Search Results - "Heimans, J. J."
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The effect of modafinil on fatigue, cognitive functioning, and mood in primary brain tumor patients: a multicenter randomized controlled trial
Published in Neuro-oncology (Charlottesville, Va.) (01-10-2013)“…Fatigue, cognitive deficits, and depression are frequently reported but often undertreated symptoms that can profoundly affect daily life in patients with…”
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Epilepsy in patients with a brain tumour: focal epilepsy requires focused treatment
Published in Brain (London, England : 1878) (01-04-2012)“…Brain tumours frequently cause epileptic seizures. Medical antiepileptic treatment is often met with limited success. Pharmacoresistance, drug interactions and…”
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Effect of radiotherapy and other treatment-related factors on mid-term to long-term cognitive sequelae in low-grade gliomas: a comparative study
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (02-11-2002)“…Because survival benefits of treatment with radiotherapy are questionable and such treatment can cause substantial damage to the brain over time, the optimum…”
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Symptoms and problems in the end-of-life phase of high-grade glioma patients
Published in Neuro-oncology (Charlottesville, Va.) (01-11-2010)“…Despite multimodal treatment, it is not possible to cure high-grade glioma (HGG) patients. Therefore, the aim of treatment is not only to prolong life, but…”
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The development of an EORTC quality of life questionnaire to assess chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy: The QLQ-CIPN20
Published in European journal of cancer (1990) (01-05-2005)“…Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) is a common phenomenon, often resulting in serious limitations in daily functioning and comprosised quality…”
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Compromised Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients With Low-Grade Glioma
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (20-11-2011)“…To investigate the generic and condition-specific health-related quality of life (HRQL) of patients with low-grade glioma (LGG). A total of 195 patients with…”
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'Functional connectivity' is a sensitive predictor of epilepsy diagnosis after the first seizure
Published in PloS one (26-05-2010)“…Although epilepsy affects almost 1% of the world population, diagnosis of this debilitating disease is still difficult. The EEG is an important tool for…”
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Long-term effects of temporal lobe epilepsy on local neural networks: a graph theoretical analysis of corticography recordings
Published in PloS one (26-11-2009)“…Pharmaco-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is often treated with surgical intervention at some point. As epilepsy surgery is considered a last resort by…”
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Synaptic vesicle protein 2A predicts response to levetiracetam in patients with glioma
Published in Neurology (09-08-2011)“…To correlate SV2A expression in surgically removed tumor and peritumoral tissue of glioma patients with epilepsy with the clinical response to levetiracetam in…”
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Symptoms and medication management in the end of life phase of high-grade glioma patients
Published in Journal of neuro-oncology (01-12-2014)“…During the end of life (EOL) phase of high-grade glioma (HGG) patients, care is primarily aimed at reducing symptom burden while maintaining quality of life as…”
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Seizure outcome after radiotherapy and chemotherapy in low-grade glioma patients: a systematic review
Published in Neuro-oncology (Charlottesville, Va.) (01-07-2015)“…There is growing evidence that antitumor treatment contributes to better seizure control in low-grade glioma patients. We performed a systematic review of the…”
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Local polymorphic delta activity in cortical lesions causes global decreases in functional connectivity
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (01-12-2013)“…Increasing evidence from neuroimaging and modeling studies suggests that local lesions can give rise to global network changes in the human brain. These…”
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Cognitive and radiological effects of radiotherapy in patients with low-grade glioma: long-term follow-up
Published in Lancet neurology (01-09-2009)“…Summary Background Our previous study on cognitive functioning among 195 patients with low-grade glioma (LGG) a mean of 6 years after diagnosis suggested that…”
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End of life care in high-grade glioma patients in three European countries: a comparative study
Published in Journal of neuro-oncology (01-11-2014)“…Exploring cross-national differences is useful to evaluate whether different patterns of end of life (EOL) care meet patient’s specific needs. This study aimed…”
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Neurotoxic complications of chemotherapy in patients with cancer: Clinical signs and optimal management
Published in Drugs (New York, N.Y.) (01-01-2003)“…Neurotoxic side effects of chemotherapy occur frequently and are often a reason to limit the dose of chemotherapy. Since bone marrow toxicity, as the major…”
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Decision-making in the end-of-life phase of high-grade glioma patients
Published in European journal of cancer (1990) (01-01-2012)“…Abstract Background During the disease course of high-grade glioma (HGG) patients, the goal of therapy eventually shifts from primarily life-prolongation to…”
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Seizure reduction in a low-grade glioma: more than a beneficial side effect of temozolomide
Published in Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry (01-04-2015)“…Background Seizures are a common symptom in patients with low-grade glioma (LGG), negatively influencing quality of life, if uncontrolled. Besides…”
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Impact of neurocognitive deficits on patient-proxy agreement regarding health-related quality of life in low-grade glioma patients
Published in Quality of life research (01-04-2017)“…Purpose Clinical trials in glioma patients with neurocognitive deficits face challenges due to lacking or unreliable patient self-reports on their…”
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The relevance of intraventricular chemotherapy for leptomeningeal metastasis in breast cancer: a randomised study
Published in European journal of cancer (1990) (01-12-2004)“…To assess the benefit of intraventricular chemotherapy, patients with leptomeningeal metastasis (LM) from breast cancer were randomised to treatment including…”
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Local MEG networks: The missing link between protein expression and epilepsy in glioma patients?
Published in NeuroImage (Orlando, Fla.) (15-07-2013)“…Connectivity and network analysis in neuroscience has been applied to multiple spatial scales, but the links between these different scales have rarely been…”
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