Current Neuro-Oncology




Volume 22 Number 3
15 February 2020




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Zhao YY, Wan QS, Hao Z, Zhu HX, Xing ZL, Li MH.
Clinical nomogram for predicting the survival of patients with cerebral anaplastic gliomas.
Medicine (Baltimore). 2020 Feb 2, 2020;99(10):e19416. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000019416. PMID: 32150092. Observational study. ˍ




Baehr A, Trog D, Oertel M, Welsch S, Kröger K, Grauer O, Haverkamp U, Eich HT.
Re-irradiation for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: a critical comparison of different concepts.
Strahlenther Onkol. 2020 Feb 3, 2020;196(5):457-464. doi: 10.1007/s00066-020-01585-0. PMID: 32016497. Observational study. ˍ




Baxter PA, Su JM, Onar-Thomas A, Billups CA, Li XN, Poussaint TY, Smith ER, Thompson PA, Adekunsle A, Ansell P, Giranda VL, Paulino AC, Kilburn L, Quaddoumi I, Broniscer A, Blaney SM, Dunkel IJ, Fouladi M.
A Phase I/II Study of Veliparib (ABT-888) with Radiation and Temozolomide in Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Pontine Glioma: A Pediatric Brain Tumor Consortium Study.
Neuro Oncol. 2020 Feb 3, 2020;22(6):875-885. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa016. PMID: 32009149. Interventional study. ˍ




Georgescu MM, Olar A.
Genetic and histologic spatiotemporal evolution of recurrent, multifocal, multicentric and metastatic glioblastoma.
Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2020 Feb 3, 2020;8(1):10. doi: 10.1186/s40478-020-0889-x. PMID: 32014051. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Kushnirsky M, Feun LG, Gultekin SH, de la Fuente MI.
Prolonged Complete Response With Combined Dabrafenib and Trametinib After BRAF Inhibitor Failure in BRAF-Mutant Glioblastoma.
JCO Precis Oncol. 2020 Feb 3, 2020;4:PO.19.00272. doi: 10.1200/PO.19.00272. PMID: 32923904. Case report. ˍ




O'Neil SH, Whitaker AM, Kayser K, Nelson MB, Finlay JL, Dhall G, Sands S.
Neuropsychological outcomes on Head Start III: a prospective, multi-institutional clinical trial for young children diagnosed with malignant brain tumors.
Neurooncol Pract. 2020 Feb 3, 2020;7(3):329-337. doi: 10.1093/nop/npz071. PMID: 32537181. Interventional study. ˍ




Pierscianek D, Ahmadipour Y, Michel A, Chihi M, Oppong MD, Kebir S, Glas M, Stuschke M, Sure U, Jabbarli R.
Prediction of Preoperative Survival in Patients With Glioblastoma by Routine Inflammatory Laboratory Parameters.
Anticancer Res. 2020 Feb 3, 2020;40(2):1161-1166. doi: 10.21873/anticanres.14058. PMID: 32014969. Observational study. ˍ




Tinkle CL, Campbell K, Han Y, Li Y, Bianski B, Broniscer A, Khan RB, Merchant TE.
Radiation dose response of neurologic symptoms during conformal radiotherapy for diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
J Neurooncol. 2020 Feb 3, 2020;147(1):195-203. doi: 10.1007/s11060-020-03415-w. PMID: 32016716. Observational study. ˍ




Hata N, Mizoguchi M, Kuga D, Hatae R, Akagi Y, Sangatsuda Y, Amemiya T, Michiwaki Y, Fujioka Y, Takigawa K, Suzuki SO, Yoshitake T, Togao O, Hiwatashi A, Yoshimoto K, Iihara K.
First-line bevacizumab contributes to survival improvement in glioblastoma patients complementary to temozolomide.
J Neurooncol. 2020 Feb 4, 2020;146(3):451-458. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03339-0. PMID: 32020475. Observational study. ˍ




Ius T, Pignotti F, Della Pepa GM, Bagatto D, Isola M, Battistella C, Gaudino S, Pegolo E, Chiesa S, Arcicasa M, La Rocca G, Olivi A, Skrap M, Sabatino G.
Glioblastoma: from volumetric analysis to molecular predictors.
J Neurosurg Sci. 2020 Feb 4, 2022;66(3):173-186. doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.20.04850-X. PMID: 32031360. Observational study˰ ˍ




Kim CY, Paek SH, Nam DH, Chang JH, Hong YK, Kim JH, Kim OL, Kim SH.
Tumor treating fields plus temozolomide for newly diagnosed glioblastoma: a sub-group analysis of Korean patients in the EF-14 phase 3 trial.
J Neurooncol. 2020 Feb 4. 2020;146(3):399-406. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03361-2. PMID: 32020470. Interventional study. ˍ




Liu SJ, Magill ST, Vasudevan HN, Hilz S, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Lastella S, Daggubati V, Spatz J, Choudhury A, Orr BA, Demaree B, Seo K, Ferris SP, Abate AR, Oberheim Bush NA, Bollen AW, McDermott MW, Costello JF, Raleigh DR.
Multiplatform Molecular Profiling Reveals Epigenomic Intratumor Heterogeneity in Ependymoma.
Cell Rep. 2020 Feb 4, 2020;30(5):1300-1309.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.01.018. PMID: 32023450. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Moiyadi A, Shetty P, Sridhar E, Gota V, Gurjar M, Saicharan G, Singh V, Srivastava S.
Objective assessment of intraoperative tumor fluorescence reveals biological heterogeneity within glioblastomas: a biometric study.
J Neurooncol. 2020 Feb 4, 2020;146(3):477-488. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03338-1. PMID: 32020478. Interventional study. ˍ




Yamaki T, Shibahra I, Matsuda KI, Kanemura Y, Konta T, Kanamori M, Yamakawa M, Tominaga T, Sonoda Y.
Relationships between recurrence patterns and subventricular zone involvement or CD133 expression in glioblastoma.
J Neurooncol. 2020 Feb 4, 2020;146(3):489-499. doi: 10.1007/s11060-019-03381-y. PMID: 32020479. Observational study. ˍ




Wańkowicz P, Rogińska D, Machaliński B, Nowacki P.
Expression of markers of neural stem and progenitor cells in glioblastoma multiforme in relation to tumor recurrence and overall survival.
Arch Med Sci. 2020 Feb 4, 2020;16(2):481-483. doi: 10.5114/aoms.2020.92857. PMID: 32190162. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Fujita Y, Kohta M, Sasayama T, et al.
Intraoperative 3-T Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Detection of Proliferative Remnants of Glioma.
World Neurosurg. 2020 Feb 5, 2020;137:149–157. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.01.217. PMID:32035198. Observational study. ˍ




Gerstung M, Jolly C, Leshchiner I, Dentro SC, Gonzalez S, Rosebrock D, Mitchell TJ, Rubanova Y, Anur P, Yu K, Tarabichi M, Deshwar A, Wintersinger J, Kleinheinz K, Vázquez-García I, Haase K, Jerman L, Sengupta S, Macintyre G, Malikic S, Donmez N, Livitz DG, Cmero M, Demeulemeester J, Schumacher S, Fan Y, Yao X, Lee J, Schlesner M, Boutros PC, Bowtell DD, Zhu H, Getz G, Imielinski M, Beroukhim R, Sahinalp SC, Ji Y, Peifer M, Markowetz F, Mustonen V, Yuan K, Wang W, Morris QD; PCAWG Evolution & Heterogeneity Working Group, Spellman PT, Wedge DC, Van Loo P; PCAWG Consortium.
The evolutionary history of 2,658 cancers.
Nature. 2020 Feb 5, 2020;578(7793):122-128. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1907-7. PMID: 32025013. Laboratory investigation. ˍ




Choi BD, Gerstner ER, Curry WT Jr.
A Common Rule for Resection of Glioblastoma in the Molecular Era.
JAMA Oncol. 2020 Feb 6, 2020;6(4):503-504. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.6384. PMID: 32027348. Comment. ˍ
Refers to: Molinaro AM, et al., Association of Maximal Extent of Resection of Contrast-Enhanced and Non-Contrast-Enhanced Tumor With Survival Within Molecular Subgroups of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma.
JAMA Oncol. 2020 Feb 6, 2020;6(4):495-503. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.6143. PMID: 32027343. Observational study. ˍ




Garrett AM, Lastakchi S, McConville C.
The Personalisation of Glioblastoma Treatment Using Whole Exome Sequencing: A Pilot Study.
Genes (Basel). 2020 Feb 6. 2020;11(2):E173. doi: 10.3390/genes11020173. PMID: 32041307. Interventional study. ˍ




Molinaro AM, Hervey-Jumper S, Morshed RA, Young J, Han SJ, Chunduru P, Zhang Y, Phillips JJ, Shai A, Lafontaine M, Crane J, Chandra A, Flanigan P, Jahangiri A, Cioffi G, Ostrom Q, Anderson JE, Badve C, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Sloan AE, Erickson BJ, Decker PA, Kosel ML, LaChance D, Eckel-Passow J, Jenkins R, Villanueva-Meyer J, Rice T, Wrensch M, Wiencke JK, Oberheim Bush NA, Taylor J, Butowski N, Prados M, Clarke J, Chang S, Chang E, Aghi M, Theodosopoulos P, McDermott M, Berger MS.
Association of Maximal Extent of Resection of Contrast-Enhanced and Non-Contrast-Enhanced Tumor With Survival Within Molecular Subgroups of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma.
JAMA Oncol. 2020 Feb 6, 2020;6(4):495-503. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.6143. PMID: 32027343. Observational study. ˍ




Roux A, Pallud J, Saffroy R, Edjlali-Goujon M, Debily MA, Boddaert N, Sanson M, Puget S, Knafo S, Adam C, Faillot T, Cazals-Hatem D, Mandonnet E, Polivka M, Dorfmüller G, Dauta A, Desplanques M, Gareton A, Pages M, Tauziede-Espariat A, Grill J, Bourdeaut F, Doz F, Dhermain F, Mokhtari K, Chretien F, Figarella-Branger D, Varlet P.
High-grade gliomas in adolescents and young adults highlight histomolecular differences with their adult and paediatric counterparts.
Neuro Oncol. 2020 Feb 6, 2020;22(8):1190-1202. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa024. PMID: 32025728. Observational study. ˍ




Bauer EK, Stoffels G, Blau T, et al.
Prediction of survival in patients with IDH-wildtype astrocytic gliomas using dynamic O-(2-[18F]-fluoroethyl)-L-tyrosine PET.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2020 Feb 7, 2020;47(6):1486-1495. doi: 10.1007/s00259-020-04695-0. PMID: 32034446. Observational study. ˍ




Choi J, Kim SH, Ahn SS, Choi HJ, Yoon HI, Cho JH, Roh TH, Kang SG, Chang JH, Suh CO.
Extent of resection and molecular pathologic subtype are potent prognostic factors of adult WHO grade II glioma.
Sci Rep. 2020 Feb 7, 2020;10(1):2086. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59089-x. PMID: 32034238. Observational study. ˍ




Finneran M, Marotta DA, Altenburger D, Nardone E.
Long-term Survival in a Patient with Butterfly Glioblastoma: A Case Report.
Cureus. 2020 Feb 7, 2020;12(2):e6914. doi: 10.7759/cureus.6914. PMID: 32190469. Case report. ˍ




Ius T, Pignotti F, Della Pepa GM, La Rocca G, Somma T, Isola M, Battistella C, Gaudino S, Polano M, Dal Bo M, Bagatto D, Pegolo E, Chiesa S, Arcicasa M, Olivi A, Skrap M, Sabatino G.
A Novel Comprehensive Clinical Stratification Model to Refine Prognosis of Glioblastoma Patients Undergoing Surgical Resection.
Cancers (Basel). 2020 Feb 7, 2020;12(2):E386. doi: 10.3390/cancers12020386. PMID: 32046132. Observational study. ˍ




Reardon DA, Desjardins A, Vredenburgh JJ, O'Rourke DM, Tran DD, Fink KL, Nabors LB, Li G, Bota DA, Lukas RV, Ashby LS, Duic JP, Mrugala MM, Cruickshank S, Vitale L, He Y, Green JA, Yellin MJ, Turner CD, Keler T, Davis TA, Sampson JH; ReACT trial investigators.
Rindopepimut with Bevacizumab for Patients with Relapsed EGFRvIII-Expressing Glioblastoma (ReACT): Results of a Double-Blind Randomized Phase II Trial.
Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Feb 7, 2020;26(7):1586-1594. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1140. PMID: 32034072. Interventional study. ˍ




Wick W, Wagener RJ.
Not Yet Another Negative Trial-ReACTing on Recent Glioblastoma Trials!
Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Feb 7, 2020;26(7):1535-1537. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-4032. PMID: 32034079. Comment. ˍ
Refers to: Reardon DA, et al., Rindopepimut with Bevacizumab for Patients with Relapsed EGFRvIII-Expressing Glioblastoma (ReACT): Results of a Double-Blind Randomized Phase II Trial.
Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Feb 7, 2020;26(7):1586-1594. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1140. PMID: 32034072. Interventional study. ˍ




Zhao Z, Zhang C, Li M, Shen Y, Feng S, Liu J, Li F, Hou L, Chen Z, Jiang J, Ma X, Chen L, Yu X.
Applications of cerebrospinal fluid circulating tumor DNA in the diagnosis of gliomas.
Jpn J Clin Oncol. 2020 Feb 10, 2020;50(3):325-332. doi:10.1093/jjco/hyz156. PMID: 32039443. Observational study. ˍ




Acharya S, Liu JF, Tatevossian RG, Chiang J, Qaddoumi I, Gajjar A, Walker D, Harreld J, Merchant TE, Ellison DW.
Risk stratification in pediatric low-grade glioma and glioneuronal tumor treated with radiation therapy: An integrated clinicopathologic and molecular analysis.
Neuro Oncol. 2020 Feb 13, 2020;22(8):1203-1213. doi:10.1093/neuonc/noaa031. PMID: 32052049. Observational study. ˍ




Werlenius K, Fekete B, Blomstrand M, Carén H, Jakola AS, Rydenhag B, Smits A.
Patterns of care and clinical outcome in assumed glioblastoma without tissue diagnosis: A population-based study of 131 consecutive patients.
PLoS One. 2020 Feb 13, 2020;15(2):e0228480. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228480. PMID: 32053655. Observational study. ˍ




Dutoit V, Philippin G, Widmer V, Marinari E, Vuilleumier A, Migliorini D, Schaller K, Dietrich PY.
Impact of Radiochemotherapy on Immune Cell Subtypes in High-Grade Glioma Patients.
Front Oncol. 2020 Feb 14, 2020;10:89. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2020.00089. PMID: 32117743. Observational study. ˍ




Goerig NL, Frey B, Korn K, Fleckenstein B, Überla K, Schmidt MA, Dörfler A, Engelhorn T, Eyüpoglu I, Rühle PF, Putz F, Semrau S, Gaipl US, Fietkau R.
Early mortality of brain cancer patients and its connection to cytomegalovirus reactivation during radiochemotherapy.
Clin Cancer Res. 2020 Feb 14, 2020;26(13):3259-3270. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-19-3195. PMID: 32060103. Observational study. ˍ