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Childhood astrocytic tumor

MedGen UID:
272112
Concept ID:
C1321865
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: astrocytic tumor of childhood; Astrocytic Tumors, Childhood; astrocytic tumors, childhood; astrocytic tumour of childhood; Childhood Astrocytic Neoplasm; childhood astrocytic neoplasm; Childhood Astrocytic Tumor; childhood astrocytic tumor; Childhood Astrocytic Tumour; Juvenile astrocytoma; juvenile astrocytoma; juvenile astrocytoma (morphologic abnormality); paediatric astrocytic neoplasm; paediatric astrocytic tumour; paediatric astrocytoma; Pediatric Astrocytic Neoplasm; pediatric astrocytic neoplasm; Pediatric Astrocytic Tumor; pediatric astrocytic tumor; pediatric astrocytoma
SNOMED CT: Juvenile astrocytoma (128854008)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002505

Definition

An astrocytic tumor appearing before the age of twenty one without designation of benign or malignant nor designated location. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChildhood astrocytic tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Malta TM, Sabedot TS, Morosini NS, Datta I, Garofano L, Vallentgoed W, Varn FS, Aldape K, D'Angelo F, Bakas S, Barnholtz-Sloan JS, Gan HK, Hasanain M, Hau AC, Johnson KC, Cazacu S, deCarvalho AC, Khasraw M, Kocakavuk E, Kouwenhoven MCM, Migliozzi S, Niclou SP, Niers JM, Ormond DR, Paek SH, Reifenberger G, Sillevis Smitt PA, Smits M, Stead LF, van den Bent MJ, Van Meir EG, Walenkamp A, Weiss T, Weller M, Westerman BA, Ylstra B, Wesseling P, Lasorella A, French PJ, Poisson LM; Consortium The GLASS, Verhaak RGW, Iavarone A, Noushmehr H
Cancer Res 2024 Mar 4;84(5):741-756. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-23-2093. PMID: 38117484Free PMC Article
Kara B, Ertan K, Karabagli P, Karabagli H, Yavas G, Caglayan AO, Koksal Y
Turk Neurosurg 2022;32(1):135-142. doi: 10.5137/1019-5149.JTN.34801-21.2. PMID: 34751424
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

Okonechnikov K, Joshi P, Sepp M, Leiss K, Sarropoulos I, Murat F, Sill M, Beck P, Chan KC, Korshunov A, Sah F, Deng MY, Sturm D, DeSisto J, Donson AM, Foreman NK, Green AL, Robinson G, Orr BA, Gao Q, Darrow E, Hadley JL, Northcott PA, Gojo J, Kawauchi D, Hovestadt V, Filbin MG, von Deimling A, Zuckermann M, Pajtler KW, Kool M, Jones DTW, Jäger N, Kutscher LM, Kaessmann H, Pfister SM
Neuro Oncol 2023 Oct 3;25(10):1895-1909. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad124. PMID: 37534924Free PMC Article
Howell AE, Relton C, Martin RM, Zheng J, Kurian KM
Sci Rep 2023 Apr 21;13(1):6590. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-33621-1. PMID: 37085538Free PMC Article
Fangusaro J, Onar-Thomas A, Young Poussaint T, Wu S, Ligon AH, Lindeman N, Banerjee A, Packer RJ, Kilburn LB, Goldman S, Pollack IF, Qaddoumi I, Jakacki RI, Fisher PG, Dhall G, Baxter P, Kreissman SG, Stewart CF, Jones DTW, Pfister SM, Vezina G, Stern JS, Panigrahy A, Patay Z, Tamrazi B, Jones JY, Haque SS, Enterline DS, Cha S, Fisher MJ, Doyle LA, Smith M, Dunkel IJ, Fouladi M
Lancet Oncol 2019 Jul;20(7):1011-1022. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30277-3. PMID: 31151904Free PMC Article
Vladoiu MC, El-Hamamy I, Donovan LK, Farooq H, Holgado BL, Sundaravadanam Y, Ramaswamy V, Hendrikse LD, Kumar S, Mack SC, Lee JJY, Fong V, Juraschka K, Przelicki D, Michealraj A, Skowron P, Luu B, Suzuki H, Morrissy AS, Cavalli FMG, Garzia L, Daniels C, Wu X, Qazi MA, Singh SK, Chan JA, Marra MA, Malkin D, Dirks P, Heisler L, Pugh T, Ng K, Notta F, Thompson EM, Kleinman CL, Joyner AL, Jabado N, Stein L, Taylor MD
Nature 2019 Aug;572(7767):67-73. Epub 2019 May 1 doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1158-7. PMID: 31043743Free PMC Article
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

Diagnosis

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
Howell AE, Relton C, Martin RM, Zheng J, Kurian KM
Sci Rep 2023 Apr 21;13(1):6590. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-33621-1. PMID: 37085538Free PMC Article
Brandão LA, Young Poussaint T
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2017 Feb;27(1):1-37. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2016.08.001. PMID: 27889018
Brown CE, Badie B, Barish ME, Weng L, Ostberg JR, Chang WC, Naranjo A, Starr R, Wagner J, Wright C, Zhai Y, Bading JR, Ressler JA, Portnow J, D'Apuzzo M, Forman SJ, Jensen MC
Clin Cancer Res 2015 Sep 15;21(18):4062-72. Epub 2015 Jun 9 doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-0428. PMID: 26059190Free PMC Article
Appin CL, Brat DJ
Cancer J 2014 Jan-Feb;20(1):66-72. doi: 10.1097/PPO.0000000000000020. PMID: 24445767

Therapy

Howell AE, Relton C, Martin RM, Zheng J, Kurian KM
Sci Rep 2023 Apr 21;13(1):6590. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-33621-1. PMID: 37085538Free PMC Article
Brown CE, Rodriguez A, Palmer J, Ostberg JR, Naranjo A, Wagner JR, Aguilar B, Starr R, Weng L, Synold TW, Tran V, Wang S, Reik A, D'Apuzzo M, Ressler JA, Zhou Y, Mendel M, Gregory PD, Holmes MC, Tang WW, Forman SJ, Jensen MC, Badie B
Neuro Oncol 2022 Aug 1;24(8):1318-1330. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac024. PMID: 35100373Free PMC Article
Fangusaro J, Onar-Thomas A, Young Poussaint T, Wu S, Ligon AH, Lindeman N, Banerjee A, Packer RJ, Kilburn LB, Goldman S, Pollack IF, Qaddoumi I, Jakacki RI, Fisher PG, Dhall G, Baxter P, Kreissman SG, Stewart CF, Jones DTW, Pfister SM, Vezina G, Stern JS, Panigrahy A, Patay Z, Tamrazi B, Jones JY, Haque SS, Enterline DS, Cha S, Fisher MJ, Doyle LA, Smith M, Dunkel IJ, Fouladi M
Lancet Oncol 2019 Jul;20(7):1011-1022. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30277-3. PMID: 31151904Free PMC Article
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
Brown CE, Alizadeh D, Starr R, Weng L, Wagner JR, Naranjo A, Ostberg JR, Blanchard MS, Kilpatrick J, Simpson J, Kurien A, Priceman SJ, Wang X, Harshbarger TL, D'Apuzzo M, Ressler JA, Jensen MC, Barish ME, Chen M, Portnow J, Forman SJ, Badie B
N Engl J Med 2016 Dec 29;375(26):2561-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1610497. PMID: 28029927Free PMC Article

Prognosis

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
Lucas CG, Sloan EA, Gupta R, Wu J, Pratt D, Vasudevan HN, Ravindranathan A, Barreto J, Williams EA, Shai A, Whipple NS, Bruggers CS, Maher O, Nabors B, Rodriguez M, Samuel D, Brown M, Carmichael J, Lu R, Mirchia K, Sullivan DV, Pekmezci M, Tihan T, Bollen AW, Perry A, Banerjee A, Mueller S, Gupta N, Hervey-Jumper SL, Oberheim Bush NA, Daras M, Taylor JW, Butowski NA, de Groot J, Clarke JL, Raleigh DR, Costello JF, Phillips JJ, Reddy AT, Chang SM, Berger MS, Solomon DA
Acta Neuropathol 2022 Oct;144(4):747-765. Epub 2022 Aug 9 doi: 10.1007/s00401-022-02478-5. PMID: 35945463Free PMC Article
Fangusaro J, Onar-Thomas A, Young Poussaint T, Wu S, Ligon AH, Lindeman N, Banerjee A, Packer RJ, Kilburn LB, Goldman S, Pollack IF, Qaddoumi I, Jakacki RI, Fisher PG, Dhall G, Baxter P, Kreissman SG, Stewart CF, Jones DTW, Pfister SM, Vezina G, Stern JS, Panigrahy A, Patay Z, Tamrazi B, Jones JY, Haque SS, Enterline DS, Cha S, Fisher MJ, Doyle LA, Smith M, Dunkel IJ, Fouladi M
Lancet Oncol 2019 Jul;20(7):1011-1022. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30277-3. PMID: 31151904Free PMC Article
Vladoiu MC, El-Hamamy I, Donovan LK, Farooq H, Holgado BL, Sundaravadanam Y, Ramaswamy V, Hendrikse LD, Kumar S, Mack SC, Lee JJY, Fong V, Juraschka K, Przelicki D, Michealraj A, Skowron P, Luu B, Suzuki H, Morrissy AS, Cavalli FMG, Garzia L, Daniels C, Wu X, Qazi MA, Singh SK, Chan JA, Marra MA, Malkin D, Dirks P, Heisler L, Pugh T, Ng K, Notta F, Thompson EM, Kleinman CL, Joyner AL, Jabado N, Stein L, Taylor MD
Nature 2019 Aug;572(7767):67-73. Epub 2019 May 1 doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1158-7. PMID: 31043743Free PMC Article
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

Clinical prediction guides

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
Fangusaro J, Onar-Thomas A, Young Poussaint T, Wu S, Ligon AH, Lindeman N, Banerjee A, Packer RJ, Kilburn LB, Goldman S, Pollack IF, Qaddoumi I, Jakacki RI, Fisher PG, Dhall G, Baxter P, Kreissman SG, Stewart CF, Jones DTW, Pfister SM, Vezina G, Stern JS, Panigrahy A, Patay Z, Tamrazi B, Jones JY, Haque SS, Enterline DS, Cha S, Fisher MJ, Doyle LA, Smith M, Dunkel IJ, Fouladi M
Lancet Oncol 2019 Jul;20(7):1011-1022. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30277-3. PMID: 31151904Free PMC Article
Brown CE, Alizadeh D, Starr R, Weng L, Wagner JR, Naranjo A, Ostberg JR, Blanchard MS, Kilpatrick J, Simpson J, Kurien A, Priceman SJ, Wang X, Harshbarger TL, D'Apuzzo M, Ressler JA, Jensen MC, Barish ME, Chen M, Portnow J, Forman SJ, Badie B
N Engl J Med 2016 Dec 29;375(26):2561-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1610497. PMID: 28029927Free PMC Article
Brown CE, Badie B, Barish ME, Weng L, Ostberg JR, Chang WC, Naranjo A, Starr R, Wagner J, Wright C, Zhai Y, Bading JR, Ressler JA, Portnow J, D'Apuzzo M, Forman SJ, Jensen MC
Clin Cancer Res 2015 Sep 15;21(18):4062-72. Epub 2015 Jun 9 doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-15-0428. PMID: 26059190Free PMC Article
Jones DT, Hutter B, Jäger N, Korshunov A, Kool M, Warnatz HJ, Zichner T, Lambert SR, Ryzhova M, Quang DA, Fontebasso AM, Stütz AM, Hutter S, Zuckermann M, Sturm D, Gronych J, Lasitschka B, Schmidt S, Seker-Cin H, Witt H, Sultan M, Ralser M, Northcott PA, Hovestadt V, Bender S, Pfaff E, Stark S, Faury D, Schwartzentruber J, Majewski J, Weber UD, Zapatka M, Raeder B, Schlesner M, Worth CL, Bartholomae CC, von Kalle C, Imbusch CD, Radomski S, Lawerenz C, van Sluis P, Koster J, Volckmann R, Versteeg R, Lehrach H, Monoranu C, Winkler B, Unterberg A, Herold-Mende C, Milde T, Kulozik AE, Ebinger M, Schuhmann MU, Cho YJ, Pomeroy SL, von Deimling A, Witt O, Taylor MD, Wolf S, Karajannis MA, Eberhart CG, Scheurlen W, Hasselblatt M, Ligon KL, Kieran MW, Korbel JO, Yaspo ML, Brors B, Felsberg J, Reifenberger G, Collins VP, Jabado N, Eils R, Lichter P, Pfister SM; International Cancer Genome Consortium PedBrain Tumor Project
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Recent systematic reviews

Sherman SJ, Tanaka R, Qaddoumi I
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