Neuro-Oncology
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Volume 21 Number 4
April 2019


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Contents


Central nervous system tumors


Gliomas


High-grade gliomas


Low-grade gliomas


Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors


Glioblastoma


Diffuse Midline Glioma


Ependymal tumors


Ependymoma


Embryonal tumors


Medulloblastoma


Atypical theratoid/rhabdoid tumor


Lymphomas






Liu XF, Du X, Zhang XT, Yang M, Han YM, Lin XY.
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma inside lateral ventricle: a rare case report and literature review.
Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2019 Apr 1;12(4):1118-1123. _



Central nervous system tumors


Aldape K, Brindle KM, Chesler L, Chopra R, Gajjar A, Gilbert MR, Gottardo N, Gutmann DH, Hargrave D, Holland EC, Jones DTW, Joyce JA, Kearns P, Kieran MW, Mellinghoff IK, Merchant M, Pfister SM, Pollard SM, Ramaswamy V, Rich JN, Robinson GW, Rowitch DH, Sampson JH, Taylor MD, Workman P, Gilbertson RJ.
Challenges to curing primary brain tumours.
Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Feb 7. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0177-5. _




Chi AS et al, PDQ Adult Treatment Editorial Board.
Adult Central Nervous System Tumors Treatment (PDQ®): Patient Version.
PDQ Cancer Inf Summ [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2019 Feb 6. _




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. _




Janss AJ, Mazewski C, Patterson B.
Guidelines for Treatment and Monitoring of Adult Survivors of Pediatric Brain Tumors.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2019 Feb 9;20(1):10. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0602-0. _




Ruff MW, Uhm JH, Benarroch EE.
Neuro-oncology: Implications of the molecular era.
Neurology. 2019 Feb 13. 2019;92(12):568-574. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007126. _



Gliomas


Daniel P, Sabri S, Chaddad A, Meehan B, Jean-Claude B, Rak J, Abdulkarim BS.
Temozolomide Induced Hypermutation in Glioma: Evolutionary Mechanisms and Therapeutic Opportunities.
Front Oncol. 2019 Feb 4;9:41. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00041. _




Miklja Z, Pasternak A, Stallard S, Nicolaides T, Kline-Nunnally C, Cole B, Beroukhim R, Bandopadhayay P, Chi S, Ramkissoon SH, Mullan B, Bruzek AK, Gauthier A, Garcia T, Atchison C, Marini B, Fouladi M, Parsons DW, Leary S, Mueller S, Ligon KL, Koschmann C.
Molecular profiling and targeted therapy in pediatric gliomas: review and consensus recommendations.
Neuro Oncol. 2019 Feb 26. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz022. _



High-grade gliomas



Pierscianek D, Ahmadipour Y, Oppong MD, Rauschenbach L, Kebir S, Glas M, Sure U, Jabbarli R.
Blood-Based Biomarkers in High Grade Gliomas: a Systematic Review.
Mol Neurobiol. 2019 Feb 4. doi: 10.1007/s12035-019-1509-2. _



Low-grade gliomas


Burak Atci I, Yilmaz H, Samanci MY.
The top 50 most-cited articles on low-grade glioma: a bibliometric analysis.
Br J Neurosurg. 2019 Apr;33(2):171-175. doi: 10.1080/02688697.2018.1549314. Epub 2019 Jan 12. PMID: 30636460. Bibliometric analysis.




Schiff D, van den Bent M, Vogelbaum MA, Wick W, Miller CR, Taphoorn M, Pope W, Brown PD, Platten M, Jalali R, Armstrong T, Wen PY.
Recent Developments and Future Directions in Adult Lower-Grade Gliomas: Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) and European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) Consensus.
Neuro Oncol. 2019 Feb 8. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz033. _



Diffuse astrocytic and oligodendroglial tumors



Glioblastoma



Baratta MG.
Glioblastoma is 'hot' for personalized vaccines.
Nat Rev Cancer. 2019 Jan 31. 2019;19(3):129. doi: 10.1038/s41568-019-0118-8. _
Article review referring to:
Keskin DB et al., Neoantigen vaccine generates intratumoral T cell responses in phase Ib glioblastoma trial. Nature. 2018 Dec 19. 2019;565(7738):234-239. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0792-9. _
Hilf N et al., Actively personalized vaccination trial for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Nature. 2018 Dec 19. 2019;565(7738):240-245. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0810-y. _Erratum in: Nature. 2019 Feb 7. 2019;566(7745):E13. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-0959-z. _




Gupta R, Sharma D.
Evolution of Magnetic Hyperthermia for Glioblastoma Multiforme Therapy.
ACS Chem Neurosci. 2019 Feb 4. 2019;10(3):1157-1172. doi: 10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00652. _




Killock D.
Lomustine-temozolomide combination efficacious in newly diagnosed glioblastoma.
Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2019 Feb 26. doi: 10.1038/s41571-019-0192-6. _
Article review referring to: Herrlinger U, et al., Lomustine-temozolomide combination therapy versus standard temozolomide therapy in patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma with methylated MGMT promoter (CeTeG/NOA-09): a randomised, open-label, phase 3 trial. Lancet. 2019 Feb 16;393(10172):678-688. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31791-4. _




Levin VA.
How far will the Voyager® take us?
CNS Oncol. 2019 Feb 15. 2019;8(1):CNS26. doi: 10.2217/cns-2018-0019. _
Editorial referring to:
Cobbs C et al., An early feasibility study of the Nativis Voyager device in patients with recurrent glioblastoma: first cohort in US. CNS Oncol. 2018 Dec 14. 2019;8(1):CNS30. doi: 10.2217/cns-2018-0013. _
Murphy M et al.,A feasibility study of the Nativis Voyager device in patients with recurrent glioblastoma in Australia. CNS Oncol. 2019 Feb 7. 2019;8(1):CNS31. doi: 10.2217/cns-2018-0017. _




Loo HK, Mathen P, Lee J, Camphausen K.
Circulating biomarkers for high-grade glioma.
Biomark Med. 2019 Feb 26. 2019;13(3):161-165. doi: 10.2217/bmm-2018-0463. _




McGranahan T, Therkelsen KE, Ahmad S, Nagpal S.
Current State of Immunotherapy for Treatment of Glioblastoma.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2019 Feb 21;20(3):24. doi: 10.1007/s11864-019-0619-4. _




[No authors listed]
Progress in the fight against brain cancer.
Nature. 2019 Jan 9;565(7738):134. doi: 10.1038/d41586-019-00077-1. _
Editorial referring to:
Keskin DB et al., Neoantigen vaccine generates intratumoral T cell responses in phase Ib glioblastoma trial. Nature. 2018 Dec 19. 2019;565(7738):234-239. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0792-9. _
Hilf N et al., Actively personalized vaccination trial for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Nature. 2018 Dec 19. 2019;565(7738):240-245. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0810-y. _Erratum in: Nature. 2019 Feb 7. 2019;566(7745):E13. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-0959-z. _
Zaidi N et al., Immune cells track hard-to-target brain tumours. Nature. 2018 Dec 19. 2019;565(7738):170-171. doi: 10.1038/d41586-018-07728-9. _
Article review in turn referring to:
Keskin DB et al., Neoantigen vaccine generates intratumoral T cell responses in phase Ib glioblastoma trial. Nature. 2018 Dec 19. 2019;565(7738):234-239. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0792-9. _
Hilf N et al., Actively personalized vaccination trial for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. Nature. 2018 Dec 19. 2019;565(7738):240-245. doi: 10.1038/s41586-018-0810-y. _Erratum in: Nature. 2019 Feb 7. 2019;566(7745):E13. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-0959-z. _




Piper K, Foster H, Gabel B, Nabors B, Cobbs C.
Glioblastoma Mimicking Viral Encephalitis Responds to Acyclovir: A Case Series and Literature Review.
Front Oncol. 2019 Jan 22;9:8. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00008. _




Pirmoradi L, Seyfizadeh N, Ghavami S, Zeki AA, Shojaei S.
Targeting cholesterol metabolism in glioblastoma: a new therapeutic approach in cancer therapy.
J Investig Med. 2019 Feb 14. 2019;67(4):715-719. doi: 10.1136/jim-2018-000962. _




Shepherd STC, Litchfield K, Turajlic S.
Searching for the needle in the haystack: deconvoluting the evolutionary dynamics of residual disease in human glioblastoma.
Ann Oncol. 2019 Feb 7. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdz042. _
Editorial referring to: Spiteri I et al., Evolutionary dynamics of residual disease in human glioblastoma. Ann Oncol. 2018 Nov 19. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdy506. _



Diffuse midline gliomas



Buus-Gehrig C, Lehrnbecher T, Porto L, Becker M, Freiman T, Mittelbronn M, Bochennek K.
Pontine tumor in a neonate: case report and analysis of the current literature.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Feb 15:1-7. doi: 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18215; _




Himes BT, Zhang L, Daniels DJ.
Treatment Strategies in Diffuse Midline Gliomas With the H3K27M Mutation: The Role of Convection-Enhanced Delivery in Overcoming Anatomic Challenges.
Front Oncol. 2019 Feb 8. 2019;9:31. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00031. _




Mora J.
Editorial: Proceedings From the 4th Memorial Alicia Pueyo Workshop: "Moving Towards a Cure for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma".
Front Oncol. 2019 Jan 31. 2019;9:42. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2019.00042. _




Traylor JI, Kuo JS.
"Liquid Biopsy" of Circulating Tumor DNA Characterizes Treatment Response in Pediatric Patients Diffuse Midline Glioma.
Neurosurgery. 2019 Feb 22. pii: nyz029. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyz029. _
Article review referring to: Panditharatna E, et al., Clinically Relevant and Minimally Invasive Tumor Surveillance of Pediatric Diffuse Midline Gliomas Using Patient-Derived Liquid Biopsy. Clin Cancer Res. 2018 Oct 15. 2018;24(23):5850-5859. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-18-1345. _



Ependymal tumors



Ependymoma



Cohen KJ et al., PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board.
Childhood Ependymoma Treatment (PDQ®): Health Professional Version.
PDQ Cancer Inf Summ [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002-2019 Jan 29. _



Embryonal tumors



Medulloblastoma


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Fults DW, Taylor MD, Garzia L.
Leptomeningeal dissemination: a sinister pattern of medulloblastoma growth.
J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Feb 15:1-9. doi: 10.3171/2018.11.PEDS18506; _




Northcott PA, Robinson GW, Kratz CP, Mabbott DJ, Pomeroy SL, Clifford SC, Rutkowski S, Ellison DW, Malkin D, Taylor MD, Gajjar A, Pfister SM.
Medulloblastoma.
Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2019 Feb 14;5(1):11. doi: 10.1038/s41572-019-0063-6. _PrimeView _



Atypical theratoid/rhabdoid tumor



Cohen KJ et al., PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board.
Childhood Central Nervous System Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Treatment (PDQ®): Health Professional Version.
PDQ Cancer Inf Summ [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute (US); 2002-2019 Jan 28. _



Lymphomas


Siegal T, Bairey O.
Primary CNS Lymphoma in the Elderly: The Challenge.
Acta Haematol. 2019 Feb 15;141(3):138-145. doi: 10.1159/000495284. _



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