Background: Isocitrate Dehydrogenase 1/2 (IDH 1/2)-wildtype (WT) astrocytomas constitute a heterogeneous group of tumors and have undergone a series of diagnostic reclassifications over time. This study aimed to investigate molecular markers, clinical, imaging, and treatment factors predictive of outcomes in WHO grade 2/3 IDH-WT astrocytomas ('early glioblastoma').
Methodology: Patients with WHO grade 2/3 IDH-WT astrocytomas were identified from the hospital archives.
Objectives: Recurrence and regrowth of non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFPMs) after surgery are common but remain unpredictable. Therefore, the optimal timing and frequency of follow-up imaging remain to be determined. We sought to determine the long-term surgical outcomes of NFPMs following surgery and develop an optimal follow-up strategy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Non-functioning pituitary macroadenomas (NFPMs) may present with hypopituitarism. Pituitary surgery and radiotherapy pose an additional risk to pituitary function.
Objectives: To assess the incidence of hypopituitarism at presentation, the impact of treatment, and the likelihood of endocrine recovery during follow-up.
Objectives: Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant primary brain tumor with local recurrence after radiotherapy (RT), the most common mode of failure. Standard RT practice applies the prescription dose uniformly across tumor volume disregarding radiological tumor heterogeneity. We present a novel strategy using diffusion-weighted (DW-) MRI to calculate the cellular density within the gross tumor volume (GTV) in order to facilitate dose escalation to a biological target volume (BTV) to improve tumor control probability (TCP).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Gliomatosis cerebri describes a rare growth pattern of diffusely infiltrating glioma. The treatment options are limited and clinical outcomes remain poor. To characterise this population of patients, we examined referrals to a specialist brain tumour centre.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Brain tumours lead to significant morbidity including a neurocognitive, physical and psychological burden of disease. The extent to which they impact the multiple domains of health is difficult to capture leading to a significant degree of unmet needs. Mobile health tools such as Vinehealth have the potential to identify and address these needs through real-world data generation and delivery of personalised educational material and therapies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiation therapy is widely used for benign and malignant brain tumours as it is effective and well tolerated. However, damage to the surrounding healthy nervous system tissue leads to a variety of complications both in the short term and long term, ranging from mild and self-limiting to irreversible and fatal. Radiation neurotoxicity is due to a combination of early inflammation and oligodendroglial damage followed later by brain tissue necrosis, white matter damage, accelerated vascular disease and the development of secondary tumours.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground CT and bone scintigraphy have limitations in evaluating systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) response in bone metastases from metastatic breast cancer (MBC). Purpose To evaluate whether whole-body MRI enables identification of progressive disease (PD) earlier than CT and bone scintigraphy in bone-only MBC. Materials and Methods This prospective study evaluated participants with bone-only MBC between May 2016 and January 2019 (ClinicalTrials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Tumour heterogeneity is considered an important mechanism of treatment failure. Imaging-based assessment of tumour heterogeneity is showing promise but the relationship between these mathematically derived measures and accepted 'gold standards' of tumour biology such as immunohistochemical measures is not established.
Methods: A total of 20 women with primary breast cancer underwent a research dynamic contrast-enhanced computed tomography prior to treatment with data being available for 15 of these.
Background: Patterns of progressive disease (PD) in patients with local and metastatic sites of breast cancer are poorly described. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) identifies PD earlier than CT.
Methods: Thirty-one patients receiving first-line systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) were studied.
Introduction: The standard of care for glioblastoma is maximal debulking surgery followed by chemo-radiotherapy (CRT). Published data show worse outcomes for patients who present with GBM as an emergency. This study investigates prognostic factors in a cohort of GBM patients treated with postoperative CRT, and compares outcomes in patients who present via emergency pathways with those who present through outpatient clinics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: Accurate evaluation of distribution of disease and response to systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) is important in the optimal management of metastatic breast cancer. Whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (WB-MRI) has increased accuracy over computerised tomography of the chest, abdomen and pelvis (CT-CAP) for detecting liver and bone disease, but its effect on patient management is largely unexplored. This study investigates the effects of using WB-MRI alongside CT-CAP on SACT decisions in standard clinical practice for patients with metastatic breast cancer.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: An association between trastuzumab-emtansine (T-DM1) and splenic enlargement is reported in preclinical data, and has been noted anecdotally in patients receiving T-DM1 at our institution. Use of whole-body MRI examinations (WB-MRI) allows for detailed bone marrow assessment and semi-automated splenic volume calculations.
Objective: To retrospectively evaluate changes in splenic volume versus evidence of bone marrow hyperplasia and/or changes in portal venous pressure in patients receiving T-DM1 for metastatic breast cancer.
Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging
April 2012
Purpose: Radiolabelled meta-iodobenzylguanidine (mIBG), used as targeted therapy for neuroblastoma, is known to have effects on blood pressure (BP). In this study we audited BP changes in patients receiving (131)I-mIBG therapy for neuroblastoma to identify BP-related adverse events (AE) and possible predictive factors.
Methods: Between 2003 and 2010, 50 patients with neuroblastoma received 110 (131)I-mIBG administrations.