Neuro-Oncology: The Podcast

Dr. Jasmin Jo interviews Dr. Harry Pinson about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: "Epidemiology and survival of adult-type diffuse glioma in Belgium during the molecular era" Read Paper

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Dr. Amanda Saratsis about her recent manuscript entitled: "H3K27M Mutant Glioma: Disease Definition and Biological Underpinnings", published online in Neuro-Oncology in October 2023. Read Paper

Dr. Rachna Malani interviews Dr. Florian Scherer about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: "Improved early outcome prediction by MRI-based 3D tumor volume assessment in patients with CNS lymphomas", published online in Neuro-Oncology in Sep 2023.   Link:  https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37713267/

Dr. John Fortunato interviews Drs. Edward Avila and Steven Tobochnik about their recent manuscript entitled: "Brain tumor-related epilepsy management: A society for neuro-oncology consensus review on current management", published online in Neuro-Oncology in June 2023.   Read Paper

Description: Dr. Ankush Bhatia interviews Dr. Matthias Preusser about the recent letter in Neuro-Oncology, entitled: "What is an isocitrate dehydrogenase-mutated central nervous system World Health Organization grade 2 glioma, or who should receive vorasidenib?", published in July 2023.

Description: Dr. Maya Graham interviews Dr. Evan Noch about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: "Insulin feedback is a targetable resistance mechanism of PI3K inhibition in glioblastoma", published online in Neuro-Oncology in July 2023. Read Paper

Dr. Evan Noch interviews Dr. David Solomon about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: "Novel SOX10 indel mutations drive schwannomas through impaired transactivation of myelination gene programs", published online in Neuro-Oncology in July 2023.   Read Paper

Dr . Iyad Alnahhas interviews Drs. Kelly Hotchkiss and Mustafa Khasraw about their recently published review entitled: "Dendritic cell vaccine trials in gliomas: untangling the lines", published online in Neuro-Oncology in June 2023. Read Paper

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Drs. Priya Kumthekar and Jeffrey Raizer about their recent manuscript entitled: A phase I/II study of intrathecal trastuzumab in human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive (HER2- positive) cancer with leptomeningeal metastases: Safety, efficacy, and cerebrospinal fluid pharmacokinetics", published online in Neuro-Oncology in March 2023.

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Drs. Maria Jose Contreras-Zarate and Diana Cittelly about their recent manuscript entitled: "Short-term topiramate treatment prevents radiation-induced cytotoxic edema in preclinical models of breast-cancer brain metastasis", published online in Neuro-Oncology in April 2023. Read Paper

Description:  Dr . Maya Graham interviews Drs. Jasmin Jo, Craig Horbinski and David Schiff about their recent manuscript entitled: "Epidemiology, biology and management of venous thromboembolism in gliomas: an interdisciplinary review", published online in Neuro-Oncology in April 2023. Read Paper

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Dr. Philipp Karschnia about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled "Prognostic validation of a new classification system for extent of resection in glioblastoma: A report of the RANO resect group", published online in Neuro-Oncology in May 2023. 

Dr. Evan Noch interviews Dr. David Kaul about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: " Adult intracranial ependymoma—relevance of DNA methylation profiling for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment", published online in Neuro-Oncology in February 2023. Read Paper

Dr. Ankush Bhatia interviews Dr. François Ducray  about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: " Incidence and characteristics of pseudoprogression in IDH-mutant high-grade gliomas: A POLA network study ", published online in Neuro-Oncology in March 2023.  

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Drs. Sherise Ferguson and Michael Davies about their recent manuscript entitled: "Changes in Outcomes and Factors Associated with Survival in Melanoma Patients with Brain Metastases" , published online in Neuro-Oncology in December 2022.   Read Paper

Dr. Evan Noch interviews Drs. Nikhil Rammohan and Kathleen Bandt about their recent manuscript entitled "Whole-brain radiotherapy associated with structural changes resembling aging as determined by anatomic surface-based deep learning", published online in Neuro-Oncology in February 2023. Read Paper

Dr. Maya Graham interviews Drs. Benjamin Ellingston and Timothy Cloughesy about their recently published manuscript entitled: "Objective response rate (ORR) targets for recurrent glioblastoma clinical trials based on the historic association between ORR and median overall survival", published online in Neuro-Oncology in January 2023.   Read Paper

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Dr. Max Kros about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: "Mitotic count is prognostic in IDH-mutant astrocytoma without homozygous deletion of CDKN2A/B. Results of consensus panel review of EORTC trials 26053 and EORTC 22033-26033 ", published online in Neuro-Oncology in December 2022.   Read Paper

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Drs. Tobias Walbert and Johan Koekkoek about their recent manuscript entitled "Palliative care and end-of-life care in adults with malignant brain tumors", published online in Neuro-Oncology in October 2022 Read Paper

Description: Dr. Jasmin Jo interviews Dr. Michael Lim  about his and his team's recent manuscript entitled: "Phase III trial of chemoradiotherapy with temozolomide plus nivolumab or placebo for newly diagnosed glioblastoma with methylated MGMT promoter", published online in Neuro-Oncology in November 2022.

Description: Dr. Ankush Bhatia interviews Drs. Julie Miller, Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, Samuel McBrayer and Patrick Wen about their recent manuscript, entitled: "Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutant gliomas: A Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) consensus review on diagnosis, management, and future directions", published online in Neuro-Oncology in October 2022. Full Report

Dr. Evan Noch interviews Drs. Richard Drexler and Franz Ricklefs about their recent manuscript entitled: "DNA methylation subclasses predict the benefit from gross total tumor resection in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma patients", published online in Neuro-Oncology in July 2022. Full Report

Description: Dr. Maya Graham interviews Drs. Gaia Ninatti and Martina Sollini about their recent manuscript entitled: "Pre-operative [11C]methionine PET to personalize treatment decisions in patients with lower-grade gliomas", published online in Neuro-Oncology in September 2022. Full Report

Dr. Iyad Alnahhas interviews Dr. David Gutmann about the review entitled "T lymphocytes as dynamic regulators of glioma pathobiology", published online in Neuro-Oncology in March 2022.   Read paper

Dr. Evan Noch interviews Drs. Shannon Fortin Ensign and Sani Kizilbash about their recent paper in Neuro-Oncology entitled: "Translational significance of CDKN2A/B homozygous deletion in IDH mutant astrocytoma", published online in Neuro-Oncology in August 2022 Full Report