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Childhood Intracranial Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
234131
•Concept ID:
C1332975
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A neoplasm that arises within the skull and occurs during childhood. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChildhood Intracranial Neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Advances in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Pediatric Arterial Ischemic Stroke.
Sun LR, Lynch JK
Neurotherapeutics 2023 Apr;20(3):633-654. Epub 2023 Apr 18 doi: 10.1007/s13311-023-01373-5. PMID: 37072548Free PMC Article
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGISTS AND AMERICAN COLLEGE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY GUIDELINES FOR MANAGEMENT OF GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY IN ADULTS AND PATIENTS TRANSITIONING FROM PEDIATRIC TO ADULT CARE.
Yuen KCJ, Biller BMK, Radovick S, Carmichael JD, Jasim S, Pantalone KM, Hoffman AR
Endocr Pract 2019 Nov;25(11):1191-1232. doi: 10.4158/GL-2019-0405. PMID: 31760824
Childhood brain tumors: current management, biological insights, and future directions.
Pollack IF, Agnihotri S, Broniscer A
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019 Mar 1;23(3):261-273. doi: 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18377. PMID: 30835699Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Epidemiology of Brain and Other CNS Tumors.
Ostrom QT, Francis SS, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2021 Nov 24;21(12):68. doi: 10.1007/s11910-021-01152-9. PMID: 34817716Free PMC Article
Risk factors for childhood and adult primary brain tumors.
Ostrom QT, Adel Fahmideh M, Cote DJ, Muskens IS, Schraw JM, Scheurer ME, Bondy ML
Neuro Oncol 2019 Nov 4;21(11):1357-1375. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz123. PMID: 31301133Free PMC Article
Childhood brain tumors: current management, biological insights, and future directions.
Pollack IF, Agnihotri S, Broniscer A
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019 Mar 1;23(3):261-273. doi: 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18377. PMID: 30835699Free PMC Article
Medulloblastoma.
Millard NE, De Braganca KC
J Child Neurol 2016 Oct;31(12):1341-53. Epub 2015 Sep 2 doi: 10.1177/0883073815600866. PMID: 26336203Free PMC Article
Pediatric brain tumors.
Wells EM, Packer RJ
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2015 Apr;21(2 Neuro-oncology):373-96. doi: 10.1212/01.CON.0000464176.96311.d1. PMID: 25837902

Diagnosis

Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.
Malbari F
Neurol Clin 2021 Aug;39(3):829-845. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.04.005. PMID: 34215389
Risk factors for childhood and adult primary brain tumors.
Ostrom QT, Adel Fahmideh M, Cote DJ, Muskens IS, Schraw JM, Scheurer ME, Bondy ML
Neuro Oncol 2019 Nov 4;21(11):1357-1375. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz123. PMID: 31301133Free PMC Article
Pediatric Brain Tumors.
Udaka YT, Packer RJ
Neurol Clin 2018 Aug;36(3):533-556. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2018.04.009. PMID: 30072070
Medulloblastoma.
Millard NE, De Braganca KC
J Child Neurol 2016 Oct;31(12):1341-53. Epub 2015 Sep 2 doi: 10.1177/0883073815600866. PMID: 26336203Free PMC Article
Pediatric brain tumors.
Wells EM, Packer RJ
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2015 Apr;21(2 Neuro-oncology):373-96. doi: 10.1212/01.CON.0000464176.96311.d1. PMID: 25837902

Therapy

Molecular-Targeted Therapy for Childhood Brain Tumors: A Moving Target.
Packer RJ, Kilburn L
J Child Neurol 2020 Oct;35(12):791-798. Epub 2020 Jun 18 doi: 10.1177/0883073820931635. PMID: 32552173
Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children with Brain Tumors.
Kline CN, Mueller S
Semin Neurol 2020 Jun;40(3):315-321. Epub 2020 May 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1708867. PMID: 32392601
Childhood brain tumors: current management, biological insights, and future directions.
Pollack IF, Agnihotri S, Broniscer A
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019 Mar 1;23(3):261-273. doi: 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18377. PMID: 30835699Free PMC Article
Craniopharyngioma.
Müller HL
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;124:235-53. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59602-4.00016-2. PMID: 25248591
Optic pathway gliomas.
Avery RA, Fisher MJ, Liu GT
J Neuroophthalmol 2011 Sep;31(3):269-78. doi: 10.1097/WNO.0b013e31822aef82. PMID: 21857190

Prognosis

Epidemiology of Brain and Other CNS Tumors.
Ostrom QT, Francis SS, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2021 Nov 24;21(12):68. doi: 10.1007/s11910-021-01152-9. PMID: 34817716Free PMC Article
Pediatric Neuro-Oncology.
Malbari F
Neurol Clin 2021 Aug;39(3):829-845. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.04.005. PMID: 34215389
Childhood brain tumors: current management, biological insights, and future directions.
Pollack IF, Agnihotri S, Broniscer A
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2019 Mar 1;23(3):261-273. doi: 10.3171/2018.10.PEDS18377. PMID: 30835699Free PMC Article
Pediatric brain tumors.
Wells EM, Packer RJ
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2015 Apr;21(2 Neuro-oncology):373-96. doi: 10.1212/01.CON.0000464176.96311.d1. PMID: 25837902
Radiation exposure from CT scans in childhood and subsequent risk of leukaemia and brain tumours: a retrospective cohort study.
Pearce MS, Salotti JA, Little MP, McHugh K, Lee C, Kim KP, Howe NL, Ronckers CM, Rajaraman P, Sir Craft AW, Parker L, Berrington de González A
Lancet 2012 Aug 4;380(9840):499-505. Epub 2012 Jun 7 doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60815-0. PMID: 22681860Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

TULIPs decorate the three-dimensional genome of PFA ependymoma.
Johnston MJ, Lee JJY, Hu B, Nikolic A, Hasheminasabgorji E, Baguette A, Paik S, Chen H, Kumar S, Chen CCL, Jessa S, Balin P, Fong V, Zwaig M, Michealraj KA, Chen X, Zhang Y, Varadharajan S, Billon P, Juretic N, Daniels C, Rao AN, Giannini C, Thompson EM, Garami M, Hauser P, Pocza T, Ra YS, Cho BK, Kim SK, Wang KC, Lee JY, Grajkowska W, Perek-Polnik M, Agnihotri S, Mack S, Ellezam B, Weil A, Rich J, Bourque G, Chan JA, Yong VW, Lupien M, Ragoussis J, Kleinman C, Majewski J, Blanchette M, Jabado N, Taylor MD, Gallo M
Cell 2024 Sep 5;187(18):4926-4945.e22. Epub 2024 Jul 9 doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2024.06.023. PMID: 38986619
Posterior fossa tumors in children: current insights.
Formentin C, Joaquim AF, Ghizoni E
Eur J Pediatr 2023 Nov;182(11):4833-4850. Epub 2023 Sep 8 doi: 10.1007/s00431-023-05189-5. PMID: 37679511
Updates in the classification of ependymal neoplasms: The 2021 WHO Classification and beyond.
Kresbach C, Neyazi S, Schüller U
Brain Pathol 2022 Jul;32(4):e13068. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/bpa.13068. PMID: 35307892Free PMC Article
Neurocognitive Outcomes in Children with Brain Tumors.
Kline CN, Mueller S
Semin Neurol 2020 Jun;40(3):315-321. Epub 2020 May 11 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1708867. PMID: 32392601
Molecular genetics of gliomas.
Appin CL, Brat DJ
Cancer J 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):66-72. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000020. PMID: 24445767

Recent systematic reviews

Exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields and childhood cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Seomun G, Lee J, Park J
PLoS One 2021;16(5):e0251628. Epub 2021 May 14 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0251628. PMID: 33989337Free PMC Article
Overweight, obesity and adiposity in survivors of childhood brain tumours: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Wang KW, Fleming A, Johnston DL, Zelcer SM, Rassekh SR, Ladhani S, Socha A, Shinuda J, Jaber S, Burrow S, Singh SK, Banfield L, de Souza RJ, Thabane L, Samaan MC
Clin Obes 2018 Feb;8(1):55-67. Epub 2017 Oct 11 doi: 10.1111/cob.12224. PMID: 29024558
Residential exposure to pesticides as risk factor for childhood and young adult brain tumors: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Van Maele-Fabry G, Gamet-Payrastre L, Lison D
Environ Int 2017 Sep;106:69-90. Epub 2017 Jun 15 doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2017.05.018. PMID: 28623811
Neuropsychiatric presentations and outcomes in children and adolescents with primary brain tumours: Systematic review.
Zyrianova Y, Alexander L, Faruqui R
Brain Inj 2016;30(1):1-9. Epub 2015 Nov 5 doi: 10.3109/02699052.2015.1075590. PMID: 26536821
Sleep-related disturbances among adolescents with cancer: a systematic review.
Olson K
Sleep Med 2014 May;15(5):496-501. Epub 2014 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.sleep.2014.01.006. PMID: 24726572

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