Oligodendrogliomas are a type of glioma that are believed to originate from the oligodendrocytes of the brain or from a glial precursor cell. They occur primarily in adults (9.4% of all primary brain and central nervous system tumors) but are also found in children (4% of all primary brain tumors). The average age at diagnosis is 35 years.
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Basic information:
http://www.abta.org/brain-tumor-information/types-of-tumors/oligodendroglioma.html?referrer=https://www.google.co.in/ american brain tumor association oligodendroglioma
http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/type/brain-tumour/treatment/types/treatment-for-oligodendrogliomacancer research uk treatment for oligodendroglioma
http://www.mayfieldclinic.com/pe-glioma.htm mayfield oligodendroglioma
http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4626 medicine net definition of oligodendroglioma
https://www.oncolink.org/frequently-asked-questions/cancers/brain-tumors/oligodendrogliomas-and-heredity oncolink oligodendrogliomas and heredity
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/glioma/home/ovc-20129412 mayo clinic glioma
Advanced information:
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1156699-overview medscape oligodendroglioma
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/429338_8 medscape current diagnosis and treatment of oligodendroglioma
https://radiopaedia.org/articles/oligodendroglioma radiopedia oligodendroglioma
http://www.aans.org/media/fact%20sheets/classification%20of%20brain%20tumors.aspx american association of neuroogical surgeons oligodendroglioma
http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/cnstumoroligodendroglioma.html pathology outlines oligodendroglioma
https://neurosurgery.mgh.harvard.edu/newwhobt.htm the new who classification of tumors affecting the central nervous system by stephen b. Tatter, m.d., ph.d.
http://www.healio.com/hematology-oncology/neuro-oncology/news/print/hemonc-today/%7ba448c2a7-397a-4982-b81a-6e5ae7301c4b%7d/radiation-plus-pcv-chemotherapy-may-become-standard-of-care-for-anaplastic-oligodendrogliomas healio radiation plus pcv chemotherapy may become standard of care for anaplastic oligodendrogliomas
http://neuropathology-web.org/chapter7/chapter7bgliomas.html tumors of glial cells-a: astrocytoma, glioblastoma, oligodendroglioma
http://diseaseinfosearch.org/anaplastic+oligodendroglioma/423 disease info research anaplastic oligodendroglioma
Research:
Mohindra s, savardekar a, bal a. Pediatric brainstem oligodendroglioma. J neurosci rural pract [serial online] 2012 [cited 2017 jan 2];3:52-4. Available from: http://www.ruralneuropractice.com/text.asp?2012/3/1/52/91940
http://europepmc.org/backend/ptpmcrender.fcgi?accid=pmc3602110&blobtype=pdf : klink b, miletic h, stieber d, huszthy pc, valenzuela jac, et al. (2013) a novel, diffusely infiltrative xenograft model of human anaplastic oligodendroglioma with mutations in fubp1, cic, and idh1. Plos one 8(3): e59773. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059773
http://diagnosticpathology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1746-1596-5-59 low-grade oligodendroglioma of the pineal gland: a case report and review of the literature by georgia levidou et al., diagnostic pathology20105:59 doi: 10.1186/1746-1596-5-59
Matsuyama j. Multiple oligodendroglioma with pseudoprogression. J neurosci rural pract [serial online] 2012 [cited 2017 jan 2];3:379-82. Available from: http://www.ruralneuropractice.com/text.asp?2012/3/3/379/102636
http://bmcclinpathol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1472-6890-5-6 id4 and fabp7 are preferentially expressed in cells with astrocytic features in oligodendrogliomas and oligoastrocytomas by yu liang et al., bmc clinical pathology20055:6 doi: 10.1186/1472-6890-5-6
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cripa/2015/370234/ hope richard, kimberly stogner-underwood, and christine fuller, “congenital oligodendroglioma: clinicopathologic and molecular assessment with review of the literature,” case reports in pathology, vol. 2015, article id 370234, 4 pages, 2015. Doi:10.1155/2015/370234
http://www.neurologyindia.com/article.asp?issn=0028-3886;year=1999;volume=47;issue=4;spage=341;epage=2;aulast=bhatoe bhatoe h s, deshpande g u. Childhood cerebellar vermian oligodendroglioma. Neurol india [serial online] 1999 [cited 2017 jan 2];47:341. Available from: http://www.neurologyindia.com/text.asp?1999/47/4/341/1569
http://molecular-cancer.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1476-4598-4-35 attenuated expression of dffb is a hallmark of oligodendrogliomas with 1p-allelic loss by j matthew mcdonald et al, molecular cancer20054:35 doi: 10.1186/1476-4598-4-35
Nayak a, ralte am, sharma mc, singh vp, mahapatra ak, mehta vs, sarkar c. P53 protein alterations in adult astrocytic tumors and oligodendrogliomas. Neurol india [serial online] 2004 [cited 2017 jan 2];52:228-32. Available from: http://www.neurologyindia.com/text.asp?2004/52/2/228/11050
http://jmedicalcasereports.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1752-1947-5-183 multiple courses of stereotactic re-irradiation in recurrent oligodendroglioma: a case report by shannon fogh et al., journal of medical case reports20115:183 doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-5-183
Deb p, kinra p, bhatoe hs. Intraoperative cytology of central neurocytoma mimicking oligodendroglioma. J cytol [serial online] 2011 [cited 2017 jan 2];28:219-22. Available from: http://www.jcytol.org/text.asp?2011/28/4/219/86357
Kumar v, singh k, tatke m, rathi a k, shekhar s, bahadur a k. Synchronous anaplastic oligodendroglioma and carcinoma tongue: a rare association. J can res ther [serial online] 2010 [cited 2017 jan 2];6:227-9. Available from: http://www.cancerjournal.net/text.asp?2010/6/2/227/65241
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/2014/506458/ chia-li chung, hung pei tsai, cheng-yu tsai, et al., “differential hypermethylation of death-associated protein kinase promoter in central neurocytoma and oligodendroglioma,” biomed research international, vol. 2014, article id 506458, 6 pages, 2014. Doi:10.1155/2014/506458
Muzumdar d p, goel a, pakhmode c k. Oligodendroglioma causing calvarial erosion . Neurol india [serial online] 2003 [cited 2017 jan 2];51:129-30. Available from: http://www.neurologyindia.com/text.asp?2003/51/1/129/1066
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crionm/2014/745462/ betül ünal, faruk güleç, and murat sedele, “oligodendroglioma arising in mature cystic teratoma,” case reports in oncological medicine, vol. 2014, article id 745462, 3 pages, 2014. Doi:10.1155/2014/745462
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc4524382/ simonetti g, gaviani p, botturi a, innocenti a, lamperti e, silvani a. Clinical management of grade iii oligodendroglioma. Cancer management and research. 2015;7:213-223. Doi:10.2147/cmar.s56975.
Other helpful resources(support groups):
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/brain-tumours/understanding-cancer/types-of-brain-tumour/oligodendroglioma.html mac millan cancer support
https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/understanding-brain-tumours/types-of-brain-tumour-adult/oligodendroglioma/the brain tumor charity
https://www.braintumour.ca/4882/oligodendroglioma brain tumor foundation
http://www.cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/cancer-type/brain-spinal/brain-and-spinal-tumours/oligodendroglioma/?region=on canadian cancer society
https://braintrust.org/groups/oligo/ the healing exchange brain trust
http://braintumor.org/share-your-story/oligodendroglioma/ national brain tumor society
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rh0uuvbxmp0 young brain tumor patient shares his story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8b32otx06uw surgery of low-grade gliomas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pt3n3nopz2a oligodendroglioma: new treatments & updates in care