2017
Long-term outcomes of tissue-based ACTH-antibody assay-guided transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas in Cushing disease.
Erfe JM, Perry A, McClaskey J, Inzucchi SE, James WS, Eid T, Bronen RA, Mahajan A, Huttner A, Santos F, Spencer D. Long-term outcomes of tissue-based ACTH-antibody assay-guided transsphenoidal resection of pituitary adenomas in Cushing disease. Journal Of Neurosurgery 2017, 129: 629-641. PMID: 29027854, DOI: 10.3171/2017.3.jns162245.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranssphenoidal resectionMRI studiesCushing's diseaseCortisol levelsLong-term corticosteroid therapyUrinary free cortisol levelsLong-term disease remissionLong-term patient outcomesResults Fourteen patientsLong-term outcomesPostoperative MRI studiesSurgical tumor samplesFree cortisol levelsPreoperative MRI studiesPrecise tumor localizationACTH antibodiesPituitary microCorticosteroid therapyStudy patientsDisease remissionFourteen patientsRemission rateRetrospective reviewTreatment failureCure rate
2010
Clinicopathologic study of glioblastoma in children with neurofibromatosis type 1
Huttner AJ, Kieran MW, Yao X, Cruz L, Ladner J, Quayle K, Goumnerova LC, Irons MB, Ullrich NJ. Clinicopathologic study of glioblastoma in children with neurofibromatosis type 1. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2010, 54: 890-896. PMID: 20310005, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22462.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBrain NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolDNA Modification MethylasesDNA Repair EnzymesErbB ReceptorsGene DosageGlioblastomaHumansImmunohistochemistryIn Situ HybridizationInfantKaplan-Meier EstimateMaleNeurofibromatosis 1PTEN PhosphohydrolaseRetrospective StudiesTumor Suppressor Protein p53Tumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsNeurofibromatosis type 1Malignant tumorsType 1Median overall survivalLow-grade tumorsPeripheral nervous systemEpidermal growth factor receptor copy numberNon-NF1 patientsAdditional molecular studiesClinicopathologic studyOverall prognosisOverall survivalRetrospective reviewVascular proliferationPathologic indicatorsPatientsNervous systemTumors differsSame time periodGlioblastomaSmall sample sizeTumorsMethylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) geneSurvivalChildren