Neuro-Oncology
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Volume 21 Number 2
February 2019


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Wang X, Guo G, Guan H, Yu Y, Lu J, Yu J.
Challenges and potential of PD-1/PD-L1 checkpoint blockade immunotherapy for glioblastoma.
J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2019 Feb 18, 2019;38(1):87. doi: 10.1186/s13046-019-1085-3. PMID: 30777100. Review.



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Chukwueke UN, Wen PY.
Use of the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) criteria in clinical trials and clinical practice.
CNS Oncol. 2019 Feb 26, 2019;8(1):CNS28. doi: 10.2217/cns-2018-0007. PMID: 30806082. Review.



Central nervous system tumors


Baliga S, Yock TI.
Proton beam therapy in pediatric oncology.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2019 Feb;31(1):28-34. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000724. _




Subramanian S, Ahmad T.
Cancer, Childhood Brain Tumors.
StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing NBK535415; 2018 Dec 4. _



Gliomas


Chen TC, da Fonseca CO, Schönthal AH.
Intranasal Perillyl Alcohol for Glioma Therapy: Molecular Mechanisms and Clinical Development.
Int J Mol Sci. 2018 Dec 6;19(12). doi: 10.3390/ijms19123905. _




Law I, Albert NL, Arbizu J, Boellaard R, Drzezga A, Galldiks N, la Fougère C, Langen KJ, Lopci E, Lowe V, McConathy J, Quick HH, Sattler B, Schuster DM, Tonn JC, Weller M.
Joint EANM/EANO/RANO practice guidelines/SNMMI procedure standards for imaging of gliomas using PET with radiolabelled amino acids and [18F]FDG: version 1.0.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2018 Dec 5. 2019;46(3):540-557. doi: 10.1007/s00259-018-4207-9. _




Lehrer S.
Glioma and Alzheimer's Disease.
J Alzheimers Dis Rep. 2018 Dec 14;2(1):213-218. doi: 10.3233/ADR-180084. _




Lu VM, Goyal A, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Chaichana KL.
Updated incidence of neurological deficits following insular glioma resection: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2018 Dec 17. 2019;177:20-26. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2018.12.013. _




Rynkeviciene R, Simiene J, Strainiene E, Stankevicius V, Usinskiene J, Miseikyte Kaubriene E, Meskinyte I, Cicenas J, Suziedelis K.
Non-Coding RNAs in Glioma.
Cancers (Basel). 2018 Dec 22;11(1). doi: 10.3390/cancers11010017. _




Sadeghi N.
Neuroimaging of Adult Gliomas: An Update.
J Belg Soc Radiol. 2017 Nov 18;101(Suppl 1):8. doi: 10.5334/jbr-btr.1415. _




Zhao Z, Zhang K, Wang Z, Wang K, Liu X, Wu F, Chen J.
A comprehensive review of available omics data resources and molecular profiling for precision glioma studies.
Biomed Rep. 2018 Nov 14. 2019;10(1):3-9. doi: 10.3892/br.2018.1168. _



Brain stem gliomas



Rosen A, Anderson V, Bercovici E, Laperriere N, Rohan D'Souza.
Brainstem gliomas in pregnancy: a systematic review.
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2018 Dec 18. 2018;1-311. doi: 10.1080/14767058.2018.1560410. _



High-grade gliomas



Vatu BI, Artene SA, Staicu AG, Turcu-Stiolica A, Folcuti C, Dragoi A, Cioc C, Baloi SC, Tataranu LG, Silosi C, Dricu A.
Assessment of efficacy of dendritic cell therapy and viral therapy in high grade glioma clinical trials. A meta-analytic review.
J Immunoassay Immunochem. 2018 Nov 30. 2019;40(1):70-80. doi: 10.1080/15321819.2018.1551804. _



Low-grade gliomas



de Blank P, Bandopadhayay P, Haas-Kogan D, Fouladi M, Fangusaro J.
Management of pediatric low-grade glioma.
Curr Opin Pediatr. 2019 Feb;31(1):21-27. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000000717. _




Geurts M, van den Bent MJ.
On high-risk, low-grade glioma: What distinguishes high from low?
Cancer. 2018 Dec 4. 2019;125(2):174-176. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31834. _



Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors



Glioblastoma



Branter J, Basu S, Smith S.
Tumour treating fields in a combinational therapeutic approach.
Oncotarget. 2018 Nov 27;9(93):36631-36644. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.26344. _




Fernandes GFDS, Fernandes BC, Valente V, Dos Santos JL.
Recent advances in the discovery of small molecules targeting glioblastoma.
Eur J Med Chem. 2018 Dec 16. 2019;164:8-26. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2018.12.033. _




Grasso G, Torregrossa F, Leone L.
Maximizing the extent of resection in high grade glioma.
World Neurosurg. 2018 Dec 19. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.12.037. _
Comment on: Chang KT et al, In Vivo Real-Time Discrimination Among Glioma, Infiltration Zone, and Normal Brain Tissue via Autofluorescence Technology. World Neurosurg. 2018 Nov 1. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.10.144. _




Kazmi F, Soon YY, Leong YH, Koh WY, Vellayappan B.
Re-irradiation for recurrent glioblastoma (GBM): a systematic review and meta-analysis.
J Neurooncol. 2018 Dec 6. doi: 10.1007/s11060-018-03064-0. _




Lynes J, Sanchez V, Dominah G, Nwankwo A, Nduom E.
Current Options and Future Directions in Immune Therapy for Glioblastoma.
Front Oncol. 2018 Dec 5;8:578. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00578. _




Rahman M, Dastmalchi F, Karachi A, Mitchell D.
The role of CMV in glioblastoma and implications for immunotherapeutic strategies.
Oncoimmunology. 2018 Oct 16;8(1):e1514921. doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2018.1514921. _




Riboni L
Cross-talk between tumor stem cells and tumor cells: a glioblastoma strategy to promote malignancy.
Stem Cell Investig. 2018 Oct 10;5:32. doi: 10.21037/sci.2018.09.04. _
Comment on: Wang X et al, Reciprocal Signaling between Glioblastoma Stem Cells and Differentiated Tumor Cells Promotes Malignant Progression. Cell Stem Cell. 2018 Apr 5;22(4):514-528.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2018.03.011. _




Stepanenko AA, Chekhonin VP.
Recent Advances in Oncolytic Virotherapy and Immunotherapy for Glioblastoma: A Glimmer of Hope in the Search for an Effective Therapy?
Cancers (Basel). 2018 Dec 5. 2018;10(12). doi: 10.3390/cancers10120492. _




Stupp R.
Drug development for glioma: are we repeating the same mistakes?
Lancet Oncol. 2018 Dec 3. 2019;20(1):10-12. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30827-1. _
Comment on: Lombardi G et al, Regorafenib compared with lomustine in patients with relapsed glioblastoma (REGOMA): a multicentre, open-label, randomised, controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet Oncol. 2018 Dec 3. 2019;20(1):110-119. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30675-2. _




Tabibkhooei A, Fattahi A, Ebrahimnia F.
Gliosarcoma with long progression free survival: A case report and literature review.
Surg Neurol Int. 2018 Nov 5. 2018;9:227. doi: 10.4103/sni.sni_225_18. _



Anaplastic oligodendroglioma



Singh VK, Singh S, Bhupalam L.
Anaplastic oligodendroglioma metastasizing to the bone marrow: A unique case report and literature review.
Int J Neurosci. 2018 Dec 11. 2018;1-10. doi: 10.1080/00207454.2018.1557165. _



Embryonal tumors

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Ma J, Ma S, Yang J, Jia G, Jia W.
Primary spinal primitive neuroectodermal tumor: A single center series with literature review.
J Spinal Cord Med. 2018 Dec 18. 2018;1-9. doi: 10.1080/10790268.2018.1547862. _



Medulloblastoma



Cassia GSE, Alves CAPF, Taranath A, López NS, Oztekin O, Gonçalves FG, Patay Z.
Childhood Medulloblastoma Revisited.
Top Magn Reson Imaging. 2018 Dec;27(6):479-502. doi: 10.1097/RMR.0000000000000184. _




Frappaz D, Faure-Conter C, Bonneville Levard A, Barritault M, Meyronet D, Sunyach MP.
Medulloblastomas in adolescents and adults - Can the pediatric experience be extrapolated?
Neurochirurgie. 2018 Dec 17. doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2018.10.007. _



Atypical theratoid/rhabdoid tumor



Chan V, Marro A, Findlay JM, Schmitt LM, Das S.
A Systematic Review of Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumor in Adults.
Front Oncol. 2018 Nov 28. 2018;8:567. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00567. _



Neurofibromatosis


D'Angelo F, Ceccarelli M, Tala, Garofano L, Zhang J, Frattini V, Caruso FP, Lewis G, Alfaro KD, Bauchet L, Berzero G, Cachia D, Cangiano M, Capelle L, de Groot J, DiMeco F, Ducray F, Farah W, Finocchiaro G, Goutagny S, Kamiya-Matsuoka C, Lavarino C, Loiseau H, Lorgis V, Marras CE, McCutcheon I, Nam DH, Ronchi S, Saletti V, Seizeur R, Slopis J, Suñol M, Vandenbos F, Varlet P, Vidaud D, Watts C, Tabar V, Reuss DE, Kim SK, Meyronet D, Mokhtari K, Salvador H, Bhat KP, Eoli M, Sanson M, Lasorella A, Iavarone A.
The molecular landscape of glioma in patients with Neurofibromatosis 1.
Nat Med. 2018 Dec 10. 2019;25(1):176-187. doi: 10.1038/s41591-018-0263-8. _




Spyris CD, Castellino RC, Schniederjan MJ, Kadom N.
High-Grade Gliomas in Children with Neurofibromatosis Type 1: Literature Review and Illustrative Cases.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2018 Dec 20. doi: 10.3174/ajnr.A5888. _



Syndromes



Khattab A, Monga DK.
Turcot Syndrome.
StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing NBK534782; 2018 Dec 1. _



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