2015
Integration of 2-hydroxyglutarate-proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy into clinical practice for disease monitoring in isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant glioma
de la Fuente MI, Young RJ, Rubel J, Rosenblum M, Tisnado J, Briggs S, Arevalo-Perez J, Cross JR, Campos C, Straley K, Zhu D, Dong C, Thomas A, Omuro AA, Nolan CP, Pentsova E, Kaley TJ, Oh JH, Noeske R, Maher E, Choi C, Gutin PH, Holodny AI, Yen K, DeAngelis LM, Mellinghoff IK, Thakur SB. Integration of 2-hydroxyglutarate-proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy into clinical practice for disease monitoring in isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutant glioma. Neuro-Oncology 2015, 18: 283-290. PMID: 26691210, PMCID: PMC4724186, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nov307.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTumor volumeDisease monitoringIsocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutant gliomasProton magnetic resonance spectroscopyConsecutive glioma patientsMR imaging protocolMagnetic resonance spectroscopyCytoreductive therapyTumor levelsLarge tumorsTumor gradeSmall tumorsGlioma patientsGlioma imagingGlioma therapyClinical practiceClinical implicationsRoutine MRTumor cellularityTumor cellsIDH-mutant gliomasGliomasMetabolite RImaging protocolMitotic index
2014
Clinical course and progression-free survival of adult intracranial and spinal ependymoma patients
Vera-Bolanos E, Aldape K, Yuan Y, Wu J, Wani K, Necesito-Reyes MJ, Colman H, Dhall G, Lieberman FS, Metellus P, Mikkelsen T, Omuro A, Partap S, Prados M, Robins HI, Soffietti R, Wu J, Gilbert MR, Armstrong TS. Clinical course and progression-free survival of adult intracranial and spinal ependymoma patients. Neuro-Oncology 2014, 17: 440-447. PMID: 25121770, PMCID: PMC4483095, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/nou162.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProgression-free survivalClinical courseEpendymoma patientsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelMultivariate Cox proportional hazardsCox proportional hazards modelRare CNS tumorsTime of diagnosisPrognostic clinical factorsCox proportional hazardsProportional hazards modelSubtotal resectionClinical factorsMedian timeCNS tumorsCentral reviewGrade IIIMean ageTumor recurrenceEarly progressionTumor locationGrade IITumor gradeUnivariate analysisSupratentorial location