Current Neuro-Oncology




Volume 8 Number 12
31 December 2006




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Rajaraman P, Stewart PA, Samet JM, Schwartz BS, Linet MS, Zahm SH, Rothman N, Yeager M, Fine HA, Black PM, Loeffler J, Shapiro WR, Selker RG, Inskip PD.
Lead, genetic susceptibility, and risk of adult brain tumors.
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006 Dec;15(12):2514-20
. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0482. PMID: 17164378. Epidemiology analysis.




Robertson PL, Muraszko KM, Holmes EJ, Sposto R, Packer RJ, Gajjar A, Dias MS, Allen JC; Children's Oncology Group.
Incidence and severity of postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome in children with medulloblastoma: a prospective study by the Children's Oncology Group.
J Neurosurg. 2006 Dec;105(6 Suppl):444-51
. doi: 10.3171/ped.2006.105.6.444. PMID: 17184075. Prospective study.




Shaw AK, Li P, Infante-Rivard C.
Early infection and risk of childhood brain tumors (Canada).
Cancer Causes Control. 2006 Dec;17(10):1267-74
. doi: 10.1007/s10552-006-0066-y. PMID: 17111258. Epidemiology analysis.




Comincini S, Chiarelli LR, Zelini P, Del Vecchio I, Azzalin A, Arias A, Ferrara V, Rognoni P, Dipoto A, Nano R, Valentini G, Ferretti L.
Nuclear mRNA retention and aberrant doppel protein expression in human astrocytic tumor cells.
Oncol Rep. 2006 Dec 1;16(6):1325-32
. doi: 10.3892/or.16.6.1325. PMID: 17089057. Laboratory investigation.




Heuser M, Beutel G, Krauter J, Döhner K, von Neuhoff N, Schlegelberger B, Ganser A.
High meningioma 1 (MN1) expression as a predictor for poor outcome in acute myeloid leukemia with normal cytogenetics.
Blood. 2006 Dec 1;108(12):3898-905
. doi: 10.1182/blood-2006-04-014845. Epub 2006 Aug 15. PMID: 16912223. Laboratory investigation.




Liu G, Yuan X, Zeng Z, Tunici P, Ng H, Abdulkadir IR, Lu L, Irvin D, Black KL, Yu JS.
Analysis of gene expression and chemoresistance of CD133+ cancer stem cells in glioblastoma.
Mol Cancer. 2006 Dec 2;5:67
. doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-5-67. PMID: 17140455. Laboratory investigation.




Bux R, Parzeller M, Bratzke H.
Causes and circumstances of fatal falls downstairs.
Forensic Sci Int. 2006 Dec 4. 2007;171(2-3):122-6
. doi: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.10.010. PMID: 17141997. Epidemiology analysis.




Malmer BS, Feychting M, Lönn S, Lindström S, Grönberg H, Ahlbom A, Schwartzbaum J, Auvinen A, Collatz-Christensen H, Johansen C, Kiuru A, Mudie N, Salminen T, Schoemaker MJ, Swerdlow AJ, Henriksson R.
Genetic variation in p53 and ATM haplotypes and risk of glioma and meningioma.
J Neurooncol. 2006 Dec 7. 2007;82(3):229-37
. doi: 10.1007/s11060-006-9275-1. PMID: 17151932. Laboratory investigation.




Piccirillo SG, Reynolds BA, Zanetti N, Lamorte G, Binda E, Broggi G, Brem H, Olivi A, Dimeco F, Vescovi AL.
Bone morphogenetic proteins inhibit the tumorigenic potential of human brain tumour-initiating cells.
Nature. 2006 Dec 7;444(7120):761-5
. doi: 10.1038/nature05349. PMID: 17151667. Laboratory investigation.




Parsa AT, Waldron JS, Panner A, Crane CA, Parney IF, Barry JJ, Cachola KE, Murray JC, Tihan T, Jensen MC, Mischel PS, Stokoe D, Pieper RO.
Loss of tumor suppressor PTEN function increases B7-H1 expression and immunoresistance in glioma.
Nat Med. 2006 Dec 10. 2007;13(1):84-8
. doi: 10.1038/nm1517. PMID: 17159987. Laboratory investigation.




Oshino S, Kato A, Wakayama A, Taniguchi M, Hirata M, Yoshimine T.
Magnetoencephalographic analysis of cortical oscillatory activity in patients with brain tumors: Synthetic aperture magnetometry (SAM) functional imaging of delta band activity.
Neuroimage. 2006 Dec 15. 2007;34(3):957-64
. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2006.08.054. PMID: 17175174. Clinical tool development.




Clement V, Sanchez P, de Tribolet N, Radovanovic I, Ruiz i Altaba A.
HEDGEHOG-GLI1 signaling regulates human glioma growth, cancer stem cell self-renewal, and tumorigenicity.
Curr Biol. 2006 Dec 28. 2007;17(2):165-72
. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.11.033. PMID: 17196391. Laboratory investigation.
Erratum in: Curr Biol. 2007 Jan 22;17(2):192. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.024. Correction.