Cognitive deficits in adult patients with brain tumours

MJB Taphoorn, M Klein - The Lancet Neurology, 2004 - thelancet.com
Cognitive function, with survival and response on brain imaging, is increasingly regarded as
an important outcome measure in patients with brain tumours. This measure provides us …

[HTML][HTML] Content validity of self-report measurement instruments: an illustration from the development of the Brain Tumor Module of the MD Anderson Symptom …

TS Armstrong - Number 3/2005, 2005 - onf.ons.org
Purpose/Objectives: To illustrate one technique for establishing content validity of
measurements using the initial development and testing of the MD Anderson Symptom …

Phase II study of donepezil in irradiated brain tumor patients: effect on cognitive function, mood, and quality of life

EG Shaw, R Rosdhal, RB D'Agostino Jr… - Journal of Clinical …, 2006 - ascopubs.org
Purpose A prospective, open-label phase II study was conducted to determine whether
donepezil, a US Food and Drug Administration–approved reversible acetylcholinesterase …

Late cognitive and radiographic changes related to radiotherapy: initial prospective findings

CL Armstrong, JV Hunter, GE Ledakis, B Cohen… - Neurology, 2002 - AAN Enterprises
Background: Assumptions about the damaging effects of radiotherapy (XRT) are based on
studies in which total dose, dose fraction, treatment volume, degree of malignancy …

Preoperative and postoperative cognitive functioning in patients with frontal meningiomas

O Tucha, C Smely, M Preier, G Becker, GM Paul… - Journal of …, 2003 - thejns.org
Object. There is presently no specific information available concerning the nature and
course of cognitive deficits caused by intracranial meningiomas. In this prospective study the …

Cognitive function after radiotherapy for supratentorial low-grade glioma: a North Central Cancer Treatment Group prospective study

NN Laack, PD Brown, RJ Ivnik, AF Furth… - International Journal of …, 2005 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of cranial radiotherapy (RT) on cognitive function in patients
with supratentorial low-grade glioma. Methods and Materials: Twenty adult patients with …

A prospective study of cognitive functions following conventional radiotherapy for supratentorial gliomas in young adults: 4-year results

MC Vigliani, N Sichez, M Poisson, JY Delattre - International Journal of …, 1996 - Elsevier
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of limited field conventional cerebral radiotherapy (RT) on
cognitive functions of adults. Methods and Materials: A prospective neuropsychological …

A critical review of the clinical effects of therapeutic irradiation damage to the brain: the roots of controversy

CL Armstrong, K Gyato, AW Awadalla, R Lustig… - Neuropsychology …, 2004 - Springer
We critically examined the damaging affects of therapeutic irradiation by comparing results
from cross-disciplinary studies of early-and late-delayed radiotherapy effects. Focus is …

Functional outcomes of persons with brain tumors after inpatient rehabilitation

CM Marciniak, JA Sliwa, AW Heinemann… - Archives of physical …, 2001 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE:: To assess the extent of functional gains measured before and after inpatient
rehabilitation in patients who have primary or metastatic brain tumors, and to identify …

Biphasic patterns of memory deficits following moderate-dose partial-brain irradiation: neuropsychologic outcome and proposed mechanisms.

C Armstrong, J Ruffer, B Corn, K DeVries… - Journal of clinical …, 1995 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE To identify the longitudinal neurobehavioral characteristics of the early-delayed
and late-delayed effects of partial-brain radiotherapy for patients with supratentorial brain …