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Journal of Neuro-Oncology 19: 275-277, 1994. Contents Vol. 19 (1994) CONTENTS Vol. 19, No.1, 1994 Laboratory Investigations Proliferative potential and prognostic evaluation of low-grade astrocytomas S. Ito, K.L. Chandler, M.D. Prados, K. Lamborn, J. Wynne, M.K. Malec, C.B. Wilson, R.L. Davis and T. Hoshino Differential effects of methionine enkephalin on the growth of brain tumor cells Y.S. Lee and R.D. Wurster Detection of biological activity in the cerebrospinal fluid of patients with central nervous system tumors D. Tapper, M.A. Cahan and H. Brem In vitro and in vivo cytotoxicity of gossypol against central nervous system tumor cell lines T. Coyle, S. Levante, M. Shetler and J. Winfield Clinical Studies Recording neurological impairment in clinical trials of glioma R. Grant, J. Slattery, A. Gregor and I.R. Whittle Enhancement of ACNU cytotoxicity by pretreatment with O6-methylguanine in ACNU-resistant brain tumors K. Mineura, I. Izumi, K. Watanabe and M. Kowada Risk factors for cerebral glioma in adults: a case-control study in an Italian population P. Zampieri, F. Meneghini, F. Grigoletto, M. Gerosa, C. Licata, L. Casentini, P.L. Longatti, A. Padoan and S. Mingrino A phase II study of intravenous carboplatin for the treatment of recurrent gliomas R.E. Warnick, M.D. Prados, E.E. Mack, K.L. Chandler, F. Doz, J.E. Rabbitt and M.K. Malec Solitary cerebral metastasis from ovarian carcinoma: report of4 cases M. Salvati and L. Cervoni Review Metastatic epidural spinal cord compression: current concepts and treatment R. Grant, S.M. Papadopoulos, H.M. Sandler and H.S. Greenberg Announcements Instructions for authors 276 CONTENTS Vol. 19, No. 2, 1994 Laboratory Investigations A comparison of the relative chemosensitivity of human gliomas to tamoxifen and n-desmethyltamoxifen in vitro F.T. Vertosick, Jr., R.G. Selker, M.S. Randall, M.P. Kristofik and T. Rehn 97 Sera from some patients with antibody-associated paraneoplastic encephalomyelitis/sensory neuronopathy recognize the Ro-52K antigen G. Manley, E. Wong, J. Dalmau, K. Elkon, J. Posner and H. Furneaux 105 The prognostic implications of histologic classification and bromodeoxyuridine labeling index of mixed gliomas M.R. Wacker, T. Hoshino, D.K. Ahn, R.L. Davis and M.D. Prados 113 Malignant phenotype correlating with drug resistance in two human neuroblastoma cell lines Y. Wollman, I. Shahar, M. Goldstein and J. Leibovici 123 Interleukin-6 and interleukin-6 receptor gene expression in pituitary tumors A.R. Rezai, A. Rezai, O. Martinez-Maza, M. Vander-Meyden and M.H. Weiss 131 Mutant herpes simplex virus induced regression of tumors growing in immunocompetent rats M.G. Kaplitt, J.G. Tjuvajev, D.A. Leib, J. Berk, K.D. Pettigrew, J.B. Posner, D.W. Pfaff, S.D. Rabkin and R.G. Blasberg 137 Neuron-specific enolase as a marker of brain metastasis in patients with small-cell lung carcinoma M. van de Pol, A. Twijnstra, G.P.M. ten Velde and P.P.C.A. Menheere 149 Expression of thrombomodulin in astrocytomas of various malignancy and in gliotic and normal brains M. Maruno, T. Yoshimine, T. Isaka, R. Kuroda, H. Ishii and T. Hayakawa 155 Clinical Studies Intracranial administrations of single or multiple source allogeneic cytotoxic T lymphocytes: chronic therapy for primary brain tumors C.A. Kruse, P.M. Schiltz, D. Bellgrau, Q. Kong and B.K. Kleinschmidt-DeMasters 161 Medulloblastoma in late adults: report of two cases and critical review of the literature L. Cervoni, A. Maleci, M. Salvati, R. Delfini and G. Cantore 169 Abstracts Abstracts of the 6th Canadian Neuro-Oncology Meeting, May 18-21, 1994, Lake Louise, Alberta 175 Instructions for authors 193 277 CONTENTS Vol. 19, No. 3, 1994 Special Issue: Brain Tumor Research in Japan: Current Advances Guest Editor: Kintomo Takakura Preface 195 Primary central nervous system lymphoma in Japan. A retrospective, co-operative study by CNS- Lymphoma Study Group in Japan T. Hayakawa, K. Takakura, H. Abe, T. Yoshimoto, R. Tanaka, K. Sugita, H. Kikuchi, T. Uozumi, T. Hori, H. Fukui, Y. Ushio, K. Nomura, M. Matsutani, N. Mohri, T. Kumanishi, K. Aozasa and K. Nagashima 197 CT and MRI features of intracranial germ cell tumors T. Fujimaki, M. Matsutani, N. Funada, T. Kirino, K. Takakura, O. Nakamura, A. Tamura, and K. Sano 217 Radiation therapy combined with radiosensitizing agents for cerebral glioblastoma in adults M. Matsutani, O. Nakamura, M. Nakamura, T. Nagashima, A. Asai, T. Fujimaki, H. Tanaka, K. Ueki and Y. Tanaka nae Neurotoxicity and pharmacokinetics of ventriculolumbar perfusion of methyl 6-[3-(2-chloroethy])-3- nitrosoureido]-6-deoxy-alpha-D-glucopyranoside (MCNU) in dogs M. Kochi, S. Takaki, J-I. Kuratsu, H. Seto, I. Kitamura and Y. Ushio 239 Pharmacokinetics of intrathecal 1-(4-amino-2-methyl-5-pyrimidinyl) methyl-3-2-(2-chloroethyl)-3-nitro- sourea hydrochloride in rats T-Y. Huang, N. Arita, Y. Ushio, T. Hayakawa and K. Yamada 245 Anti-proliferative effects of TNP-470 on human malignant glioma in vivo: potent inhibition of tumor angiogenesis T. Taki, T. Ohnishi, N. Arita, S. Hiraga, Y. Saitoh, S. IZumoto, K. Mori and T. Hayakawa 251 Negative effects of wild-type p53 and s-Myc on cellular growth and tumorigenicity of glioma cells. Implication of the tumor suppressor genes for gene therapy A. Asai, Y. Miyagi, A. Sugiyama, M. Gamanuma, S. Il Hong, S. Takamoto, K. Nomura, M. Matsutani, K. Takakura and Y. Kuchino 259 Simple method to prepare cationic multilamellar liposomes for efficient transfection of human interferon-B gene to human glioma cells J. Yoshida and M. Mizuno 269 Volume contents 275 Instructions for authors zg