Back to search

The Morbidity and Mortality of Brain Tumors: A Perspective on Recent Advances in Therapy

Data up to Jan 2025

Published1985
Citations38
References117

Total Citations Per Year

Abstract

References (117)

Evaluation of BCNU and/or radiotherapy in the treatment of anaplastic gliomas

1978 • 1,663 citations

Randomized Comparisons of Radiotherapy and Nitrosoureas for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma after Surgery

1980 • 1,625 citations

Therapeutic irradiation and brain injury

1980 • 985 citations

An analysis of dose-effect relationship in the radiotherapy of malignant gliomas

1979 • 850 citations

The recurrence of intracranial meningiomas after surgical treatment

1983 • 494 citations

p H-Sensitive Liposomes: Possible Clinical Implications

1980 • 410 citations

Ependymoma.A follow-up study of 101 cases

1977 • 352 citations

Medulloblastoma: clinical presentation and management

1983 • 323 citations

Stereotactic biopsy of brain tumors.

1980 • 316 citations

Nervous system neoplasms and primary malignancies of other sites

1975 • 293 citations

Necrosis as a prognostic criterion in malignant supratentorial, astrocytic gliomas

1983 • 282 citations

Immunotoxins: A New Approach to Cancer Therapy

1983 • 282 citations

Computed Tomographic Guidance Stereotaxis in the Management of Intracranial Mass Lesions

1983 • 273 citations

Radiation treatment for medulloblastoma

1981 • 255 citations

Intracranial tumors: response and resistance to therapeutic endeavors, 1970–1980

1982 • 235 citations

Neurotoxicity of antineoplastic drugs.

1982 • 231 citations

Prospective Study of a Family Cancer Syndrome

1982 • 230 citations

Survival in Glioblastoma

1980 • 215 citations

Brachytherapy of recurrent malignant brain tumors with removable high-activity iodine-125 sources

1984 • 204 citations

Lymphocytic infiltrates in primary glioblastomas and recidivous gliomas

1978 • 201 citations

Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Meningioma

1982 • 200 citations

Computer-assisted Stereotactic Laser Microsurgery for the Treatment of Intracranial Neoplasms

1982 • 189 citations

Grading of oligodendrogliomas

1983 • 188 citations

Rhodamine-123 Selectively Reduces Clonal Growth of Carcinoma Cells in Vitro

1982 • 179 citations

Site-Specific, Sustained Release of Drugs to the Brain

1981 • 176 citations

Neuropsychologic impairment in astxocytoma survivors

1980 • 169 citations

Long-term prognosis in children with benign cerebellar astrocytoma

1978 • 168 citations

Reversible Osmotic Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption in Humans

1980 • 163 citations

Photoradiation Therapy in the Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors

1981 • 160 citations

Supratentorial recurrences of gliomas. Morphological studies in relation to time intervals with astrocytomas

1977 • 154 citations

Morphologic Effect of Dimethyl Sulfoxide on the Blood-Brain Barrier

1982 • 146 citations

Estrogen and progesterone receptors in meningiomas

1984 • 143 citations

Treatment of neuroectodermal brain tumors

1982 • 141 citations

Medulloblastoma and other primary malignant neuroectodermal tumors of the CNS

1982 • 137 citations

Localized Hyperthermia in the Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors Using an Interstitial Microwave Antenna Array

1984 • 130 citations

Oligodendrogliomas I. A clinical study of cerebral oligodendrogliomas

1980 • 125 citations

HUMAN HYBRIDOMAS FROM MALIGNANT GLIOMAS

1982 • 115 citations

Immunobiology of aging: Evaluation of current status

1976 • 115 citations

Intracranial Ependymomas in Childhood Survival and Functional Results of 47 Cases

1983 • 115 citations

Radiotherapy of Intracranial Astrocytomas

1979 • 111 citations

Natural History of Microprolactinomas: Six-Year Follow-up

1983 • 111 citations

Hyperthermia for Brain Tumors

1981 • 109 citations

Preoperative Embolization of Intracranial Meningiomas

1983 • 108 citations

Combined modality therapy for intracranial tumors

1975 • 107 citations

A revised boron-neutron capture therapy for malignant brain tumors

1975 • 104 citations

Epidemiology of primary tumours of the brain and spinal cord: a regional survey in southern England.

1976 • 103 citations

Effect of Age and Reoperation on Survival in the Combined Modality Treatment of Malignant Astrocytoma

1982 • 102 citations

A Phase III comparison of BCNU, hydroxyurea, and radiation therapy to BCNU and radiation therapy for treatment of primary malignant gliomas

1979 • 102 citations

The Biology of Childhood Ependymomas

1975 • 102 citations

High-dose BCNU with autologous bone marrow rescue for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme

1981 • 102 citations

Interstitial microwave hyperthermia for brain tumors

1983 • 102 citations

Cisplatin therapy in recurrent childhood brain tumors.

1982 • 100 citations

Successful Treatment of Primary Central Nervous System Lymphomas with Chemotherapy after Osmotic Blood-Brain Barrier Opening

1983 • 99 citations

Encephalomyelopathy following high-dose BCNU therapy

1981 • 97 citations

Management of pituitary adenomas and related lesions with emphasis on transsphenoidal microsurgery

1983 • 97 citations

Treatment of Malignant Glioma

1976 • 93 citations

Clinical and surgical aspects of posterior fossa haemangioblastomata.

1975 • 93 citations

The epidemiology of primary intracranial neoplasms of childhood. A population study.

1976 • 92 citations

Radiation Sensitivity of Cultured Human Glioblastoma Cells

1977 • 83 citations

Craniopharyngiomas: a critical approach to treatment

1981 • 83 citations

Hemispheric supratentorial astrocytomas in children

1981 • 80 citations

Superfractionation radiation therapy in the treatment of malignant astrocytoma

1983 • 80 citations

Stem cell studies of human malignant brain tumors

1983 • 80 citations

AGE-RELATED CHEMOSENSITIVITY OF STEM CELLS FROM HUMAN MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOURS

1982 • 79 citations

Immunotherapy with autologous white cell infusions (“lymphocytes”) in the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.A preliminary report

1977 • 79 citations

Intracerebral Chemotherapy

1982 • 78 citations

The value of myelography in the management of childhood medulloblastoma

1980 • 78 citations

Long Term Survival among Patients with Malignant Brain Tumors

1982 • 75 citations

Radiation and nitroimidazoles in supratentorial high grade gliomas: a second clinical trial

1982 • 72 citations

Role of Radiation Therapy in the Treatment of Cerebral Oligodendroglioma: An Analysis of 57 Cases and a Literature Review

1983 • 71 citations

Immunological aspects of intrinsic glial tumors

1981 • 68 citations

Response of cultured human brain tumors to nitrosoureas: Correlation with clinical data

1981 • 66 citations

Chemotherapy of recurrent medulloblastoma with combined procarbazine, CCNU, and vincristine

1978 • 65 citations

Depletion of Intracellular Polyamines May Alter DNA Conformation in 9L Rat Brain Tumor Cells

1983 • 63 citations

Presence of immunosuppressive factors in brain-tumor cyst fluid

1983 • 61 citations

Quality and Duration of Survival in Glioblastoma Multiforme

1979 • 60 citations

Supratentorial lobar ependymomas: Reports on the grading and survival periods in 80 cases, including 46 recurrences

1983 • 59 citations

Change of Cell-Mediated Cytotoxicity with Aging

1975 • 59 citations

Pharmacology and neurotoxicity of cis-diamminedichloroplatinum, bleomycin, 5-fluorouracil, and cyclophosphamide administration following osmotic blood-brain barrier modification.

1983 • 58 citations

Karyotype patterns in human meningiomas

2009 • 54 citations

Fast neutron radiation therapy for glioblastoma multiforme

1983 • 54 citations

Glioblastoma multiforme

1980 • 52 citations

Human Brain Tumor—Derived Cell Lines: Growth Rate Reduced by Human Fibroblast Interferon

1983 • 49 citations

Chemosensitivity of malignant human brain tumors

1983 • 49 citations

A family affected with intestinal polyposis and gliomas

1981 • 48 citations

Intra-arterial infusions of drugs and hyperosmotic solutions as ways of enhancing CNS chemotherapy.

1981 • 48 citations

Intracerebral penetration and tissue distribution of 2,5-diaziridinyl 3,6-bis(carboethoxyamino) 1,4-benzoquinone (AZQ, NSC-182986)

1983 • 47 citations

Intraarterial 1,3-Bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and Systemic Chemotherapy for Malignant Gliomas: A Follow-up Study

1983 • 47 citations

Multiple primary neoplasms and the nervous system

1977 • 45 citations

Antiferritin IgG Antibody for Isotopic Cancer Therapy

1981 • 45 citations

Implanted system for intraventricular drug infusion in central nervous system tumors.

1981 • 43 citations

Facial nerve preservation during surgery for removal of acoustic nerve tumors

1982 • 43 citations

Interstitial brachytherapy of primary brain tumors

1980 • 43 citations

Pharmacokinetics of intraventricular administration

1983 • 42 citations

Supratentorial recurrences of gliomas. Morphological studies in relation to time intervals with oligodendrogliomas

1977 • 40 citations

Treatment of small cerebral gliomas with CT-aided stereotaxic curietherapy

1978 • 40 citations

Mechanisms by which human gliomas may escape cellular immune attack

1982 • 40 citations

Intracarotid Dehydrocholate Infusion: A New Method for Prolonged Reversible Blood-Brain Barrier Disruption

1983 • 38 citations

Association of soft tissue sarcoma, leukemia, and brain tumors in families affected with breast cancer.

1973 • 38 citations

Effects of Interferon on Growth Rate and Radiation Sensitivity of Cultured, Human Glioma Cells

1982 • 33 citations

Immunobiology of primary intracranial tumors

1981 • 31 citations

Experimental Data on Early and Late Morphologic Effects of Permanently Implanted Gamma and Beta Sources (Iridium-192, Iodine-125 and Yttrium-90) in the Brain

1984 • 30 citations

Aggressive multimodality therapy based on a multicompartmental model of glioblastoma.

1982 • 26 citations

Occurrence of Glioblastoma Multiforme in Three Generations of a Cancer Family

1984 • 21 citations

Late results of multimodality therapy of high-grade supratentorial astrocytomas

1981 • 21 citations

Blood-brain barrier disruption in immature Fischer 344 rats

1984 • 21 citations

Hypoxic Cell Radiosensitizers in the Treatment of Malignant Brain Tumors

1980 • 20 citations

Work in progress: 252Cf neutron brachytherapy for hemispheric malignant glioma.

1982 • 18 citations

Association of meningiomas with extraneural primary malignancy

1979 • 17 citations

Central Nervous System Involvement in the Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome: Case Report and Review of the Literature

1982 • 15 citations

The ten most common types of brain tumor

1971 • 13 citations

Brain Tumors and the Geriatric Patient

1982 • 13 citations

Practical Questions for Practical Politicians

1982 • 12 citations

Removable high intensity iridium-192 brain implants

1984 • 11 citations

Medulloblastoma in Childhood

1982 • 11 citations

The pharmacology of diaziquone given in intravenous or intracarotid infusion to normal and intracranial tumor-bearing puppies

1984 • 8 citations

Boron neutron capture radiation therapy of cerebral glimoas: an analysis of the possible use of boron-loaded tumor-specific antibodies for the selective concentration of boron in gliomas

1982 • 6 citations

Cited By (0)

Loading...
The Morbidity and Mortality of Brain Tumors: A Perspective on Recent Advances in Therapy (1985) – Neurologic Clinics | Metascience Observatory Explorer