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Randomized Study of Two Chemotherapy Regimens for Treatment of Low-Grade Glioma in Young Children: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group by ATER, Joann L, ZHOU, Tianni, VEZINA, Gilbert, WISOFF, Jeffrey H, POLLACK, Ian F, HOLMES, Emiko, MAZEWSKI, Claire M, BOOTH, Timothy N, FREYER, David R, LAZARUS, Ken H, PACKER, Roger J, PRADOS, Michael, SPOSTO, Richard

“…PURPOSE Surgery is curative therapy for pediatric low-grade gliomas (LGGs) in areas of the brain amenable to complete resection. However, LGGs located in areas…”
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Surgical Management of Craniopharyngiomas in Children: Meta-analysis and Comparison of Transcranial and Transsphenoidal Approaches by Elliott, Robert E, Jane, John A, Wisoff, Jeffrey H

“…Abstract BACKGROUND: Controversy persists regarding the optimal treatment of pediatric craniopharyngiomas. OBJECTIVE: We performed a meta-analysis of reported…”
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Consensus paper on post-operative pediatric cerebellar mutism syndrome: the Iceland Delphi results by Gudrunardottir, Thora, Morgan, Angela T., Lux, Andrew L., Walker, David A., Walsh, Karin S., Wells, Elizabeth M., Wisoff, Jeffrey H., Juhler, Marianne, Schmahmann, Jeremy D., Keating, Robert F., Catsman-Berrevoets, Coriene

“…Introduction Confusion has surrounded the description of post-operative mutism and associated morbidity in pediatric patients with cerebellar tumors for years…”
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Primary Neurosurgery for Pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas: A Prospective Multi-Institutional Study From the Children's Oncology Group by Wisoff, Jeffrey H., Sanford, Robert A., Heier, Linda A., Sposto, Richard, Burger, Peter C., Yates, Allan J., Holmes, Emiko J., Kun, Larry E.

“…Abstract BACKGROUND: Central nervous system neoplasms are the most common solid tumors in children, and more than 40% are low-grade gliomas. Variable…”
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Recurrent homozygous deletion of DROSHA and microduplication of PDE4DIP in pineoblastoma by Snuderl, Matija, Kannan, Kasthuri, Pfaff, Elke, Wang, Shiyang, Stafford, James M., Serrano, Jonathan, Heguy, Adriana, Ray, Karina, Faustin, Arline, Aminova, Olga, Dolgalev, Igor, Stapleton, Stacie L., Zagzag, David, Chiriboga, Luis, Gardner, Sharon L., Wisoff, Jeffrey H., Golfinos, John G., Capper, David, Hovestadt, Volker, Rosenblum, Marc K., Placantonakis, Dimitris G., LeBoeuf, Sarah E., Papagiannakopoulos, Thales Y., Chavez, Lukas, Ahsan, Sama, Eberhart, Charles G., Pfister, Stefan M., Jones, David T. W., Karajannis, Matthias A.

“…Pineoblastoma is a rare and highly aggressive brain cancer of childhood, histologically belonging to the spectrum of primitive neuroectodermal tumors. Patients…”
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BRAF alteration status and the histone H3F3A gene K27M mutation segregate spinal cord astrocytoma histology by Shankar, Ganesh M., Lelic, Nina, Gill, Corey M., Thorner, Aaron R., Van Hummelen, Paul, Wisoff, Jeffrey H., Loeffler, Jay S., Brastianos, Priscilla K., Shin, John H., Borges, Lawrence F., Butler, William E., Zagzag, David, Brody, Rachel I., Duhaime, Ann-Christine, Taylor, Michael D., Hawkins, Cynthia E., Louis, David N., Cahill, Daniel P., Curry, William T., Meyerson, Matthew

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Long-term clinical and visual outcomes after surgical resection of pediatric pilocytic/pilomyxoid optic pathway gliomas by Hidalgo, Eveline Teresa, Kvint, Svetlana, Orillac, Cordelia, North, Emily, Dastagirzada, Yosef, Chang, Jamie Chiapei, Addae, Gifty, Jennings, Tara S, Snuderl, Matija, Wisoff, Jeffrey H

“…The choice of treatment modality for optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) is controversial. Chemotherapy is widely regarded as first-line therapy; however, subtotal…”
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Cognitive and Adaptive Outcome in Low-Grade Pediatric Cerebellar Astrocytomas: Evidence of Diminished Cognitive and Adaptive Functioning in National Collaborative Research Studies (CCG 9891/POG 9130) by BEEBE, Dean W, RIS, M. Douglas, ARMSTRONG, F. Daniel, FONTANESI, John, MULHERN, Raymond, HOLMES, Emi, WISOFF, Jeffrey H

“…Clinicians often assume that children with posterior fossa tumors are at minimal risk for cognitive or adaptive deficits if they do not undergo cranial…”
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Cognitive and Adaptive Outcome in Extracerebellar Low-Grade Brain Tumors in Children: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group by RIS, M. Douglas, BEEBE, Dean W, ARMSTRONG, F. Daniel, FONTANESI, John, HOLMES, Emi, SANFORD, Robert A, WISOFF, Jeffrey H

“…To determine whether pediatric patients treated with surgery only for low-grade tumors in the cerebral hemispheres, supratentorial midline, and exophytic…”
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Surgical management of giant pediatric craniopharyngiomas by Elliott, Robert E, Wisoff, Jeffrey H

“…Prior work by the authors' group and reports of other authors suggest worse functional outcomes and decreased survival in children with larger…”
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Feasibility and Response to Induction Chemotherapy Intensified With High-Dose Methotrexate for Young Children With Newly Diagnosed High-Risk Disseminated Medulloblastoma by CHI, Susan N, GARDNER, Sharon L, LEVY, Adam S, KNOPP, Edmond A, MILLER, Douglas C, WISOFF, Jeffrey H, WEINER, Howard L, FINLAY, Jonathan L

“…To evaluate the feasibility of and response rate to an intensified induction chemotherapy regimen for young children with newly diagnosed high-risk or…”
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Intrathecal baclofen therapy: complication avoidance and management by Haranhalli, Neil, Anand, Dhanya, Wisoff, Jeffrey H, Harter, David H, Weiner, Howard L, Blate, Michelle, Roth, Jonathan

“…Purpose Intrathecal baclofen (ITB) therapy is an accepted treatment modality for spasticity and dystonia. Several complications related to ITB have been…”
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Craniopharyngioma Clinical Status Scale: a standardized metric of preoperative function and posttreatment outcome by Elliott, Robert E, Sands, Stephen A, Strom, Russell G, Wisoff, Jeffrey H

“…Controversy persists concerning the optimal treatment of craniopharyngiomas in children, and no standard outcome metric exists for comparison across treatment…”
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Fusiform dilation of the carotid artery following radical resection of pediatric craniopharyngiomas: natural history and management by Elliott, Robert E, Wisoff, Jeffrey H

“…Fusiform dilation of the supraclinoid internal carotid artery (FDCA) is a reported occurrence following surgery for suprasellar tumors, in particular…”
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Quality of life and behavioral follow-up study of pediatric survivors of craniopharyngioma by SANDS, Stephen A, MILNER, Jessica S, GOLDBERG, Judith, MUKHI, Vandana, MOLITERNO, Jennifer A, MAXFIELD, Carol, WISOFF, Jeffrey H

“…The authors set out to evaluate the quality of life (QOL), social-emotional functioning, and behavioral functioning of children treated surgically for…”
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Regression after subtotal resection of an optic pathway glioma in an adult without adjuvant therapy: case report by Hidalgo, Eveline Teresa, McQuinn, Michelle W, Wisoff, Jeffrey H

“…Optic pathway gliomas (OPGs) are relatively common and benign lesions in children; however, in adults these lesions are nearly always malignant and hold a very…”
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The clinical spectrum of hydrocephalus in adults: report of the first 517 patients of the Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network registry by Williams, Michael A, Nagel, Sean J, Luciano, Mark G, Relkin, Norman, Zwimpfer, Thomas J, Katzen, Heather, Holubkov, Richard, Moghekar, Abhay, Wisoff, Jeffrey H, McKhann, Guy M, Golomb, James, Edwards, Richard J, Hamilton, Mark G

“…The authors describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of the first 517 patients enrolled in the Adult Hydrocephalus Clinical Research Network…”
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Quality of life, hypothalamic obesity, and sexual function in adulthood two decades after primary gross-total resection for childhood craniopharyngioma by Hidalgo, Eveline Teresa, Orillac, Cordelia, Kvint, Svetlana, McQuinn, Michelle W., Dastagirzada, Yosef, Phillips, Sophie, Wisoff, Jeffrey H.

“…Purpose All treatments for childhood craniopharyngioma are associated with complications that potentially affect quality of life. This study was designed to…”
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Heidelberg ETV score to assess success of ETV in patients with occlusive hydrocephalus: a retrospective single-center study by Issa, Mohammed, Younsi, Alexander, Paggetti, Filippo, Miotk, Nikolai, Seitz, Angelika, Bendszus, Martin, Wisoff, Jeffrey H., Unterberg, Andreas, El Damaty, Ahmed

“…In aqueduct stenosis, pressure difference below and above level of obstruction leads to bulging of third ventricular floor (TVF) and lamina terminalis (LT)…”
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Treatment Options for Hydrocephalus Following Foramen Magnum Decompression for Chiari I Malformation: A Multicenter Study by Bartoli, Andrea, Soleman, Jehuda, Berger, Assaf, Wisoff, Jeffrey H, Hidalgo, Eveline Teresa, Mangano, Francesco T, Keating, Robert F, Thomale, Ulrich W, Boop, Frederick, Roth, Jonathan, Constantini, Shlomi

“…Abstract BACKGROUND New-onset hydrocephalus following foramen magnum decompression (FMD) for Chiari I malformation (CM-I) is rare; its natural history and…”
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