ALLMedicine™ Anaplastic Oligodendroglioma Center

Jun 15th, 2021 - Anaplastic oligodendrogliomas are high-grade gliomas defined molecularly by 1p19q co-deletion. There is no curative therapy, and standard of care includes surgical resection followed by radiation and chemotherapy. However, the benefit of up-front ...

Mar 31st, 2021 - Treatment with temozolomide and BCNU was associated with substantial response and survival rates for patients with unresectable anaplastic glioma, suggesting potential therapeutic alternative for these patients. The optimal treatment for unresecta...

Jan 5th, 2021 - High-grade gliomas, including anaplastic oligodendroglioma, represent the most common malignant neoplasms of the central nervous system in the adult. The standard treatment of anaplastic oligodendroglioma consists of maximum surgical resection, ra...

Dec 2nd, 2020 - Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has changed the way in which cancer is treated. Patients with high-grade glioma (HGG) are believed to be in a vulnerable category. The aim of this study was to describe the experience of a hub cancer center and ...

Oct 29th, 2020 - Current anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO) management strategies involve surgical resection followed by adjuvant radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy. We investigated a subset of patients at our institution with AO, who, based on their treatment prefer...

Sep 14th, 2013 - Primary and metastatic tumors of the central nervous system are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with varied outcomes and management strategies. Recently, improved survival observed in 2 randomized clinical trials established combined chemothera...

Apr 8th, 2020 - OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the efficacy of topotecan in patients with recurrent anaplastic oligodendroglioma or anaplastic mixed oligoastrocytoma. II. Determine the qualitative and quantitative toxicity of topotecan in this patient population on thi...

Oct 30th, 2019 - The purpose of this study is to see how effective treatment of high doses of chemotherapy is for your tumor. We will also be looking at the side effects and risks of this treatment. You will receive very high doses of chemotherapy. High doses of c...

Sep 18th, 2018 - OBJECTIVES: Determine progression-free survival of patients with newly diagnosed anaplastic oligodendroglioma (AO) or mixed oligoastrocytoma (MOA) treated with temozolomide. Determine the response rate in these patients. Assess the quality of life...

Jun 18th, 2018 - OBJECTIVES: Compare the overall survival and time to tumor progression in patients with unifocal or multifocal, supratentorial, pure or mixed anaplastic oligodendroglioma treated with radiotherapy with or without procarbazine, lomustine, and vincr...

May 3rd, 2018 - PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: I. To evaluate toxicity and estimate the maximum tolerated dose (MTD) of melphalan (intra-arterially [i.a.]) administered in conjunction with carboplatin (i.a.) and etoposide phosphate (intravenously [i.v.]) undergoing BBBD, in...

Jul 26th, 2012 - Andrew L. Pecora, MD Editor-in-Chief Oncology & Biotech News Chief Innovations Officer, Professor, and Vice President of Cancer Services John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center I am sure any of us can think of many other...

Discussion Although Day and Raskin[1] initially coined the term thunderclap headache to refer to the headache associated with an unruptured aneurysm, the most common secondary cause is subarachnoid hemorrhage. Other secondary causes include cerebr...

Case Report A thunderclap headache is a severe headache with sudden onset similar to a clap of thunder, with a maximum intensity within 1 minute. The primary types (thunderclap, cough, exertional, and sexual) can recur intermittently and are gener...