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    Distribution of cellular carbohydrate moieties in human dysontogenetic brain tumors, especially in craniopharyngioma and epidermoid/dermoid (1992)
    Springer
    Acta neuropathologica 85 (1992), S. 71-78 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Cellular carbohydrate moietie ; Lectin ; Craniopharyngioma ; Epidermoid/dermoid
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Cellular carbohydrate moieties of 65 human dysontogenetic brain tumors (craniopharyngioma, epidermoid/dermoid, Rathke cleft cyst, germinoma and non-germinomatous germ-cell tumors) and 60 common brain tumors (glioma, meningioma, neurinoma and pituitary adenoma) were investigated histochemically using lections from Ulex europaeus (UEA-1), Dolichos biflorus (DBA), peanut (PNA) and soybean (SBA), and with anti-blood group A and LewisY (LeyY) antibodies. In craniopharyngiomas and epidermoid/dermoids, it was found that PNA and SBA binding sites existed in suprabasal cells of the epithelium, and that antigen of either blood group A or H (demonstrable by UEA-1) existed in more differentiated epithelial cells compared to the results reported in normal human skin epidermis. Rathke cleft cysts were stained with PNA or SBA, and two out of three Rathke cleft cysts also expressed either H or A antigen. In addition, DBA binding sites, as well as LeY antigen, were frequently seen in craniopharyngiomas and Rathke cleft cysts, but they were entirely absent in the epithelium of epidermoid/dermoid. On the other hand, PNA and SBA reactivities was also found in common brain tumors, while blood group A, H and LeY antigens and DBA reactivity were almost absent in these tumors. These findings demonstrate that carbohydrate moieties such as those of blood group antigens reported to be found in human skin epidermis exist in a similar form in craniopharyngioma, epidermoid/dermoid and the Rathke cleft cyst. The identification of blood group A, H and LeY antigens and DBA reactivity in brain tumors seems to be considerably limited and specific. Thus, carbohydrate antigen reacting with DBA and the presence of LeY antigen might be distinguishing markers for craniopharyngioma as well as Rathke cleft cyst versus epidermoid/dermoid.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00304635
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    Clinical trial of external beam-radiotherapy combined with daily administration of low-dose cisplatin for supratentorial glioblastoma multiforme – A pilot study (1997)
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    Journal of neuro-oncology 35 (1997), S. 73-80 
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    ISSN: 1573-7373
    Keywords: glioblastoma multiforme ; external beam-radiotherapy ; CDDP ; intraoperative radiotherapy
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract This trial tested the assumed efficacy and safety of externalbeam-radiotherapy combined with daily administration of low dose cisplatin(CDDP) (ERCLC therapy) for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).Thirty adult patients with supratentorial GBM received daily postoperativetreatment with low dose intravenous CDDP (4–6 mg/m2) administered30 minutes before external irradiation. In 10 patients, intraoperativeradiotherapy (IORT) following surgery was given prior to ERCLC therapy.Tumor response on MRI, interval to tumor progression, survival, andtoxicities were analyzed. None of the patients showed a tumor response toERCLC therapy. Overall, the median time to tumor progression was 6 monthswith a 1-year tumor progression-free rate of 26.7% and a 2-year rateof 0%. The median survival time was 15 months with a 1-year survivalrate of 69.9% and a 2-year rate of 31.5%. The survival rate ofpatients with IORT was better than that of those without IORT, however,there was no significant difference. Anorexia associated with nauseaoccurred in 70% and general fatigue in 10.0%. Leukopenia andthrombocytopenia occurred in 26.7% and 33.3%, respectively.However, none of the patients had to be withdrawn from therapy due to thesetoxicities. Other toxicities were not observed. This clinical study showedthat daily administration of low dose CDDP did not enhance tumor response toirradiation for GBM on MRI. Regarding toxicity, however, ERCLC therapy waswell tolerated. Although this trial did not provide sufficient data todetermine whether ERCLC therapy was effective for GBM due to the smallnumber of patients, additional clinical trials of this therapy may bewarranted because that the survival rate in this study was equal to thebetter results recently reported for newly diagnosed GBM.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1005816320920
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    Proliferative assessment of craniopharyngioma and epidermoid by nucleolar organizer region staining (1992)
    Springer
    Child's nervous system 8 (1992), S. 453-456 
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    ISSN: 1433-0350
    Keywords: Craniopharyngioma ; Epidermoid ; Nucleolar organizer regions
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The histologic distinction between craniopharyngioma and epidermoid is equivocal. Eight craniopharyngiomas and ten epidermoids (including three dermoids) as well as nine rat (Wistar) abdominal skins that acted as control were investigated by a silver colloid method for nucleolar organizer regions (Ag-NORs). The mean number of Ag-NORs in at least 200 cells of both basal (columnar) epithelial cells and suprabasal (prickle) cells was evaluated. It was found that the mean number of Ag-NORs in basal cells of epidermoid and rat skin was significantly greater than that in suprabasal cells (P〈0.001 in nine of ten epidermoids and in all rat skins). On the other hand, of eight craniopharyngiomas, the mean Ag-NOR number in basal cells was not significantly different from that in suprabasal cells in five cases, and, further, the former was significantly smaller than the latter in the other three cases (P〈0.01 in two and P〈0.05 in one). These findings suggest that a stepwise maturation of the epithelial cells like that in mammalian skin epidermis exists in epidermoids but not in craniopharyngiomas. In craniopharyngiomas, the maturation of the epithelial cells seems to be considerably limited or lost from the aspect of proliferative potential as assessed by Ag-NOR score, which indicates neoplastic growth of craniopharyngiomas. Ag-NOR staining may thus be a useful method to distinguish craniopharyngioma from epidermoid.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00274406
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