 692-702. [Abstract] [Full-text]
35. Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of cranial nerves and intracranial contents: a clinicopathologic study of 17 cases.
    Am J Surg Pathol, 33(3): 325-38. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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