| | Basic and Translational Investigations Preclinical Experimental Therapeutics Mechanisms of action of rapamycin in gliomas Amy B. Heimberger, Enze Wang, Eric C. McGary, Kenneth R. Hess, Verlene K. Henry, Tadahisa Shono, Zvi Cohen, Joy Gumin, Raymond Sawaya, Charles A. Conrad, and Frederick F. Lang PMCID: PMC1871627 Imaging Atypical white matter volume development in children following craniospinal irradiation Wilburn E. Reddick, John O. Glass, Shawna L. Palmer, Shingjie Wu, Amar Gajjar, James W. Langston, Larry E. Kun, Xiaoping Xiong, and Raymond K. Mulhern PMCID: PMC1871625 Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Microarray analysis of pediatric ependymoma identifies a cluster of 112 candidate genes including four transcripts at 22q12.1-q13.3, Blanca Suarez-Merino, Mike Hubank, Tamas Revesz, William Harkness, Richard Hayward, Dominic Thompson, John L. Darling, David G.T. Thomas, and Tracy J. Warr PMCID: PMC1871622 Clinical Investigations Clinical Therapy Trials-Drugs Efficacy and toxicity of the antisense oligonucleotide aprinocarsen directed against protein kinase C-α delivered as a 21-day continuous intravenous infusion in patients with recurrent high-grade astrocytomas, Stuart A. Grossman, Jane B. Alavi, Jeffrey G. Supko, Kathryn A. Carson, Regina Priet, F. Andrew Dorr, John S. Grundy, and Jon T. Holmlund PMCID: PMC1871621 Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Sequential chemotherapy, high-dose thiotepa, circulating progenitor cell rescue, and radiotherapy for childhood high-grade glioma Maura Massimino, Lorenza Gandola, Roberto Luksch, Filippo Spreafico, Daria Riva, Carlo Solero, Felice Giangaspero, Franco Locatelli, Marta Podda, Fabio Bozzi, Emanuele Pignoli, Paola Collini, Graziella Cefalo, Marco Zecca, Michela Casanova, Andrea Ferrari, Monica Terenziani, Cristina Meazza, Daniela Polastri, Davide Scaramuzza, Fernando Ravagnani, and Franca Fossati-Bellani PMCID: PMC1871624 Surgical Neuro-Oncology Surgery for primary supratentorial brain tumors in the United States, 1988 to 2000: The effect of provider caseload and centralization of care Fred G. Barker, II, William T. Curry, Jr., and Bob S. Carter PMCID: PMC1871628 A meta-analysis of surgery versus conventional radiotherapy for the treatment of metastatic spinal epidural disease Paul Klimo, Jr., Clinton J. Thompson, John R.W. Kestle, and Meic H. Schmidt PMCID: PMC1871618 Retrospective Clinical Studies Well-differentiated neurocytoma: What is the best available treatment? Dirk Rades, Fabian Fehlauer, Katrin Lamszus, Steven E. Schild, Christian Hagel, Manfred Westphal, and Winfried Alberti PMCID: PMC1871623 Case Studies Surgical Neuro-Oncology Cerebral edema associated with Gliadel wafers: Two case studies Emil L. Weber and Eric A. Goebel PMCID: PMC1871626 Clinical Therapy Trials Sustained radiographic and clinical response in patient with bifrontal recurrent glioblastoma multiforme with intracerebral infusion of the recombinant targeted toxin TP-38: Case study John H. Sampson, David A. Reardon, Allan H. Friedman, Henry S. Friedman, R. Edward Coleman, Roger E. McLendon, Ira Pastan, and Darell D. Bigner PMCID: PMC1871629 Medical Neuro-Oncology Neoadjuvant temozolomide followed by complete resection of a 1p- and 19q-deleted anaplastic oligoastrocytoma: Case study Alfredo D. Voloschin, David N. Louis, Garth R. Cosgrove, and Tracy T. Batchelor PMCID: PMC1871619 Society News and Announcements SOCIETY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS PMCID: PMC1871620 |
