Basic and Translational Investigations

   Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Burgess B. Freeman, III, Lisa C. Iacono, John C. Panetta, Amar Gajjar, and Clinton F. Stewart

Using plasma topotecan pharmacokinetics to estimate topotecan exposure in cerebrospinal fluid of children with medulloblastoma
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 89-95; first published on February 3, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Molecular Genetics

Tiziana Piepoli, Cemile Jakupoglu, Wenli Gu, Elena Lualdi, Blanca Suarez-Merino, Pietro L. Poliani, Maria Grazia Cattaneo, Barbara Ortino, Dorota Goplen, Jian Wang, Rosa Mola, Francesca Inverardi, Carolina Frassoni, Rolf Bjerkvig, Ortrud Steinlein, Lucia M. Vicentini, Oliver Brüstle, and Gaetano Finocchiaro

Expression studies in gliomas and glial cells do not support a tumor suppressor role for LGI1
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 96-108; first published on March 2, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-006 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Preclinical Experimental Therapeutics

Mir J. Ali, Yot Navalitloha, Michael W. Vavra, Eric W.-Y. Kang, Andrea C. Itskovich, Peter Molnar, Robert M. Levy, and Dennis R. Groothuis

Isolation of drug delivery from drug effect: Problems of optimizing drug delivery parameters
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 109-118; first published on March 8, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-007 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Karen S. Aboody, Joseph Najbauer, Nils Ole Schmidt, Wendy Yang, Julian K. Wu, Yuzheng Zhuge, Wojciech Przylecki, Rona Carroll, Peter M. Black, and George Perides

Targeting of melanoma brain metastases using engineered neural stem/progenitor cells
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 119-126; first published on March 8, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Tumor Biology

Dieta Brandsma, Laurien Ulfman, Jaap C. Reijneveld, Madelon Bracke, Martin J.B. Taphoorn, Jaap Jan Zwaginga, Martijn F.B. Gebbink, Hetty de Boer, Leo Koenderman, and Emile E. Voest

Constitutive integrin activation on tumor cells contributes to progression of leptomeningeal metastases
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 127-136; first published on March 13, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-013 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Clinical Investigations

   Clinical Neuro-Oncology

Shinji Shimato, Tetsuya Mitsudomi, Takayuki Kosaka, Yasushi Yatabe, Toshihiko Wakabayashi, Masaaki Mizuno, Norimoto Nakahara, Hisashi Hatano, Atsushi Natsume, Dai Ishii, and Jun Yoshida

EGFR mutations in patients with brain metastases from lung cancer: Association with the efficacy of gefitinib
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 137-144; first published on January 20, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-002 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Epidemiology and Cancer Conrol

Anneclaire J. De Roos, Nathaniel Rothman, Merideth Brown, Douglas A. Bell, Gary S. Pittman, William R. Shapiro, Robert G. Selker, Howard A. Fine, Peter M. Black, and Peter D. Inskip

Variation in genes relevant to aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism and the risk of adult brain tumors
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 145-155; first published on January 27, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Imaging

Evanthia Galanis, Jan C. Buckner, Matthew J. Maurer, Rene Sykora, René Castillo, Karla V. Ballman, Bradley J. Erickson for the North central cancer treatment Group

Validation of neuroradiologic response assessment in gliomas: Measurement by RECIST, two-dimensional, computer-assisted tumor area, and computer-assisted tumor volume methods
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 156-165; first published on March 2, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-005 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Retrospective Clinical Studies

Kavita K. Mishra, Dev R. Puri, Brian T. Missett, Kathleen R. Lamborn, Michael D. Prados, Mitchel S. Berger, Anuradha Banerjee, Nalin Gupta, William M. Wara, and Daphne A. Haas-Kogan

The role of up-front radiation therapy for incompletely resected pediatric WHO grade II low-grade gliomas
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 166-174; first published on February 22, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-011 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Pediatric Neuro-Oncology

Darren R. Hargrave, Ursula A. Hargrave, and Eric Bouffet

Quality of health information on the Internet in pediatric neuro-oncology
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 175-182; first published on March 2, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-008 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

   Clinical Therapy Trials—Drug

Lauren E. Abrey, Barrett H. Childs, Nina Paleologos, Lynne Kaminer, Steven Rosenfeld, Donna Salzman, Jonathan L. Finlay, Sharon Gardner, Kendra Peterson, Wendy Hu, Lode Swinnen, Robert Bayer, Peter Forsyth, Douglas Stewart, Anne M. Smith, David R. Macdonald, Susan Weaver, David A. Ramsay, Stephen D. Nimer, Lisa M. Deangelis, and J. Gregory Cairncross

High-dose chemotherapy with stem cell rescue as initial therapy for anaplastic oligodendroglioma: Long-term follow-up
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 183-188; first published on March 8, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Michael D. Prados, Kathleen Lamborn, W.K.A. Yung, Kurt Jaeckle, H. Ian Robins, Minesh Mehta, Howard A. Fine, Patrick Y. Wen, Timothy Cloughesy, Susan Chang, M. Kelly Nicholas, David Schiff, Harry Greenberg, Larry Junck, Karen Fink, Ken Hess, and John Kuhn

A phase 2 trial of irinotecan (CPT-11) in patients with recurrent malignant glioma: A North American Brain Tumor Consortium study
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 189-193; first published on March 13, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-010 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews

David A. Reardon

Principles of Neuro-Oncology
Principles of Neuro-Oncology. Edited by David Schiff and Brian Patrick O'Neill. McGraw-Hill, New York, 2005, 750 pp. $125.00, ISBN 0-07-142515-2
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 194; first published on January 25, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-001 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Acknowledgment to Reviewers for Neuro-Oncology

Darell D. Bigner

Acknowledgment to Reviewers for Neuro-Oncology
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 196-197; DOI:10.1215/15228517-8-2-196 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Society News and Announcements

SOCIETY NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Neuro-oncol 2006; 8(2): 198-200; first published on March 13, 2006 as DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2005-014 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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