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semustine and Benign Neoplasms, Brain

semustine has been researched along with Benign Neoplasms, Brain in 41 studies

Semustine: 4-Methyl derivative of LOMUSTINE; (CCNU). An antineoplastic agent which functions as an alkylating agent.
semustine : An organochlorine compound that is urea in which the two hydrogens on one of the amino groups are replaced by nitroso and 2-chloroethyl groups and one hydrogen from the other amino group is replaced by a 4-methylcyclohexyl group.

Research Excerpts

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"To compare the therapeutic efficacy of two regimens of postoperative radiotherapy with concurrent chemotherapy using temozolomide (TMZ) and teniposide (VM-26) plus semustine (Me-CCNU) in adult patients with grade III-IV cerebral gliomas."5.16[Comparison of two regimens of postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy in adult patients with grade III-IV cerebral gliomas]. ( Gu, K; Wang, J; Zhai, X; Zhang, J, 2012)
"Within three weeks of definitive surgical intervention, 467 patients with histologically proved malignant glioma were randomized to receive one of four treatment regimens: semustine (MeCCNU), radiotherapy, carmustine (BCNU) plus radiotherapy, or semustine plus radiotherapy."5.05Randomized comparisons of radiotherapy and nitrosoureas for the treatment of malignant glioma after surgery. ( Alexander, E; Batzdorf, U; Brooks, WH; Byar, DP; Green, SB; Hunt, WE; MacCarty, CS; Mahaley, MS; Mealey, J; Owens, G; Ransohoff, J; Robertson, JT; Shapiro, WR; Smith, KR; Strike, TA; Walker, MD; Wilson, CB, 1980)
"Patients with anaplastic astrocytoma had a median survival of 27 months as compared to 8 months for patients with glioblastoma."2.65Comparison of postoperative radiotherapy and combined postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the multidisciplinary management of malignant gliomas. A joint Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study. ( Chang, CH; Horton, J; Kramer, S; Nelson, JS; Perez-Tamayo, R; Salazer, O; Schoenfeld, D; Tsukada, Y; Weinstein, A, 1983)
"Four who had nonirradiated anaplastic astrocytomas all responded and survived for 38+ to 48."1.27Intraarterial 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and systemic chemotherapy for malignant gliomas: a follow-up study. ( Avellanosa, AM; Barua, NR; Hong, CI; Patel, A; West, CR, 1983)
"A dose-response relation for the cytotoxic activity of chloroethylnitrosourea cancer chemotherapeutic agents in cell culture has been developed."1.26Quantitative dose-response relations for the cytotoxic activity of chloroethylnitrosoureas in cell culture. ( Deen, DF; Weinkam, RJ, 1982)
"Seven human brain tumors were transplanted into the brains (6/7 takes) and subcutaneous tissues (7/7 takes) of athymic nude mice."1.26Human brain tumor transplantation into nude mice. ( Basler, GA; Chernik, NL; Posner, JB; Shapiro, WR, 1979)
"Metastatic medulloblastoma is a rare clinical phenomenon."1.26Chemotherapeutic response in metastatic medulloblastoma: report of two cases and a review of the literature. ( Kovacs, SG; Nathanson, L, 1978)
" However, with certain dosage schedules such as every 2 hr for 5 injections daily on 2 consecutive days, i."1.26Chemotherapy of an experimental glioma with nitrosoureas. ( Day, A; Liberman, L; Ng, R; Tator, CH, 1977)

Research

Studies (41)

TimeframeStudies, this research(%)All Research%
pre-199034 (82.93)18.7374
1990's4 (9.76)18.2507
2000's1 (2.44)29.6817
2010's2 (4.88)24.3611
2020's0 (0.00)2.80

Authors

AuthorsStudies
Zhao, Z1
Liu, Y1
He, H1
Chen, X1
Chen, J1
Lu, YC1
Zhai, X1
Wang, J1
Zhang, J1
Gu, K1
Kobiakov, GL1
Kyuma, Y1
Nakajima, F1
Shinonaga, M1
Yamashita, T1
Kuwabara, T1
Osieka, R1
Glatte, P1
Pannenbäcker, R1
Schmidt, CG1
West, CR2
Avellanosa, AM2
Barua, NR1
Patel, A1
Hong, CI1
Chang, CH1
Horton, J1
Schoenfeld, D2
Salazer, O1
Perez-Tamayo, R1
Kramer, S1
Weinstein, A1
Nelson, JS1
Tsukada, Y2
Oredsson, SM1
Pegg, AE2
Alhonen-Hongisto, L1
Deen, DF2
Marton, LJ1
Namer, IJ1
Pamir, MN1
Benli, K1
Erbengi, A1
Shapiro, WR4
Cohen, RJ1
Walker, MD8
Green, SB1
Byar, DP1
Alexander, E1
Batzdorf, U1
Brooks, WH1
Hunt, WE1
MacCarty, CS1
Mahaley, MS1
Mealey, J1
Owens, G1
Ransohoff, J1
Robertson, JT1
Smith, KR1
Wilson, CB3
Strike, TA1
Weinkam, RJ1
Schacht, RG1
Feiner, HD1
Gallo, GR1
Lieberman, A1
Baldwin, DS1
Basler, GA1
Chernik, NL1
Posner, JB2
Monfardini, S1
Brambilla, C1
Solero, CL1
Vaghi, A1
Valagussa, P1
Morello, G1
Bonadonna, G1
Higby, DJ1
Bakshi, S1
Reese, PA1
Jennings, E1
Costanza, ME1
Nathanson, L2
Wolter, J1
Colsky, J1
Regelson, W1
Cunningham, T1
Sedransk, N1
Harmon, WE1
Cohen, HJ1
Schneeberger, EE1
Grupe, WE1
Hasegawa, H2
Gutin, PH1
Kovacs, SG1
Lee, W1
Moore, RP1
Wampler, GL1
Gehan, EA1
Levin, VA2
Tator, CH1
Day, A1
Ng, R1
Liberman, L1
Crist, WM1
Ragab, AH1
Vietti, TJ1
Ducos, R1
Chu, JY1
Hilton, J1
Brisman, R1
Housepian, EM1
Chang, C1
Duffy, P1
Balis, E1
Pezzotta, S1
Agradi, E1
Paoletti, P1
Massin, F1
Coudert, B1
Foucher, P1
Lombard, JN1
Reybet-Degat, O1
Jeannin, L1
Camus, P1
Boaziz, C1
Breau, JL1
Morere, JF1
Israël, L1
Ushio, Y1
Arita, N1
Hayakawa, T1
Mogami, H1
Bitoh, S1
Oku, Y1
Ikeda, H1
Kanai, N1
Kanoh, M1
Dolan, ME1
Stine, L1
Mitchell, RB1
Moschel, RC1
Evans, CG1
Bodell, WJ1
Tokuda, K1
Doane-Setzer, P1
Smith, MT1
Wasserman, TH1
Slavik, M1
Carter, SK1

Reviews

7 reviews available for semustine and Benign Neoplasms, Brain

ArticleYear
[Clinical significance of mustoforan in management of malignant glioma].
    Voprosy onkologii, 2007, Volume: 53, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Agents; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Astrocytoma; Blood-Brain Barr

2007
Treatment of neuroectodermal brain tumors.
    Annals of neurology, 1982, Volume: 12, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Antineoplastic Agents; Astrocytoma; Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Neoplasms;

1982
Treatment of brain tumors.
    The Medical clinics of North America, 1977, Volume: 61, Issue:5

    Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Antineoplastic Agents; Astrocytoma; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Cell Divis

1977
Chemotherapy: the agents in current use.
    Seminars in oncology, 1975, Volume: 2, Issue:1

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Dacarbazine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Glioma;

1975
[Nitrosourea-induced lung diseases].
    Revue des maladies respiratoires, 1992, Volume: 9, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Child; Drug Therapy, Combination; Female; Humans; Iatrogenic Dis

1992
[Brain metastases of malignant melanomas].
    Bulletin du cancer, 1991, Volume: 78, Issue:4

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Dacarbazine; Humans; Interl

1991
Methyl-CCNU inclinical cancer therapy.
    Cancer treatment reviews, 1974, Volume: 1, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Astrocytoma; Brain Neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms; Carcinoma, Small Cell; Carcinoma, Squamous

1974

Trials

11 trials available for semustine and Benign Neoplasms, Brain

ArticleYear
[Comparison of two regimens of postoperative concurrent chemoradiotherapy in adult patients with grade III-IV cerebral gliomas].
    Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University, 2012, Volume: 32, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Brain Neoplasms; Chemoradiotherap

2012
Comparison of postoperative radiotherapy and combined postoperative radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the multidisciplinary management of malignant gliomas. A joint Radiation Therapy Oncology Group and Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group study.
    Cancer, 1983, Sep-15, Volume: 52, Issue:6

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Antineoplastic Agents; Astrocytoma; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Clinical Trials

1983
Treatment of neuroectodermal brain tumors.
    Annals of neurology, 1982, Volume: 12, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Antineoplastic Agents; Astrocytoma; Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Neoplasms;

1982
Randomized comparisons of radiotherapy and nitrosoureas for the treatment of malignant glioma after surgery.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1980, Dec-04, Volume: 303, Issue:23

    Topics: Aged; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Administration Schedule; Glioma; H

1980
Chemotherapy: adjuvant to surgery and radiation therapy.
    Seminars in oncology, 1975, Volume: 2, Issue:1

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Clinical Trials as Topic; Fluorouracil; Glioma;

1975
Brain Tumor Study Group: a survey of current activities.
    National Cancer Institute monograph, 1977, Volume: 46

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Clinical Trials as Topic; Drug Evaluation; Glioma; Humans; National Ins

1977
Treatment of brain tumors.
    The Medical clinics of North America, 1977, Volume: 61, Issue:5

    Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Antineoplastic Agents; Astrocytoma; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Cell Divis

1977
Results with methyl-CCNU and DTIC in metastatic melanoma.
    Cancer, 1977, Volume: 40, Issue:3

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury; Clinical Trials as Topic; Dacarbazine; Drug

1977
Clinical studies in malignant gliomas and their treatment with the nitrosoureas.
    Cancer treatment reports, 1976, Volume: 60, Issue:6

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Clinical Trials as Topic; Evaluation Studies as Topic; Glioma; Humans; Nitrosourea

1976
Adjuvant nitrosourea therapy for glioblastoma.
    Archives of neurology, 1976, Volume: 33, Issue:11

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Child; Child, Preschool; Drug Evaluation; Fema

1976
Chemotherapy of brain metastases from lung carcinoma: a controlled randomized study.
    Neurosurgery, 1991, Volume: 28, Issue:2

    Topics: Adenocarcinoma; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Brain Neoplasms; Carcinoma; Carcinom

1991

Other Studies

25 other studies available for semustine and Benign Neoplasms, Brain

ArticleYear
Candidate genes influencing sensitivity and resistance of human glioblastoma to Semustine.
    Brain research bulletin, 2011, Oct-10, Volume: 86, Issue:3-4

    Topics: Adult; Antineoplastic Agents, Alkylating; Brain Neoplasms; Cell Survival; Computational Biology; Dat

2011
[Maintenance immunochemotherapy for gliomas (author's transl)].
    Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 1981, Volume: 21, Issue:10

    Topics: Antineoplastic Agents; Brain Neoplasms; Doxorubicin; Drug Therapy, Combination; Glioma; Humans; Pici

1981
Therapeutic evaluation of five nitrosoureas in a human melanoma xenograft system.
    Cancer chemotherapy and pharmacology, 1983, Volume: 11, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Bone Marrow; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Humans;

1983
Intraarterial 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea (BCNU) and systemic chemotherapy for malignant gliomas: a follow-up study.
    Neurosurgery, 1983, Volume: 13, Issue:4

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Astrocytoma; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustin

1983
Possible factors in the potentiation of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-trans-4-methylcyclohexyl-1-nitrosourea cytotoxicity by alpha-difluoromethylornithine in 9L rat brain tumor cells.
    European journal of cancer & clinical oncology, 1984, Volume: 20, Issue:4

    Topics: Animals; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols; Brain Neoplasms; Cell Line; Cell Survival;

1984
[Intracranial ependymomas. Study of 81 cases and comparison with the literature].
    Neuro-Chirurgie, 1984, Volume: 30, Issue:3

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Child, Preschool; Combined Modality Therapy; Ependymoma;

1984
Leukemia after therapy with methyl CCNU.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1980, Jan-10, Volume: 302, Issue:2

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Female; Frontal Lobe; Humans; Leukemia; Leukemia, Monocytic, Acute; Leukemia, Myelo

1980
Quantitative dose-response relations for the cytotoxic activity of chloroethylnitrosoureas in cell culture.
    Cancer research, 1982, Volume: 42, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Biotransformation; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Cell Survival; Cells, Cultured; Dose-Respon

1982
Nephrotoxicity of nitrosoureas.
    Cancer, 1981, Sep-15, Volume: 48, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Biopsy; Blood Urea Nitrogen; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Child; Creatinine

1981
Human brain tumor transplantation into nude mice.
    Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1979, Volume: 62, Issue:3

    Topics: Animals; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Glioblastoma; Humans; Mice; Mice, Nude; Neoplasm Transplantati

1979
Adjuvant chemotherapy with nitrosourea compounds following surgery plus radiotherapy in glioblastoma multiforme.
    Recent results in cancer research. Fortschritte der Krebsforschung. Progres dans les recherches sur le cancer, 1978, Volume: 68

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Glioblastoma; Humans; Lomustine; Nitrosourea Compounds; Semustine

1978
Chemotherapy of nonirradiated malignant gliomas. Phase II: study of the combination of methyl-CCNU, vincristine, and procarbazine.
    Cancer, 1979, Volume: 44, Issue:3

    Topics: Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Agents; Bone Marrow; Brain Neoplasms; Drug Evaluation; Drug Therapy, Com

1979
Chronic renal failure in children treated with methyl CCNU.
    The New England journal of medicine, 1979, May-24, Volume: 300, Issue:21

    Topics: Adolescent; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Child, Preschool; Humans; Kidney; Kidney Failure, Chronic; Nitro

1979
Chemotherapy of experimental metastatic brain tumors in female Wistar rats.
    Cancer research, 1979, Volume: 39, Issue:7 Pt 1

    Topics: Animals; Antineoplastic Agents; Brain Neoplasms; Carcinoma 256, Walker; Carotid Arteries; Cells, Cul

1979
Iv methyl-CCNU, VM-26, and cranial irradiation in therapy for malignant brain tumors.
    Cancer treatment reports, 1977, Volume: 61, Issue:9

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Humans; Injections, Intravenous; Leukopenia; Nitrosourea Compounds; Podophyllotoxin

1977
Chemotherapeutic response in metastatic medulloblastoma: report of two cases and a review of the literature.
    Medical and pediatric oncology, 1978, Volume: 4, Issue:2

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Bone Neoplasms; Brain Neoplasms; Cyclophosphamide; Dactinomycin; Drug Therapy, Co

1978
Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis as a complication of prolonged methyl-CCNU therapy.
    Cancer treatment reports, 1978, Volume: 62, Issue:9

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Humans; Male; Melanoma; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Metastasis; Nitrosourea Compounds; Pu

1978
The contemporary role of chemotherapy in the treatment of malignant brain tumor.
    Clinical neurosurgery, 1978, Volume: 25

    Topics: Adrenal Cortex Hormones; Animals; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Dru

1978
Chemotherapy of an experimental glioma with nitrosoureas.
    Cancer research, 1977, Volume: 37, Issue:2

    Topics: Animals; Brain Neoplasms; Drug Administration Schedule; Ependymoma; Female; Glioma; Injections; Inje

1977
Chemotherapy of childhood medulloblastoma.
    American journal of diseases of children (1960), 1976, Volume: 130, Issue:6

    Topics: Adolescent; Adult; Antineoplastic Agents; Brain Neoplasms; Child; Cyclophosphamide; Dexamethasone; D

1976
Nitrosourea pharmacodynamics in relation to the central nervous system.
    Cancer treatment reports, 1976, Volume: 60, Issue:6

    Topics: Animals; Blood-Brain Barrier; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Glioma; Humans; Lomustine; Mice; Molecula

1976
Nitrosourea chemotherapy for primary malignant gliomas.
    Cancer treatment reports, 1976, Volume: 60, Issue:6

    Topics: Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Drug Therapy, Combination; Fluorouracil; Glioma; Humans; Lomustine; Neo

1976
The effect of BCNU, CCNU and MeCCNU in the prevention of the development of tumors of the nervous system.
    Pharmacological research communications, 1975, Volume: 07, Issue:1

    Topics: Animals; Brain Neoplasms; Carmustine; Ethylnitrosourea; Neoplasms, Experimental; Nitrosourea Compoun

1975
Modulation of mammalian O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase in vivo by O6-benzylguanine and its effect on the sensitivity of a human glioma tumor to 1-(2-chloroethyl)-3-(4-methylcyclohexyl)-1-nitrosourea.
    Cancer communications, 1990, Volume: 2, Issue:11

    Topics: Animals; Brain Neoplasms; Cricetinae; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Female; Glioma; Guanine; Hum

1990
Glutathione and related enzymes in rat brain tumor cell resistance to 1,3-bis(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitrosourea and nitrogen mustard.
    Cancer research, 1987, May-15, Volume: 47, Issue:10

    Topics: Animals; Brain Neoplasms; Buthionine Sulfoximine; Carmustine; Cell Line; Cell Survival; Chromatograp

1987