Tuesday, December 2, 2008 - 11:03PM EST

General Interest Articles

1. Is older age associated with a worse prognosis due to different patterns of care? A long-term study of 1346 patients with glioblastomas or brain metastases.

Author
Lutterbach J; Bartelt S; Momm F; Becker G; Frommhold H; Ostertag C;
Institution
Department of Radiotherapy, Cancer Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. lutterba@mst1.ukl.uni-freiburg.de
Journal
Cancer. 2005 Mar 15;103(6):1234-44.
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2. Surviving glioblastoma for more than 5 years: the patient's perspective.

Author
Steinbach JP; Blaicher HP; Herrlinger U; Wick W; Nagele T; Meyermann R; Tatagiba M; Bamberg M; Dichgans J; Karnath HO; Weller M;
Institution
Department of General Neurology, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research, Tubingen, Germany. joachim.steinbach@uni-tuebingen.de
Journal
Neurology. 2006 Jan 24;66(2):239-42.
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3. Glioblastoma multiforme in the elderly: a therapeutic challenge.

Author
Mangiola A; Maira G; De Bonis P; Porso M; Pettorini B; Sabatino G; Anile C;
Institution
Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Journal
J Neurooncol. 2006 Jan;76(2):159-63.
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4. Glioblastoma multiforme in pregnancy.

Author
Mackenzie AP; Levine G; Garry D; Figueroa R;
Institution
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, New York 11501, USA.
Journal
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2005 Jan;17(1):81-3.
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5. Grade III Gliomas with Imaging Appearances of Glioblastoma should be Managed as Glioblastoma.

Author
Burnet NG; Pohl U; Jefferies SJ; Jones PH; Lynch AG;
Institution
University of Cambridge Department of Oncology, Oncology Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK; Neuro-Oncology Unit, Oncology Centre, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
Journal
Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol). 2007 Apr;19(3):S14-5.

6. Treatment of glioblastoma multiforme in elderly patients. Clinico-therapeutic remarks in 22 patients older than 80 years.

Author
Piccirilli M; Bistazzoni S; Gagliardi FM; Landi A; Santoro A; Giangaspero F; Salvati M;
Institution
Neurosurgery, Department of Neurological Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. salvati.maurizio@libero.it
Journal
Tumori. 2006 Mar-Apr;92(2):98-103.
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7. Extracranial metastases of glioblastoma in a child: case report and review of the literature.

Author
Saad AG; Sachs J; Turner CD; Proctor M; Marcus KJ; Wang L; Lidov H; Ullrich NJ;
Institution
Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA. asaad@partners.org
Journal
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2007 Mar;29(3):190-4.
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8. The end-of-life hospital setting in patients with glioblastoma.

Author
Oberndorfer S; Lindeck-Pozza E; Lahrmann H; Struhal W; Hitzenberger P; Grisold W;
Institution
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neurooncology, Department of Neurology, KFJ-Hospital-SMZ-SUD, Vienna, Austria.
Journal
J Palliat Med. 2008 Jan-Feb;11(1):26-30.
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9. A mathematical modelling tool for predicting survival of individual patients following resection of glioblastoma: a proof of principle.

Author
Swanson KR; Rostomily RC; Alvord EC Jr;
Institution
Laboratory of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98104-2499, USA. swanson@amath.washington.edu
Journal
Br J Cancer. 2008 Jan 15;98(1):113-9. Epub 2007 Dec 4.
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10. Prognostic factors for survival in 676 consecutive patients with newly diagnosed primary glioblastoma.

Author
Filippini G; Falcone C; Boiardi A; Broggi G; Bruzzone MG; Caldiroli D; Farina R; Farinotti M; Fariselli L; Finocchiaro G; Giombini S; Pollo B; Savoiardo M; Solero CL; Valsecchi MG;
Institution
Unit of Neuroepidemiology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy. gfilippini@istituto-besta.it
Journal
Neuro Oncol. 2008 Feb;10(1):79-87. Epub 2007 Nov 9.
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