Kessler, Remi A. Zimering, Jeffrey Gilligan, Jeffrey Rothrock, Robert McNeill, Ian Shrivastava, Raj K. Caridi, John Bederson, Joshua Hadjipanayis, Constantinos G.
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
The challenges of neurosurgical patient management and surgical decision-making during the 2019–2020 COVID-19 worldwide pandemic are immense and never-before-seen in our generation of neurosurgeons. In this case-based formatted report, we present the Mount Sinai Hospital (New York, NY) Department of Neurosurgery institutional experience in the epic...
Wee, Chan Woo Kim, Il Han Park, Chul-Kee Kim, Nalee Suh, Chang-Ok Chang, Jong Hee Lim, Do Hoon Nam, Do-Hyun Kim, In Ah Kim, Chae-Yong
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
BackgroundThe optimal radiotherapy regimen in elderly patients with glioblastoma treated by chemoradiation needs to be addressed. We provide the results of a comparison between conventionally fractionated standard radiotherapy (CRT) and short-course radiotherapy (SRT) in those patients treated by temozolomide-based chemoradiation.MethodsPatients ag...
Finocchiaro, Gaetano
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Hu, Yuan-Jun Zhang, Jian-min Chen, Zhong-ping
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Perin, Alessandro Servadei, Franco DiMeco, Francesco Locatelli, Marco Benazzo, Marco Spena, Giannantonio Bernucci, Claudio Sganzerla, Erik Egidi, Marcello Spagnoli, Diego
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Ramakrishna, Rohan Zadeh, Gelareh Sheehan, Jason P. Aghi, Manish K.
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
The Coronavirus pandemic has created unprecedented strain on medical resources at health care institutions around the world. At many institutions, this has resulted in efforts to prioritize cases with an attempt to balance the acuity of medical needs with available resources. Here, we provide a framework for institutions and governments to help adj...
Boele, Florien W. Meads, David Jansen, Femke Verdonck-de Leeuw, Irma M. Heimans, Jan J. Reijneveld, Jaap C. Short, Susan C. Klein, Martin
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Background Gliomas are associated with significant healthcare burden, yet reports of costs are scarce. While many costs are unavoidable there may be treatable symptoms contributing to higher costs. We describe healthcare and societal costs in glioma patients at high risk for depression and their family caregivers, and explore relationships between ...
Zumel-Marne, Angela Kundi, Michael Castaño-Vinyals, Gemma Alguacil, Juan Petridou, Eleni Th Georgakis, Marios K. Morales-Suárez-Varela, Maria Sadetzki, Siegal Piro, Sara Nagrani, Rajini
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Introduction We used data from MOBI-Kids, a 14-country international collaborative case–control study of brain tumors (BTs), to study clinical characteristics of the tumors in older children (10 years or older), adolescents and young adults (up to the age of 24). Methods Information from clinical records was obtained for 899 BT cases, including sig...
Rowe, Lindsay Vera, Elizabeth Acquaye, Alvina Crandon, Sonja Shah, Veeraj Bryla, Christine Wu, Jing Wall, Kathleen Siegel, Christine Reyes, Jennifer
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
Purpose Body image (BI) is an important issue for cancer patients, as patients with BI concerns are susceptible to depression, anxiety, difficulty coping, and poor quality of life (QoL). While this concern has been documented in patients with other malignancies, no data exists of this QoL issue in patients with primary brain tumors (PBT). Methods A...
D’Amico, Randy S. Khatri, Deepak Reichman, Noah Patel, Nitesh V. Wong, Tamika Fralin, Sherese R. Li, Mona Ellis, Jason A. Ortiz, Rafael Langer, David J.
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Journal of Neuro-Oncology
IntroductionIntra-arterial (IA) delivery of therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is an evolving strategy which enables the distribution of high concentration therapeutics through a targeted vascular territory, while potentially limiting systemic toxicity. Studies have demonstrated IA methods to be safe and efficacious for a varie...
