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Volume 18 Number 1
31 January 2016


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Dodgshun AJ, Maixner WJ, Hansford JR, Sullivan MJ.
Low rates of recurrence and slow progression of pediatric pilocytic astrocytoma after gross-total resection: justification for reducing surveillance imaging.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2016 Jan 1, 2016;17(5):569-72. doi: 10.3171/2015.9.PEDS15449. PMID: 26722760. Observational study. ˍ




Rønning PA, Helseth E, Meling TR, Johannesen TB.
The effect of pregnancy on survival in a low-grade glioma cohort.
J Neurosurg. 2016 Jan 1, 2016;125(2):393-400. doi: 10.3171/2015.6.JNS15985. PMID: 26722849. Observational study. ˍ




Yuan Y, Shi Q, Li M, Nagamuthu C, Andres E, Davis FG.
Canadian brain cancer survival rates by tumour type and region: 1992-2008.
Can J Public Health. 2016 Jan 1, 2016;107(1):e37-42
. doi: 10.17269/cjph.107.5209. PMID: 27348108. Observational study. ˍ




Takeuchi H, Kitai R, Hosoda T, Yamada S, Hashimoto N, Kikuta K, Shimizu Y, Kimura H.
Clinicopathologic features of small cell glioblastomas.
J Neurooncol. 2016 Jan 2, 2016;127(2):337-44. doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-2038-0. PMID: 26725094. Observational study. ˍ




Zhang G, Huang S, Zhang J, Wu Z, Lin S, Wang Y.
Clinical outcome of gliosarcoma compared with glioblastoma multiforme: a clinical study in Chinese patients.
J Neurooncol. 2016 Jan 2, 2016;127(2):355-62. doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-2046-0. PMID: 26725096. Observational study. ˍ




Egan G, Cervone KA, Philips PC, Belasco JB, Finlay JL, Gardner SL.
Phase I study of temozolomide in combination with thiotepa and carboplatin with autologous hematopoietic cell rescue in patients with malignant brain tumors with minimal residual disease.
Bone Marrow Transplant. 2016 Jan 4, 2016;51(4):542-5. doi: 10.1038/bmt.2015.313. PMID: 26726947. Interventional study. ˍ




Galvis L, Gonzalez D, Bonilla C.
Relapsed High-Risk Medulloblastoma: Stable Disease after Two Years of Treatment with Somatostatin Analog - Case Report.
Cureus. 2016 Jan 4;8(1):e446
. doi: 10.7759/cureus.446. PMID: 26918214 Case report. ˍ




Strowd RE, Abuali I, Ye X, Lu Y, Grossman SA.
The role of temozolomide in the management of patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic astrocytoma: a comparison of survival in the era prior to and following the availability of temozolomide.
J Neurooncol. 2016 Jan 4, 2016;127(1):165-71. doi: 10.1007/s11060-015-2028-2. PMID: 26729269. Observational study. ˍ




Doron O, Zauberman J, Feldman Z.
A medulloblastoma showing an unusually long doubling time: reflection of its singular nature.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Jan 6, 2016;32(6):1153-6. doi: 10.1007/s00381-015-2997-7. PMID: 26738874. Case report. ˍ




Broniscer A, Chamdine O, Hwang S, Lin T, Pounds S, Onar-Thomas A, Shurtleff S, Allen S, Gajjar A, Northcott P, Orr BA.
Gliomatosis cerebri in children shares molecular characteristics with other pediatric gliomas.
Acta Neuropathol. 2016 Jan 7, 2016;131(2):299-307. doi: 10.1007/s00401-015-1532-y. PMID: 26744350. Observational study. _




Herrlinger U, Jones DT, Glas M, Hattingen E, Gramatzki D, Stuplich M, Felsberg J, Bähr O, Gielen GH, Simon M, Wiewrodt D, Schabet M, Hovestadt V, Capper D, Steinbach JP, von Deimling A, Lichter P, Pfister SM, Weller M, Reifenberger G.
Erratum to: Gliomatosis cerebri: no evidence for a separate brain tumor entity.
Acta Neuropathol. 2016 Jan 7, 2016;131(2):321-2
. doi: 10.1007/s00401-015-1523-z. PMID: 26744347. Correction. ˍ
Refers to: Herrlinger U, et al., Gliomatosis cerebri: no evidence for a separate brain tumor entity.
Acta Neuropathol. 2015 Oct 22, 2016;131(2):309-319
. doi: 10.1007/s00401-015-1495-z. PMID: 26493382. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Ansstas G, Tran DD.
Treatment with Tumor-Treating Fields Therapy and Pulse Dose Bevacizumab in Patients with Bevacizumab-Refractory Recurrent Glioblastoma: A Case Series.
Case Rep Neurol. 2016 Jan 8;8(1):1-9
. doi: 10.1159/000442196. PMID: 26889149. Case report. ˍ




Quick-Weller J, Lescher S, Forster MT, Konczalla J, Seifert V, Senft C.
Combination of 5-ALA and iMRI in re-resection of recurrent glioblastoma.
Br J Neurosurg. 2016 Jan 8, 2016;30(3):313-7. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1119242. PMID: 26743016. Case report. ˍ




Taha MS, Abdalhamid BA, El-Badawy SA, Sorour YM, Almsned FM, Al-Abbadi MA.
Expression of cytomegalovirus in glioblastoma multiforme: Myth or reality?
Br J Neurosurg. 2016 Jan 8, 2016;30(3):307-12. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2015.1119241. PMID: 26742571. Observational study. ˍ




Louvel G, Metellus P, Noel G, Peeters S, Guyotat J, Duntze J, Le Reste PJ, Dam Hieu P, Faillot T, Litre F, Desse N, Petit A, Emery E, Voirin J, Peltier J, Caire F, Vignes JR, Barat JL, Langlois O, Menei P, Dumont SN, Zanello M, Dezamis E, Dhermain F, Pallud J; Club de Neuro-Oncologie of Société Française deNeurochirurgie.
Delaying standard combined chemoradiotherapy after surgical resection does not impact survival in newly diagnosed glioblastoma patients.
Radiother Oncol. 2016 Jan 11, 2016;118(1):9-15. doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2016.01.001. PMID: 26791930. Observational study. ˍ




Bao Y, Qiu B, Qi S, Pan J, Lu Y, Peng J.
Influence of previous treatments on repeat surgery for recurrent craniopharyngiomas in children.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Jan 12, 2016;32(3):485-91. doi: 10.1007/s00381-015-3003-0. PMID: 26758881. Observational study. ˍ




Erdem-Eraslan L, van den Bent MJ, Hoogstrate Y, Naz-Khan H, Stubbs A, van der Spek P, Böttcher R, Gao Y, de Wit M, Taal W, Oosterkamp HM, Walenkamp A, Beerepoot LV, Hanse MC, Buter J, Honkoop AH, van der Holt B, Vernhout RM, Sillevis Smitt PA, Kros JM, French PJ.
Identification of Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma Who May Benefit from Combined Bevacizumab and CCNU Therapy: A Report from the BELOB Trial.
Cancer Res. 2016 Jan 13, 2016;76(3):525-34. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-0776. PMID: 26762204. Interventional study. ˍ




Hinrichs BH, Newman S, Appin CL, Dunn W, Cooper L, Pauly R, Kowalski J, Rossi MR, Brat DJ.
Farewell to GBM-O: Genomic and transcriptomic profiling of glioblastoma with oligodendroglioma component reveals distinct molecular subgroups.
Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2016 Jan 13, 2016;4:4. doi: 10.1186/s40478-015-0270-7. PMID: 26757882. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Morrissy AS, Garzia L, Shih DJ, Zuyderduyn S, Huang X, Skowron P, Remke M, Cavalli FM, Ramaswamy V, Lindsay PE, Jelveh S, Donovan LK, Wang X, Luu B, Zayne K, Li Y, Mayoh C, Thiessen N, Mercier E, Mungall KL, Ma Y, Tse K, Zeng T, Shumansky K, Roth AJ, Shah S, Farooq H, Kijima N, Holgado BL, Lee JJ, Matan-Lithwick S, Liu J, Mack SC, Manno A, Michealraj KA, Nor C, Peacock J, Qin L, Reimand J, Rolider A, Thompson YY, Wu X, Pugh T, Ally A, Bilenky M, Butterfield YS, Carlsen R, Cheng Y, Chuah E, Corbett RD, Dhalla N, He A, Lee D, Li HI, Long W, Mayo M, Plettner P, Qian JQ, Schein JE, Tam A, Wong T, Birol I, Zhao Y, Faria CC, Pimentel J, Nunes S, Shalaby T, Grotzer M, Pollack IF, Hamilton RL, Li XN, Bendel AE, Fults DW, Walter AW, Kumabe T, Tominaga T, Collins VP, Cho YJ, Hoffman C, Lyden D, Wisoff JH, Garvin JH Jr, Stearns DS, Massimi L, Schüller U, Sterba J, Zitterbart K, Puget S, Ayrault O, Dunn SE, Tirapelli DP, Carlotti CG, Wheeler H, Hallahan AR, Ingram W, MacDonald TJ, Olson JJ, Van Meir EG, Lee JY, Wang KC, Kim SK, Cho BK, Pietsch T, Fleischhack G, Tippelt S, Ra YS, Bailey S, Lindsey JC, Clifford SC, Eberhart CG, Cooper MK, Packer RJ, Massimino M, Garre ML, Bartels U, Tabori U, Hawkins CE, Dirks P, Bouffet E, Rutka JT, Wechsler-Reya RJ, Weiss WA, Collier LS, Dupuy AJ, Korshunov A, Jones DT, Kool M, Northcott PA, Pfister SM, Largaespada DA, Mungall AJ, Moore RA, Jabado N, Bader GD, Jones SJ, Malkin D, Marra MA, Taylor MD.
Divergent clonal selection dominates medulloblastoma at recurrence.
Nature. 2016 Jan 13, 2016;529(7586):351-7. doi: 10.1038/nature16478. PMID: 26760213. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Chen AS, Paldor I, Tsui AE, Yuen TI.
Pilomyxoid astrocytoma in the adult cerebellum.
J Clin Neurosci. 2016 Jan 14, 2016;27:170-3. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.11.008. Case report.
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Impact of Resecting Radiation Necrosis and Pseudoprogression on Survival of Patients with Glioblastoma.
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Bevacizumab, temozolomide, and radiotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma: comprehensive safety results during and after first-line therapy.
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Bevacizumab changes vascular structure and modulates the expression of angiogenic factors in recurrent malignant gliomas.
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Grosshans DR.
Proton therapy for paediatric medulloblastoma.
Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jan 30, 2016;17(3):258-9
. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00217-X. PMID: 26830376. Comment. ˍ
Refers to: Yock TI, et al., Long-term toxic effects of proton radiotherapy for paediatric medulloblastoma: a phase 2 single-arm study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jan 29, 2016;17(3):287-298. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00167-9. PMID: 26830377. Interventional study. ˍ
Erratum in: Lancet Oncol. 2020 Mar;21(3):e132. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30104-2. PMID: 32135116. Correction. ˍ




Yock TI, Yeap BY, Ebb DH, Weyman E, Eaton BR, Sherry NA, Jones RM, MacDonald SM, Pulsifer MB, Lavally B, Abrams AN, Huang MS, Marcus KJ, Tarbell NJ.
Long-term toxic effects of proton radiotherapy for paediatric medulloblastoma: a phase 2 single-arm study.
Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jan 29, 2016;17(3):287-298. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00167-9. PMID: 26830377. Interventional study. ˍ
Erratum in: Lancet Oncol. 2020 Mar;21(3):e132. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30104-2. PMID: 32135116. Correction. ˍ




Mayor S.
Proton beam therapy is as effective as radiotherapy in childhood brain cancer but less toxic, study shows.
BMJ. 2016 Jan 31, 2016;352:i608
. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i608. PMID: 26831911. Comment. ˍ
Refers to: Yock TI, et al., Long-term toxic effects of proton radiotherapy for paediatric medulloblastoma: a phase 2 single-arm study. Lancet Oncol. 2016 Jan 29, 2016;17(3):287-298. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)00167-9. PMID: 26830377. Interventional study. ˍ
Erratum in: Lancet Oncol. 2020 Mar;21(3):e132. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30104-2. PMID: 32135116. Correction. ˍ