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Volume 26 Number 3
15 February 2024




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Tiefenbach J, Lu VM, Metzler AR, Palejwala A, Haider S, Ivan ME, Komotar RJ, Shah AH.
The use of advanced neuroimaging modalities in the evaluation of low-grade glioma in adults: a literature review.
Neurosurg Focus. 2024 Feb;56(2):E3. doi: 10.3171/2023.11.FOCUS23649. PMID: 38301240. Review. ˍ




Ajithkumar T, Avanzo M, Yorke E, Tsang DS, Milano MT, Olch AJ, Merchant TE, Dieckmann K, Mahajan A, Fuji H, Paulino AC, Timmermann B, Marks LB, Bentzen SM, Jackson A, Constine LS.
PENTEC Organ-Specific Report: Brain and Brain Stem Necrosis After Reirradiation for Recurrent Childhood Primary Central Nervous System Tumors: A PENTEC Comprehensive Review.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Feb 1:S0360-3016(24)00001-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.12.043. PMID: 38300187. Review˰ ˍ




Cuschieri A, Pisani R, Agius S.
From Trauma to Tumour: exploring post-TBI glioblastoma patient characteristics.
World Neurosurg. 2024 Feb 1:S1878-8750(24)00144-X. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2024.01.122. PMID: 38307194. Review˰ ˍ




Ebrahimnia M, Alavi S, Vaezi H, Karamat Iradmousa M, Haeri A.
Exploring the vast potentials and probable limitations of novel and nanostructured implantable drug delivery systems for cancer treatment.
EXCLI J. 2024 Feb 1;23:143-179. doi: 10.17179/excli2023-6747. PMID: 38487087. Review. ˍ




McFaline-Figueroa JR.
Spinal Cord Neoplasms.
Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2024 Feb 1;30(1):99-118. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001375. PMID: 38330474. Review˰ ˍ




Lee SG.
Editorial: 15 Years of Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience: astrocytes in brain disease.
Front Cell Neurosci. 2024 Feb 2;18:1374172. doi: 10.3389/fncel.2024.1374172. PMID: 38370033. Editorial. ˍ




*Doniselli FM, Pascuzzo R, Mazzi F, Padelli F, Moscatelli M, Akinci D'Antonoli T, Cuocolo R, Aquino D, Cuccarini V, Sconfienza LM.
Quality assessment of the MRI-radiomics studies for MGMT promoter methylation prediction in glioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Eur Radiol. 2024 Feb 3. doi: 10.1007/s00330-024-10594-x. PMID: 38308012. Review, Meta-analysis. ˍ




Sferruzza G, Consoli S, Dono F, Evangelista G, Giugno A, Pronello E, Rollo E, Romozzi M, Rossi L, Pensato U.
A systematic review of immunotherapy in high-grade glioma: learning from the past to shape future perspectives.
Neurol Sci. 2024 Feb 3. doi: 10.1007/s10072-024-07350-w. PMID: 38308708. Review˰ ˍ




Huang M, Li S, Li P, Kang Z, Zhang B, Li W.
Drug clinical trials on high-grade gliomas: challenges and hopes.
Cancer Biol Med. 2024 Feb 5;20(12):j.issn.2095-3941.2023.0364. doi: 10.20892/j.issn.2095-3941.2023.0364. PMID: 38318805. Editorial. ˍ




Lucas D, Carvalho B, Tuna R, Linhares P.
Metabolic Syndrome and Survival in Glioblastoma Patients: Retrospective Cohort Study and Review of the Literature.
Cureus. 2024 Feb 5;16(2):e53641. doi: 10.7759/cureus.53641. PMID: 38449965. Observational study; Review. ˍ




Aebisher D, Przygórzewska A, Myśliwiec A, Dynarowicz K, Krupka-Olek M, Bożek A, Kawczyk-Krupka A, Bartusik-Aebisher D.
Current Photodynamic Therapy for Glioma Treatment: An Update.
Biomedicines. 2024 Feb 6;12(2):375. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12020375. PMID: 38397977. Review. ˍ




Collado J, Boland L, Ahrendsen JT, Miska J, Lee-Chang C.
Understanding the glioblastoma tumor microenvironment: leveraging the extracellular matrix to increase immunotherapy efficacy.
Front Immunol. 2024 Feb 6;15:1336476. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1336476. PMID: 38380331. Review. ˍ




Cooper BT, Mayo CS, Milano MT, Olch AJ, Oh C, Keating GF, Hallstrom A, Constine LS, Laack NN.
Predictive Factors Associated With Radiation Myelopathy in Pediatric Patients With Cancer: A PENTEC Comprehensive Review.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2024 Feb 6:S0360-3016(23)08256-1. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.12.020. PMID: 38323945. Review˰ ˍ




Dai J, Jiang Y, Hu H, Zhang S, Chen Y.
Extracellular vesicles as modulators of glioblastoma progression and tumor microenvironment.
Pathol Oncol Res. 2024 Feb 6;30:1611549. doi: 10.3389/pore.2024.1611549. PMID: 38379858. Review. ˍ




Hashemi M, Mousavian Roshanzamir S, Orouei S, Daneii P, Raesi R, Zokaee H, Bikarannejad P, Salmani K, Khorrami R, Deldar Abad Paskeh M, Salimimoghadam S, Rashidi M, Hushmandi K, Taheriazam A, Entezari M.
Shedding light on function of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in glioblastoma.
Noncoding RNA Res. 2024 Feb 6;9(2):508-522. doi: 10.1016/j.ncrna.2024.02.002. PMID: 38511060. Review. ˍ




*Kiel K, Król SK, Bronisz A, Godlewski J.
MiR-128-3p - a gray eminence of the human central nervous system.
Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2024 Feb 6;35(1):102141. doi: 10.1016/j.omtn.2024.102141. PMID: 38419943. Review. ˍ




Wamelink IJHG, Azizova A, Booth TC, Mutsaerts HJMM, Ogunleye A, Mankad K, Petr J, Barkhof F, Keil VC.
Brain Tumor Imaging without Gadolinium-based Contrast Agents: Feasible or Fantasy?
Radiology. 2024 Feb 6;310(2):e230793. doi: 10.1148/radiol.230793. PMID: 38319162. Review˰ ˍ




Xu F, Yang YH, Yang H, Li W, Hao Y, Zhang S, Zhang YZ, Cao WX, Li XX, Du GH, Ji TF, Wang JH.
Progress of studies on natural products for glioblastoma therapy.
J Asian Nat Prod Res. 2024 Feb 6:1-23. doi: 10.1080/10286020.2023.2300367. PMID: 38321773. Review˰ ˍ




Ageenko A, Vasileva N, Richter V, Kuligina E.
Combination of Oncolytic Virotherapy with Different Antitumor Approaches against Glioblastoma.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Feb 7;25(4):2042. doi: 10.3390/ijms25042042. PMID: 38396720. Review. ˍ




Bali B, Sellers A, Chinea A, Jallo GI, Shimony N.
Intramedullary spinal cord tumors in pediatric patients presenting later with brain lesions: case series and systematic review of the literature.
Childs Nerv Syst. 2024 Feb 7. doi: 10.1007/s00381-024-06311-0. PMID: 38321255. Case report, Review˰ ˍ




Koosha F, Ahmadikamalabadi M, Mohammadi M.
Review of Recent Improvements in Carbon Ion Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Glioblastoma.
Adv Radiat Oncol. 2024 Feb 8;9(5):101465. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2024.101465. PMID: 38770179. Review. ˍ




Pizzimenti C, Fiorentino V, Germanò A, Martini M, Ieni A, Tuccari G.
Pilocytic astrocytoma: The paradigmatic entity in low-grade gliomas (Review).
Oncol Lett. 2024 Feb 8;27(4):146. doi: 10.3892/ol.2024.14279. PMID: 38385109. Review. ˍ




Virtanen PS, Ortiz KJ, Patel A, Blocher WA 3rd, Richardson AM.
Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption for the Treatment of Primary Brain Tumors: Advances in the Past Half-Decade.
Curr Oncol Rep. 2024 Feb 8. doi: 10.1007/s11912-024-01497-7. PMID: 38329660. Review˰ ˍ




Cohen KJ, et al, PDQ Pediatric Treatment Editorial Board.
Childhood Ependymoma Treatment (PDQ®): Health Professional Version.
PDQ Cancer Inf Summ. 2024 Feb 9. NCBI Bookshelf ID: NBK65935. PMID: 26389373. Review. ˍ




Moreira DC, Bouffet E, Qaddoumi I.
The greatest challenge for pediatric low-grade glioma.
Neuro Oncol. 2024 Feb 10:noae004. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noae004. PMID: 38339843. Letter. ˍ
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Fangusaro J, Jones DT, Packer RJ, Gutmann DH, Milde T, Witt O, Mueller S, Fisher MJ, Hansford JR, Tabori U, Hargrave D, Bandopadhayay P.
Pediatric low-grade glioma: State-of-the-art and ongoing challenges.
Neuro Oncol. 2023 Nov 7:noad195. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad195. PMID: 37944912. Review. ˍ




Virani QU, Javed Z, Shamim MS.
Evolution of RANO in Assessing Brain Tumour Outcomes.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2024 Feb 11;74(3):595-596. doi: 10.47391/JPMA.24-19. PMID: 38591309. Review. ˍ




Consales A, Skoch J, Tovar-Spinoza Z.
Editorial: Magnetic resonance-guided laser interstitial thermal therapy (MRg-LiTT) in the minimally invasive surgical treatment of epilepsy and/or brain neoplasms.
Front Neurol. 2024 Feb 12;15:1378585. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2024.1378585. PMID: 38410196. Editorial. ˍ




Habibi MA, Mirjani MS, Ahmadvand MH, Delbari P, Alasti O.
The safety and efficacy of dabrafenib and trametinib in patients with glioma: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2024 Feb 12. doi: 10.1007/s00228-024-03635-3. PMID: 38345637. Review, Meta-analysis˰ ˍ




Kudruk S, Forsyth CM, Dion MZ, Hedlund Orbeck JK, Luo J, Klein RS, Kim AH, Heimberger AB, Mirkin CA, Stegh AH, Artzi N.
Multimodal neuro-nanotechnology: Challenging the existing paradigm in glioblastoma therapy.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2024 Feb 12;121(8):e2306973121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2306973121. PMID: 38346200. Perspective˰ ˍ




Regmi M, Wang Y, Liu W, Dai Y, Liu S, Ma K, Lin G, Yang J, Liu H, Wu J, Yang C.
From glioma gloom to immune bloom: unveiling novel immunotherapeutic paradigms-a review.
J Exp Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Feb 12;43(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s13046-024-02973-5. PMID: 38342925. Review. ˍ




Watanabe G, Wong JM, Estes B, Khan MF, Ogasawara C, Umana GE, Martin AR, Bloch O, Palmisciano P.
Diffuse Midline H3K27-Altered Gliomas in the Spinal Cord: A Systematic Review.
J Neurooncol. 2024 Feb 12. doi: 10.1007/s11060-024-04584-8. PMID: 38342826. Review˰ ˍ




Bodensohn R, Haehl E, Belka C, Niyazi M.
Fractionated radiotherapy for spinal tumors: A literature review regarding spinal glioma, ependymoma, and meningioma.
Neurooncol Adv. 2024 Feb 13;6(Suppl 3):iii101-iii109. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdad158. PMID: 39430392. Review. ˍ




Eugene T, Roy Sg J, S N, Rappai M.
Assessment of the Efficacy of Circulating Tumor Cells by Liquid Biopsy in the Diagnosis and Prediction of Tumor Behavior of Gliomas: A Systematic Review.
Cureus. 2024 Feb 13;16(2):e54101. doi: 10.7759/cureus.54101. PMID: 38357405. Review. ˍ




Kresbach C, Hack K, Ricklefs F, Schüller U.
Specifics of spinal neuropathology in the molecular age.
Neurooncol Adv. 2024 Feb 13;6(Suppl 3):iii3-iii12. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdad127. PMID: 39430396. Review. ˍ




*Liguori GL.
Challenges and Promise for Glioblastoma Treatment through Extracellular Vesicle Inquiry.
Cells. 2024 Feb 13;13(4):336. doi: 10.3390/cells13040336. PMID: 38391949. Review. ˍ




Mirian C, Thastrup M, Mathiasen R, Schmiegelow K, Olsen JV, Østergaard O.
Mass spectrometry-based proteomics of cerebrospinal fluid in pediatric central nervous system malignancies: a systematic review with meta-analysis of individual patient data.
Fluids Barriers CNS. 2024 Feb 13;21(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12987-024-00515-x. PMID: 38350915. Review. ˍ




Tonn JC, Teske N, Karschnia P.
Astrocytomas of the spinal cord.
Neurooncol Adv. 2024 Feb 13;6(Suppl 3):iii48-iii56. doi: 10.1093/noajnl/vdad166. PMID: 39430394. Review. ˍ




Wagner MW, Jabehdar Maralani P, Bennett J, Nobre L, Lim-Fat MJ, Dirks P, Laughlin S, Tabori U, Ramaswamy V, Hawkins C, Ertl-Wagner BB.
Brain Tumor Imaging in Adolescents and Young Adults: 2021 WHO Updates for Molecular-based Tumor Types.
Radiology. 2024 Feb 13;310(2):e230777. doi: 10.1148/radiol.230777. PMID: 38349246. Review. ˍ




Xing Y, Yasinjan F, Cui J, Peng Y, He M, Liu W, Hong X.
Advancements and current trends in tumor treating fields: a scientometric analysis.
Int J Surg. 2024 Feb 13. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000001151. PMID: 38349201. Bibliographic analysis. ˍ




Furnari FB, Anastasaki C, Bian S, Fine HA, Koga T, Le LQ, Rodriguez FJ, Gutmann DH.
Stem cell modeling of nervous system tumors.
Dis Model Mech. 2024 Feb 14;17(2):dmm050533. doi: 10.1242/dmm.050533. PMID: 38353122. Review. ˍ




Garaba A, Aslam N, Ponzio F, Panciani PP, Brinjikji W, Fontanella M, De Maria L.
Radiomics for differentiation of gliomas from primary central nervous system lymphomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Front Oncol. 2024 Feb 14;14:1291861. doi: 10.3389/fonc.2024.1291861. PMID: 38420015. Review; Meta-analysis. ˍ




Newton HB, Wojkowski J.
Antiepileptic Strategies for Patients with Primary and Metastatic Brain Tumors.
Curr Treat Options Oncol. 2024 Feb 14. doi: 10.1007/s11864-024-01182-8. PMID: 38353859. Review. ˍ




Sheng H, Li H, Zeng H, Zhang B, Lu Y, Liu X, Xu Z, Zhang J, Zhang L.
Heterogeneity and tumoral origin of medulloblastoma in the single-cell era.
Oncogene. 2024 Feb 14. doi: 10.1038/s41388-024-02967-9. PMID: 38355808. Review. ˍ




Ezzati S, Salib S, Balasubramaniam M, Aboud O.
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitors in Glioblastoma: Current Status and Future Possibilities.
Int J Mol Sci. 2024 Feb 15;25(4):2316. doi: 10.3390/ijms25042316. PMID: 38396993. Review. ˍ




Fangusaro J, Avery RA, Fisher MJ, Packer RJ, Walsh KS, Schouten-van Meeteren A, Karres D, Bradford D, Bhatnagar V, Singh H, Kluetz PG, Donoghue M, Duke ES.
Considering Functional Outcomes as Efficacy Endpoints in Pediatric Low-Grade Glioma Clinical Trials: An FDA Educational Symposium.
Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Feb 15. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-23-3386. PMID: 38358393. Meeting report˰ ˍ