...Gokhan Yaprak; Naciye Isık; Cengiz Gemici; Melike Pekyurek; Beyhan Ceylaner Bıcakcı; Fatih Demircioglu; Necati Tatarlı Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) is a dismal disease. Recurrence is inevitable despite initial surgery and postoperative temozolomide (TMZ) and radiotherapy. Salvage surgery...

...Adam M. Robin; Aqueel H. Pabaney; Panayiotis D. Mitsias; Jason M. Schwalb The authors report a case of a 49-year-old man with long-standing, chronic cluster headache (CH) refractory to medical therapy and occipital nerve stimulation that resolved a few weeks prior to the diagnosis of glioblastoma...

...Franck G. Sturtz; Karen Waddell; Janine Shulok; Xiaozhuo Chen; H. Ralph Snodgrass; Doros Platika The gene therapy strategy using the hsv l-thymidine kinase gene (TK) and ganciclovir (GCV) injections that has been used for treating human glioblastomas has not been as effective as expected after...

... regarding the efficacy compared to historical controls for patients with de novo and recurrent malignant gliomas and metastases. Two randomized studies for patients with de novo malignant astrocytoma and glioblastoma are nearing completion. Based on the authors'' personal experience with 115 patients...

...R. Kuroda; F. Akai; H. Iwasaki; J. Nakatani; T. Uchiyama; M. Ioku; I. Kaetsu For patients with nonresectable glioblastoma (GB) or recurrent GB, we have recently been using an interstitial chemotherapy with biodegradable polylactic acid pellets containing nimustine chloride (ACNU), in combination...

...J.E. Masciopinto; A.B. Levin; M.P. Mehta; B.S. Rhode From February 1989 to August 1992, 26 patients who presented with an initial pathological diagnosis of glioblastoma multiforme underwent tumor debulking (17) or biopsy (9), stereotactic radiosurgery (SR) and standard radiation therapy (dose range...

.... Interstitial hyperthermia Induction heating Curie temperature Glioblastoma Metastatic brain tumor ...

.... For previously untreated patients who underwent external beam radiation therapy followed by implant boost, median survival from the date of diagnosis was 88 weeks for 34 patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GM) and 157 weeks for 29 patients with nonglioblastoma gliomas (NGM). For recurrent tumors treated...

... technique Radiotherapy Glioblastoma ...

...Robert J. Coffey; L. Dade Lunsford We analyzed the prognostic significance of tumor histology, location, treatment, and selected clinical features at presentation in 91 consecutive patients with malignant gliomas diagnosed by stereotactic biopsy. In 64 patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM...