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Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

MedGen UID:
64627
•Concept ID:
C0206663
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Neoplasm, Primitive Neuroepithelial; Neoplasms, Primitive Neuroepithelial; Neuroectodermal Tumor, Primitive; Neuroectodermal Tumors, Primitive; Neuroepithelial Neoplasm, Primitive; Neuroepithelial Neoplasms, Primitive; Neuroepithelial Tumor, Primitive; Neuroepithelial Tumors, Primitive; PNET; PNETs; Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor; Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors; Primitive Neuroepithelial Neoplasm; Primitive Neuroepithelial Neoplasms; Primitive Neuroepithelial Tumor; Primitive Neuroepithelial Tumors; Tumor, Primitive Neuroectodermal; Tumor, Primitive Neuroepithelial; Tumors, Primitive Neuroectodermal; Tumors, Primitive Neuroepithelial
SNOMED CT: PNET - Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (39781001); PNET (39781001); Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (699028006); Primitive neuroectodermal tumor (39781001); Neuroepithelioma (55045006)
 
HPO: HP:0030065
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0005462

Definition

A tumor that originates in cells from the primitive neural crest. This group of tumors is characteirzed by the presence of primitive cells with elements of neuronal and/or glial differentiation. [from HPO]

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Professional guidelines

PubMed

Nimotuzumab therapy in the treatment of pediatric central nervous system tumors: single-center experience.
Susam-Sen H, Varan A, Bajin İ, Göçmen R, Aydın B, Yalcin B, Kurucu N, Kutluk T, Bayhan T, Akyuz C
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2021 Aug;394(8):1769-1777. Epub 2021 Jun 21 doi: 10.1007/s00210-021-02109-y. PMID: 34151393
Tandem High-dose Chemotherapy without Craniospinal Irradiation in Treatment of Non-metastatic Malignant Brain Tumors in Very Young Children.
Ma Y, Lim DH, Cho H, Lee JW, Sung KW, Yoo KH, Koo HH, Shin HJ, Suh YL
J Korean Med Sci 2020 Dec 14;35(48):e405. doi: 10.3346/jkms.2020.35.e405. PMID: 33316857Free PMC Article
Disrupting the CD47-SIRPα anti-phagocytic axis by a humanized anti-CD47 antibody is an efficacious treatment for malignant pediatric brain tumors.
Gholamin S, Mitra SS, Feroze AH, Liu J, Kahn SA, Zhang M, Esparza R, Richard C, Ramaswamy V, Remke M, Volkmer AK, Willingham S, Ponnuswami A, McCarty A, Lovelace P, Storm TA, Schubert S, Hutter G, Narayanan C, Chu P, Raabe EH, Harsh G 4th, Taylor MD, Monje M, Cho YJ, Majeti R, Volkmer JP, Fisher PG, Grant G, Steinberg GK, Vogel H, Edwards M, Weissman IL, Cheshier SH
Sci Transl Med 2017 Mar 15;9(381) doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf2968. PMID: 28298418

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

The 2022 revision of the World Health Organization classification of tumors of the urinary system and male genital organs: advances and challenges.
Mohanty SK, Lobo A, Cheng L
Hum Pathol 2023 Jun;136:123-143. Epub 2022 Sep 6 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2022.08.006. PMID: 36084769
Renal Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor With Inferior Vena Cava Thrombus: Case Series and Literature Review of a Rare but Challenging Entity.
Xu C, Sun Z, Xiao R, He W, Ma L
Clin Genitourin Cancer 2021 Oct;19(5):e273-e279. Epub 2021 Apr 3 doi: 10.1016/j.clgc.2021.03.017. PMID: 33941490
Temozolomide with irinotecan versus temozolomide, irinotecan plus bevacizumab for recurrent medulloblastoma of childhood: Report of a COG randomized Phase II screening trial.
Levy AS, Krailo M, Chi S, Villaluna D, Springer L, Williams-Hughes C, Fouladi M, Gajjar A
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021 Aug;68(8):e29031. Epub 2021 Apr 12 doi: 10.1002/pbc.29031. PMID: 33844469Free PMC Article
Addition of ifosfamide and etoposide to standard chemotherapy for Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor of bone.
Grier HE, Krailo MD, Tarbell NJ, Link MP, Fryer CJ, Pritchard DJ, Gebhardt MC, Dickman PS, Perlman EJ, Meyers PA, Donaldson SS, Moore S, Rausen AR, Vietti TJ, Miser JS
N Engl J Med 2003 Feb 20;348(8):694-701. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa020890. PMID: 12594313
Primary thoracic sarcomas.
Gladish GW, Sabloff BM, Munden RF, Truong MT, Erasmus JJ, Chasen MH
Radiographics 2002 May-Jun;22(3):621-37. doi: 10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma17621. PMID: 12006691

Diagnosis

Primary pericardial tumors.
Restrepo CS, Vargas D, Ocazionez D, Martínez-Jiménez S, Betancourt Cuellar SL, Gutierrez FR
Radiographics 2013 Oct;33(6):1613-30. doi: 10.1148/rg.336135512. PMID: 24108554
Primitive neuroectodermal tumor arising in the abdominopelvic region: CT features and pathology characteristics.
Li X, Zhang W, Song T, Sun C, Shen Y
Abdom Imaging 2011 Oct;36(5):590-5. doi: 10.1007/s00261-010-9655-z. PMID: 20959975
Sclerotic glomus tumor.
Vigovich FA, Hurt MA, Santa Cruz DJ
Am J Dermatopathol 2010 Feb;32(1):76-8. doi: 10.1097/DAD.0b013e3181b119c6. PMID: 19940754
Addition of ifosfamide and etoposide to standard chemotherapy for Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor of bone.
Grier HE, Krailo MD, Tarbell NJ, Link MP, Fryer CJ, Pritchard DJ, Gebhardt MC, Dickman PS, Perlman EJ, Meyers PA, Donaldson SS, Moore S, Rausen AR, Vietti TJ, Miser JS
N Engl J Med 2003 Feb 20;348(8):694-701. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa020890. PMID: 12594313
Primary thoracic sarcomas.
Gladish GW, Sabloff BM, Munden RF, Truong MT, Erasmus JJ, Chasen MH
Radiographics 2002 May-Jun;22(3):621-37. doi: 10.1148/radiographics.22.3.g02ma17621. PMID: 12006691

Therapy

Temozolomide with irinotecan versus temozolomide, irinotecan plus bevacizumab for recurrent medulloblastoma of childhood: Report of a COG randomized Phase II screening trial.
Levy AS, Krailo M, Chi S, Villaluna D, Springer L, Williams-Hughes C, Fouladi M, Gajjar A
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021 Aug;68(8):e29031. Epub 2021 Apr 12 doi: 10.1002/pbc.29031. PMID: 33844469Free PMC Article
Disrupting the CD47-SIRPα anti-phagocytic axis by a humanized anti-CD47 antibody is an efficacious treatment for malignant pediatric brain tumors.
Gholamin S, Mitra SS, Feroze AH, Liu J, Kahn SA, Zhang M, Esparza R, Richard C, Ramaswamy V, Remke M, Volkmer AK, Willingham S, Ponnuswami A, McCarty A, Lovelace P, Storm TA, Schubert S, Hutter G, Narayanan C, Chu P, Raabe EH, Harsh G 4th, Taylor MD, Monje M, Cho YJ, Majeti R, Volkmer JP, Fisher PG, Grant G, Steinberg GK, Vogel H, Edwards M, Weissman IL, Cheshier SH
Sci Transl Med 2017 Mar 15;9(381) doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aaf2968. PMID: 28298418
Proton Therapy in Children: A Systematic Review of Clinical Effectiveness in 15 Pediatric Cancers.
Leroy R, Benahmed N, Hulstaert F, Van Damme N, De Ruysscher D
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016 May 1;95(1):267-278. Epub 2015 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.025. PMID: 27084646
Epidemiology and etiology of gliomas.
Ohgaki H, Kleihues P
Acta Neuropathol 2005 Jan;109(1):93-108. Epub 2005 Feb 1 doi: 10.1007/s00401-005-0991-y. PMID: 15685439
Addition of ifosfamide and etoposide to standard chemotherapy for Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor of bone.
Grier HE, Krailo MD, Tarbell NJ, Link MP, Fryer CJ, Pritchard DJ, Gebhardt MC, Dickman PS, Perlman EJ, Meyers PA, Donaldson SS, Moore S, Rausen AR, Vietti TJ, Miser JS
N Engl J Med 2003 Feb 20;348(8):694-701. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa020890. PMID: 12594313

Prognosis

The role of SPARC/ON in human osteosarcoma.
Sergi CM
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Pediatric vulvar malignancies: rare but important to know.
Strickland AL, Fadare O
Semin Diagn Pathol 2021 Jan;38(1):99-109. Epub 2020 Sep 5 doi: 10.1053/j.semdp.2020.09.001. PMID: 32943238
Ovarian primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor: a review of cases at PUMCH and in the published literature.
Chao X, Bi Y, Li L
Orphanet J Rare Dis 2019 Jun 19;14(1):147. doi: 10.1186/s13023-019-1106-5. PMID: 31217017Free PMC Article
Primary pericardial tumors.
Restrepo CS, Vargas D, Ocazionez D, Martínez-Jiménez S, Betancourt Cuellar SL, Gutierrez FR
Radiographics 2013 Oct;33(6):1613-30. doi: 10.1148/rg.336135512. PMID: 24108554
Addition of ifosfamide and etoposide to standard chemotherapy for Ewing's sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor of bone.
Grier HE, Krailo MD, Tarbell NJ, Link MP, Fryer CJ, Pritchard DJ, Gebhardt MC, Dickman PS, Perlman EJ, Meyers PA, Donaldson SS, Moore S, Rausen AR, Vietti TJ, Miser JS
N Engl J Med 2003 Feb 20;348(8):694-701. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa020890. PMID: 12594313

Clinical prediction guides

Neuropsychological functioning in survivors of childhood medulloblastoma/CNS-PNET: The role of secondary medical complications.
Stadskleiv K, Stensvold E, Stokka K, Bechensteen AG, Brandal P
Clin Neuropsychol 2022 Apr;36(3):600-625. Epub 2020 Jul 30 doi: 10.1080/13854046.2020.1794045. PMID: 32729777
Nimotuzumab therapy in the treatment of pediatric central nervous system tumors: single-center experience.
Susam-Sen H, Varan A, Bajin İ, Göçmen R, Aydın B, Yalcin B, Kurucu N, Kutluk T, Bayhan T, Akyuz C
Naunyn Schmiedebergs Arch Pharmacol 2021 Aug;394(8):1769-1777. Epub 2021 Jun 21 doi: 10.1007/s00210-021-02109-y. PMID: 34151393
Temozolomide with irinotecan versus temozolomide, irinotecan plus bevacizumab for recurrent medulloblastoma of childhood: Report of a COG randomized Phase II screening trial.
Levy AS, Krailo M, Chi S, Villaluna D, Springer L, Williams-Hughes C, Fouladi M, Gajjar A
Pediatr Blood Cancer 2021 Aug;68(8):e29031. Epub 2021 Apr 12 doi: 10.1002/pbc.29031. PMID: 33844469Free PMC Article
Pediatric Brain Tumors: Innovative Genomic Information Is Transforming the Diagnostic and Clinical Landscape.
Gajjar A, Bowers DC, Karajannis MA, Leary S, Witt H, Gottardo NG
J Clin Oncol 2015 Sep 20;33(27):2986-98. Epub 2015 Aug 24 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2014.59.9217. PMID: 26304884Free PMC Article
Renal Ewing tumors.
Zöllner S, Dirksen U, Jürgens H, Ranft A
Ann Oncol 2013 Sep;24(9):2455-61. Epub 2013 Jun 11 doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdt215. PMID: 23761687

Recent systematic reviews

Primary and metastatic primitive neuroectodermal tumor of the heart: A systematic review.
Hajsadeghi S, Iranpour A, Amouei E, Tehrani NH, Ghavidel A, Ziaie H, Asadi O, Moradians V, Tayebi A, Mestres CA, Manqoutaei SA
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann 2022 Sep;30(7):761-771. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1177/02184923221083434. PMID: 35306869
Primary primitive neuroectodermal tumour of the kidney in adults: Experience of managing 12 cases with systematic review and pooled analysis of literature.
Sharma G, Kakkar N, Singh SK, Parmar K, Sharma AP, Mavuduru R
Int J Clin Pract 2021 Dec;75(12):e14971. Epub 2021 Oct 20 doi: 10.1111/ijcp.14971. PMID: 34626514
Primary Intracranial pPNET/Ewing Sarcoma: Diagnosis, Management, and Prognostic Factors Dilemma-A Systematic Review of the Literature.
Cherif El Asri A, Benzagmout M, Chakour K, Chaoui MF, Laaguili J, Chahdi H, Gazzaz M, El Mostarchid B
World Neurosurg 2018 Jul;115:346-356. Epub 2018 May 3 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.04.164. PMID: 29729469
Proton Therapy in Children: A Systematic Review of Clinical Effectiveness in 15 Pediatric Cancers.
Leroy R, Benahmed N, Hulstaert F, Van Damme N, De Ruysscher D
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2016 May 1;95(1):267-278. Epub 2015 Oct 17 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.10.025. PMID: 27084646
Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes: a systematic literature review and report of 2 new cases.
Alexiou GA, Stefanaki K, Vartholomatos G, Sfakianos G, Prodromou N, Moschovi M
J Child Neurol 2013 Dec;28(12):1709-15. Epub 2013 Jan 17 doi: 10.1177/0883073812471434. PMID: 23334078

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