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Patients with primary brain tumors have a high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). This study aims to estimate the prevalence of asymptomatic VTE and to identify risk factors and biomarkers for asymptomatic VTE in patients with brain tumors by screening for asymptomatic LE-DVT. Fifty patients were included in the study. Nine patients (18%) experienced a VTE event during the study period. The cumulative 12-month incidence of prospective VTE was 14%. In an exploratory analysis of all VTE events, higher Galectin-3 levels were significantly associated with any VTE event (SOR = 2.35, 95% CI: 1.04-5.34; = 0.04). According to time-to-VTE regression analyses, higher D-dimer, Galectin-3 levels, and von Willebrand factor activity were predictive of increased VTE risk. This study revealed a high prevalence of asymptomatic LE-DVT in patients with primary brain tumors and found that galectin-3 may be used as a biomarker to identify patients with primary brain tumors at high risk of VTE.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2025.113039 | DOI Listing |
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Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Purpose: Glioblastoma (GBM) remains one of the most aggressive primary brain tumors with poor survival outcomes and a lack of approved therapies. A promising novel approach for GBM is the application of photodynamic therapy (PDT), a localized, light-activated treatment using tumor-selective photosensitizers. This narrative review describes the mechanisms, delivery systems, photosensitizers, and available evidence regarding the potential of PDT as a novel therapeutic approach for GBM.
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Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, USA.
Purpose: Cranial irradiation is associated with health-related quality of life (HRQoL) deficits in childhood cancer survivors. We investigated the relationship between radiation dose to brain substructures and HRQoL in children with brain tumors treated with proton beam therapy (PBT).
Methods: Data were obtained from children in the Pediatric Proton/Photon Consortium Registry who received PBT for primary brain tumors between 2015 and 2021.
J Neurooncol
September 2025
Department of Neurological Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA.
Purpose: NOTCH3 is increasingly implicated for its oncogenic role in many malignancies, including meningiomas. While prior work has linked NOTCH3 expression to higher-grade meningiomas and treatment resistance, the metabolic phenotype of NOTCH3 activation remains unexplored in meningioma.
Methods: We performed single-cell RNA sequencing on NOTCH3 + human meningioma cell lines.
Neurosurg Rev
September 2025
Service de Neurochirurgie, GHU-Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Site Sainte Anne, Paris, F-75014, France.
Awake craniotomy is the gold standard to achieve maximal safe resection of brain lesions located within eloquent areas. There are no established guidelines to assess patient's eligibility for awake craniotomy by weight class. This study assesses feasibility, safety, and efficacy of awake surgery by weight classes through an observational, retrospective, single-institution cohort analysis (2010-2024) of 526 awake craniotomies.
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September 2025
Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Background: The aim of this review is to present the role of intraoperative flow cytometry (IFC) in the intracranial tumor surgery. This scoping review aims to summarize current evidence on the intraoperative use of IFC in patients with intracranial tumors.
Methods: A comprehensive literature search was conducted in the Medline, Cochrane and Scopus databases up to January 21, 2025.