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Childhood brain stem neoplasm

MedGen UID:
272459
•Concept ID:
C1332951
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Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: brain stem neoplasm; brainstem cancer of childhood; Childhood Brain Stem Neoplasm; childhood brain stem neoplasm; Childhood Brain Stem Tumor; childhood brain stem tumor; childhood brain stem tumour; childhood brainstem cancer; Childhood Brainstem Neoplasm; childhood brainstem neoplasm; Childhood Brainstem Tumor; childhood brainstem tumor; childhood brainstem tumour; Childhood Neoplasm of Brain Stem; childhood neoplasm of brain stem; Childhood Neoplasm of Brainstem; childhood neoplasm of brainstem; Childhood Neoplasm of the Brain Stem; childhood neoplasm of the brain stem; Childhood Neoplasm of the Brainstem; childhood neoplasm of the brainstem; Childhood Tumor of Brain Stem; childhood tumor of brain stem; Childhood Tumor of Brainstem; childhood tumor of brainstem; Childhood Tumor of the Brain Stem; childhood tumor of the brain stem; Childhood Tumor of the Brainstem; childhood tumor of the brainstem; childhood tumour of brain stem; childhood tumour of brainstem; childhood tumour of the brain stem; childhood tumour of the brainstem; paediatric brain stem neoplasm; paediatric brain stem tumour; paediatric brainstem cancer; paediatric brainstem neoplasm; paediatric brainstem tumour; paediatric neoplasm of brain stem; paediatric neoplasm of brainstem; paediatric neoplasm of the brain stem; paediatric neoplasm of the brainstem; paediatric tumour of brain stem; paediatric tumour of brainstem; paediatric tumour of the brain stem; paediatric tumour of the brainstem; Pediatric Brain Stem Neoplasm; pediatric brain stem neoplasm; Pediatric Brain Stem Tumor; pediatric brain stem tumor; pediatric brainstem cancer; Pediatric Brainstem Neoplasm; pediatric brainstem neoplasm; Pediatric Brainstem Tumor; pediatric brainstem tumor; Pediatric Neoplasm of Brain Stem; pediatric neoplasm of brain stem; Pediatric Neoplasm of Brainstem; pediatric neoplasm of brainstem; Pediatric Neoplasm of the Brain Stem; pediatric neoplasm of the brain stem; Pediatric Neoplasm of the Brainstem; pediatric neoplasm of the brainstem; Pediatric Tumor of Brain Stem; pediatric tumor of brain stem; Pediatric Tumor of Brainstem; pediatric tumor of brainstem; Pediatric Tumor of the Brain Stem; pediatric tumor of the brain stem; Pediatric Tumor of the Brainstem; pediatric tumor of the brainstem
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002914

Definition

A neoplasm that affects the brain stem and occurs during childhood. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

The Epigenetic Evolution of Glioma Is Determined by the IDH1 Mutation Status and Treatment Regimen.
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
Immunotherapy approaches for the treatment of diffuse midline gliomas.
Bernstock JD, Hoffman SE, Kappel AD, Valdes PA, Essayed W, Klinger NV, Kang KD, Totsch SK, Olsen HE, Schlappi CW, Filipski K, Gessler FA, Baird L, Filbin MG, Hashizume R, Becher OJ, Friedman GK
Oncoimmunology 2022;11(1):2124058. Epub 2022 Sep 26 doi: 10.1080/2162402X.2022.2124058. PMID: 36185807Free PMC Article
Locoregional delivery of CAR T cells to the cerebrospinal fluid for treatment of metastatic medulloblastoma and ependymoma.
Donovan LK, Delaidelli A, Joseph SK, Bielamowicz K, Fousek K, Holgado BL, Manno A, Srikanthan D, Gad AZ, Van Ommeren R, Przelicki D, Richman C, Ramaswamy V, Daniels C, Pallota JG, Douglas T, Joynt ACM, Haapasalo J, Nor C, Vladoiu MC, Kuzan-Fischer CM, Garzia L, Mack SC, Varadharajan S, Baker ML, Hendrikse L, Ly M, Kharas K, Balin P, Wu X, Qin L, Huang N, Stucklin AG, Morrissy AS, Cavalli FMG, Luu B, Suarez R, De Antonellis P, Michealraj A, Rastan A, Hegde M, Komosa M, Sirbu O, Kumar SA, Abdullaev Z, Faria CC, Yip S, Hukin J, Tabori U, Hawkins C, Aldape K, Daugaard M, Maris JM, Sorensen PH, Ahmed N, Taylor MD
Nat Med 2020 May;26(5):720-731. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0827-2. PMID: 32341580Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Clinical Care for People Who Survive Childhood Cancer: A Review.
Bhatia S, Tonorezos ES, Landier W
JAMA 2023 Sep 26;330(12):1175-1186. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16875. PMID: 37750876
Mapping pediatric brain tumors to their origins in the developing cerebellum.
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
Human fetal cerebellar cell atlas informs medulloblastoma origin and oncogenesis.
Luo Z, Xia M, Shi W, Zhao C, Wang J, Xin D, Dong X, Xiong Y, Zhang F, Berry K, Ogurek S, Liu X, Rao R, Xing R, Wu LMN, Cui S, Xu L, Lin Y, Ma W, Tian S, Xie Q, Zhang L, Xin M, Wang X, Yue F, Zheng H, Liu Y, Stevenson CB, de Blank P, Perentesis JP, Gilbertson RJ, Li H, Ma J, Zhou W, Taylor MD, Lu QR
Nature 2022 Dec;612(7941):787-794. Epub 2022 Nov 30 doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05487-2. PMID: 36450980
Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
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
Childhood cerebellar tumours mirror conserved fetal transcriptional programs.
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

Diagnosis

Clinical Care for People Who Survive Childhood Cancer: A Review.
Bhatia S, Tonorezos ES, Landier W
JAMA 2023 Sep 26;330(12):1175-1186. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16875. PMID: 37750876
Clinical outcome of pediatric medulloblastoma patients with Li-Fraumeni syndrome.
Kolodziejczak AS, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Planchon JM, Ecker J, Selt F, Mynarek M, Obrecht D, Sill M, Autry RJ, Stutheit-Zhao E, Hirsch S, Amouyal E, Dufour C, Ayrault O, Torrejon J, Waszak SM, Ramaswamy V, Pentikainen V, Demir HA, Clifford SC, Schwalbe EC, Massimi L, Snuderl M, Galbraith K, Karajannis MA, Hill K, Li BK, Walsh M, White CL, Redmond S, Loizos L, Jakob M, Kordes UR, Schmid I, Hauer J, Blattmann C, Filippidou M, Piccolo G, Scheurlen W, Farrag A, Grund K, Sutter C, Pietsch T, Frank S, Schewe DM, Malkin D, Ben-Arush M, Sehested A, Wong TT, Wu KS, Liu YL, Carceller F, Mueller S, Stoller S, Taylor MD, Tabori U, Bouffet E, Kool M, Sahm F, von Deimling A, Korshunov A, von Hoff K, Kratz CP, Sturm D, Jones DTW, Rutkowski S, van Tilburg CM, Witt O, Bougeard G, Pajtler KW, Pfister SM, Bourdeaut F, Milde T
Neuro Oncol 2023 Dec 8;25(12):2273-2286. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad114. PMID: 37379234Free PMC Article
Diagnostic classification of childhood cancer using multiscale transcriptomics.
Comitani F, Nash JO, Cohen-Gogo S, Chang AI, Wen TT, Maheshwari A, Goyal B, Tio ES, Tabatabaei K, Mayoh C, Zhao R, Ho B, Brunga L, Lawrence JEG, Balogh P, Flanagan AM, Teichmann S, Huang A, Ramaswamy V, Hitzler J, Wasserman JD, Gladdy RA, Dickson BC, Tabori U, Cowley MJ, Behjati S, Malkin D, Villani A, Irwin MS, Shlien A
Nat Med 2023 Mar;29(3):656-666. Epub 2023 Mar 17 doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02221-x. PMID: 36932241Free PMC Article
Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
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
Brainstem gliomas.
Packer RJ, Nicholson HS, Vezina LG, Johnson DL
Neurosurg Clin N Am 1992 Oct;3(4):863-79. PMID: 1392581

Therapy

Clinical Care for People Who Survive Childhood Cancer: A Review.
Bhatia S, Tonorezos ES, Landier W
JAMA 2023 Sep 26;330(12):1175-1186. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16875. PMID: 37750876
Intraventricular B7-H3 CAR T Cells for Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: Preliminary First-in-Human Bioactivity and Safety.
Vitanza NA, Wilson AL, Huang W, Seidel K, Brown C, Gustafson JA, Yokoyama JK, Johnson AJ, Baxter BA, Koning RW, Reid AN, Meechan M, Biery MC, Myers C, Rawlings-Rhea SD, Albert CM, Browd SR, Hauptman JS, Lee A, Ojemann JG, Berens ME, Dun MD, Foster JB, Crotty EE, Leary SES, Cole BL, Perez FA, Wright JN, Orentas RJ, Chour T, Newell EW, Whiteaker JR, Zhao L, Paulovich AG, Pinto N, Gust J, Gardner RA, Jensen MC, Park JR
Cancer Discov 2023 Jan 9;13(1):114-131. doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-22-0750. PMID: 36259971Free PMC Article
Locoregional delivery of CAR T cells to the cerebrospinal fluid for treatment of metastatic medulloblastoma and ependymoma.
Donovan LK, Delaidelli A, Joseph SK, Bielamowicz K, Fousek K, Holgado BL, Manno A, Srikanthan D, Gad AZ, Van Ommeren R, Przelicki D, Richman C, Ramaswamy V, Daniels C, Pallota JG, Douglas T, Joynt ACM, Haapasalo J, Nor C, Vladoiu MC, Kuzan-Fischer CM, Garzia L, Mack SC, Varadharajan S, Baker ML, Hendrikse L, Ly M, Kharas K, Balin P, Wu X, Qin L, Huang N, Stucklin AG, Morrissy AS, Cavalli FMG, Luu B, Suarez R, De Antonellis P, Michealraj A, Rastan A, Hegde M, Komosa M, Sirbu O, Kumar SA, Abdullaev Z, Faria CC, Yip S, Hukin J, Tabori U, Hawkins C, Aldape K, Daugaard M, Maris JM, Sorensen PH, Ahmed N, Taylor MD
Nat Med 2020 May;26(5):720-731. Epub 2020 Apr 27 doi: 10.1038/s41591-020-0827-2. PMID: 32341580Free PMC Article
Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
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
Functionally defined therapeutic targets in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma.
Grasso CS, Tang Y, Truffaux N, Berlow NE, Liu L, Debily MA, Quist MJ, Davis LE, Huang EC, Woo PJ, Ponnuswami A, Chen S, Johung TB, Sun W, Kogiso M, Du Y, Qi L, Huang Y, Hütt-Cabezas M, Warren KE, Le Dret L, Meltzer PS, Mao H, Quezado M, van Vuurden DG, Abraham J, Fouladi M, Svalina MN, Wang N, Hawkins C, Nazarian J, Alonso MM, Raabe EH, Hulleman E, Spellman PT, Li XN, Keller C, Pal R, Grill J, Monje M
Nat Med 2015 Jun;21(6):555-9. Epub 2015 May 4 doi: 10.1038/nm.3855. PMID: 25939062Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Diagnostic classification of childhood cancer using multiscale transcriptomics.
Comitani F, Nash JO, Cohen-Gogo S, Chang AI, Wen TT, Maheshwari A, Goyal B, Tio ES, Tabatabaei K, Mayoh C, Zhao R, Ho B, Brunga L, Lawrence JEG, Balogh P, Flanagan AM, Teichmann S, Huang A, Ramaswamy V, Hitzler J, Wasserman JD, Gladdy RA, Dickson BC, Tabori U, Cowley MJ, Behjati S, Malkin D, Villani A, Irwin MS, Shlien A
Nat Med 2023 Mar;29(3):656-666. Epub 2023 Mar 17 doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02221-x. PMID: 36932241Free PMC Article
Human fetal cerebellar cell atlas informs medulloblastoma origin and oncogenesis.
Luo Z, Xia M, Shi W, Zhao C, Wang J, Xin D, Dong X, Xiong Y, Zhang F, Berry K, Ogurek S, Liu X, Rao R, Xing R, Wu LMN, Cui S, Xu L, Lin Y, Ma W, Tian S, Xie Q, Zhang L, Xin M, Wang X, Yue F, Zheng H, Liu Y, Stevenson CB, de Blank P, Perentesis JP, Gilbertson RJ, Li H, Ma J, Zhou W, Taylor MD, Lu QR
Nature 2022 Dec;612(7941):787-794. Epub 2022 Nov 30 doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05487-2. PMID: 36450980
Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
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
Childhood cerebellar tumours mirror conserved fetal transcriptional programs.
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
Brainstem gliomas.
Packer RJ, Nicholson HS, Vezina LG, Johnson DL
Neurosurg Clin N Am 1992 Oct;3(4):863-79. PMID: 1392581

Clinical prediction guides

Clinical Care for People Who Survive Childhood Cancer: A Review.
Bhatia S, Tonorezos ES, Landier W
JAMA 2023 Sep 26;330(12):1175-1186. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.16875. PMID: 37750876
Diagnostic classification of childhood cancer using multiscale transcriptomics.
Comitani F, Nash JO, Cohen-Gogo S, Chang AI, Wen TT, Maheshwari A, Goyal B, Tio ES, Tabatabaei K, Mayoh C, Zhao R, Ho B, Brunga L, Lawrence JEG, Balogh P, Flanagan AM, Teichmann S, Huang A, Ramaswamy V, Hitzler J, Wasserman JD, Gladdy RA, Dickson BC, Tabori U, Cowley MJ, Behjati S, Malkin D, Villani A, Irwin MS, Shlien A
Nat Med 2023 Mar;29(3):656-666. Epub 2023 Mar 17 doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02221-x. PMID: 36932241Free PMC Article
Human fetal cerebellar cell atlas informs medulloblastoma origin and oncogenesis.
Luo Z, Xia M, Shi W, Zhao C, Wang J, Xin D, Dong X, Xiong Y, Zhang F, Berry K, Ogurek S, Liu X, Rao R, Xing R, Wu LMN, Cui S, Xu L, Lin Y, Ma W, Tian S, Xie Q, Zhang L, Xin M, Wang X, Yue F, Zheng H, Liu Y, Stevenson CB, de Blank P, Perentesis JP, Gilbertson RJ, Li H, Ma J, Zhou W, Taylor MD, Lu QR
Nature 2022 Dec;612(7941):787-794. Epub 2022 Nov 30 doi: 10.1038/s41586-022-05487-2. PMID: 36450980
Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre, phase 2 trial.
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
Spectrum and prevalence of genetic predisposition in medulloblastoma: a retrospective genetic study and prospective validation in a clinical trial cohort.
Waszak SM, Northcott PA, Buchhalter I, Robinson GW, Sutter C, Groebner S, Grund KB, Brugières L, Jones DTW, Pajtler KW, Morrissy AS, Kool M, Sturm D, Chavez L, Ernst A, Brabetz S, Hain M, Zichner T, Segura-Wang M, Weischenfeldt J, Rausch T, Mardin BR, Zhou X, Baciu C, Lawerenz C, Chan JA, Varlet P, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Fults DW, Grajkowska W, Hauser P, Jabado N, Ra YS, Zitterbart K, Shringarpure SS, De La Vega FM, Bustamante CD, Ng HK, Perry A, MacDonald TJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Bendel AE, Bowers DC, McCowage G, Chintagumpala MM, Cohn R, Hassall T, Fleischhack G, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Kjaerheim K, Monoranu CM, Archer TC, Duke E, Pomeroy SL, Shelagh R, Frank S, Sumerauer D, Scheurlen W, Ryzhova MV, Milde T, Kratz CP, Samuel D, Zhang J, Solomon DA, Marra M, Eils R, Bartram CR, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Ramaswamy V, Gilbertson RJ, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Lichter P, Malkin D, Gajjar A, Korbel JO, Pfister SM
Lancet Oncol 2018 Jun;19(6):785-798. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30242-0. PMID: 29753700Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Brain and Brain Stem Necrosis After Reirradiation for Recurrent Childhood Primary Central Nervous System Tumors: A PENTEC Comprehensive Review.
Ajithkumar T, Avanzo M, Yorke E, Tsang DS, Milano MT, Olch AJ, Merchant TE, Dieckmann K, Mahajan A, Fuji H, Paulino AC, Timmermann B, Marks LB, Bentzen SM, Jackson A, Constine LS
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2024 Jun 1;119(2):655-668. Epub 2024 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.12.043. PMID: 38300187
Quality of life of adolescent and adult survivors of childhood cancer in Europe-A systematic review.
Larsen PA, Amidi A, Ghith N, Winther JF, Pedersen C
Int J Cancer 2023 Oct 1;153(7):1356-1375. Epub 2023 Jun 28 doi: 10.1002/ijc.34634. PMID: 37377041
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
Survival rates and prognostic predictors of high grade brain stem gliomas in childhood: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Hassan H, Pinches A, Picton SV, Phillips RS
J Neurooncol 2017 Oct;135(1):13-20. Epub 2017 Jul 5 doi: 10.1007/s11060-017-2546-1. PMID: 28681244Free PMC Article
Childhood Brain Tumors: a Systematic Review of the Structural Neuroimaging Literature.
Ailion AS, Hortman K, King TZ
Neuropsychol Rev 2017 Sep;27(3):220-244. Epub 2017 Jun 23 doi: 10.1007/s11065-017-9352-6. PMID: 28646252

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