Glioblastoma management in a lower middle-income country: Nationwide study of compliance with standard care protocols and survival outcomes in Ukraine.

Background: The effective treatment of high-grade gliomas is a complex problem that requires ubiquitous implementation of sophisticated therapy protocols. The present study aimed to perform population-based analysis of glioblastoma management in lower-middle-income countries.

Methods: The National Cancer Registry of Ukraine was screened for the records of adult patients with primary glioblastomas diagnosed in 2015-2019.

Expression pattern of MRPS18 family genes in gliomas.

Aim: To assess expression patterns of MRPS18 family genes in glioblastoma tissues and glioma cell lines.

Materials And Methods: Expression of MRPS18 family genes was analyzed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction in glioma cell lines and glioblastoma specimens. A bioinformatic analysis of the publicly available data on the expression of these genes was also provided.

Image-guided resection of glioblastoma in eloquent brain areas facilitated by laser surface thermal therapy: clinical outcomes and long-term results.

The increased interest in the application of lasers in neuro-oncology prompted us to present our experience of using the laser technologies in the treatment of cerebral gliomas. The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical efficacy of image-guided laser surface thermal therapy (LSTT) and its influence on survival of patients with glioblastoma (GBM).Data of 91 patients (49 males, 42 females, mean age 51.

[Transport of steroid hormones by serum lipoproteins].

Binding and distribution of glucocorticoids as well as of some of their precursors in lipoprotein fractions of human and rat blood serum were studied. Binding of the corticosteroids with blood serum lipoproteins was shown by ultracentrifugation and gel filtration. The binding of corticosteroids with lipoproteins was accompanied by alterations in the apoprotein conformation, detected by means of quenching of tryptophane fluorescence.