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Childhood Central Nervous System Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
277990
Concept ID:
C1377665
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Childhood Central Nervous System Neoplasms; Childhood Central Nervous System Tumor; Childhood Central Nervous System Tumors; Childhood CNS Neoplasm; Childhood CNS Tumor; Childhood Neoplasm of Central Nervous System; Childhood Neoplasm of CNS; Childhood Neoplasm of the Central Nervous System; Childhood Neoplasm of the CNS; Childhood Tumor of Central Nervous System; Childhood Tumor of CNS; Childhood Tumor of the Central Nervous System; Childhood Tumor of the CNS; Pediatric Central Nervous System Neoplasm; Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumor; Pediatric CNS Neoplasm; Pediatric CNS Tumor; Pediatric Neoplasm of Central Nervous System; Pediatric Neoplasm of CNS; Pediatric Neoplasm of the Central Nervous System; Pediatric Neoplasm of the CNS; Pediatric Tumor of Central Nervous System; Pediatric Tumor of CNS; Pediatric Tumor of the Central Nervous System; Pediatric Tumor of the CNS

Definition

A benign or malignant neoplasm of the brain, spinal cord, or meninges occurring in children. Representative examples include posterior fossa astrocytoma, optic pathway glioma, medulloblastoma, ependymoma, and craniopharyngioma. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChildhood Central Nervous System Neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Gan HW, Morillon P, Albanese A, Aquilina K, Chandler C, Chang YC, Drimtzias E, Farndon S, Jacques TS, Korbonits M, Kuczynski A, Limond J, Robinson L, Simmons I, Thomas N, Thomas S, Thorp N, Vargha-Khadem F, Warren D, Zebian B, Mallucci C, Spoudeas HA
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Lancet Oncol 2019 Dec;20(12):e715-e728. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(19)30669-2. PMID: 31797797
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

Thastrup M, Duguid A, Mirian C, Schmiegelow K, Halsey C
Leukemia 2022 Dec;36(12):2751-2768. Epub 2022 Oct 20 doi: 10.1038/s41375-022-01714-x. PMID: 36266325Free PMC Article
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
Miller KD, Ostrom QT, Kruchko C, Patil N, Tihan T, Cioffi G, Fuchs HE, Waite KA, Jemal A, Siegel RL, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
CA Cancer J Clin 2021 Sep;71(5):381-406. Epub 2021 Aug 24 doi: 10.3322/caac.21693. PMID: 34427324
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
Umansky F, Shoshan Y, Rosenthal G, Fraifeld S, Spektor S
Neurosurg Focus 2008;24(5):E7. doi: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/5/E7. PMID: 18447746

Diagnosis

Thastrup M, Duguid A, Mirian C, Schmiegelow K, Halsey C
Leukemia 2022 Dec;36(12):2751-2768. Epub 2022 Oct 20 doi: 10.1038/s41375-022-01714-x. PMID: 36266325Free PMC Article
Miller KD, Ostrom QT, Kruchko C, Patil N, Tihan T, Cioffi G, Fuchs HE, Waite KA, Jemal A, Siegel RL, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
CA Cancer J Clin 2021 Sep;71(5):381-406. Epub 2021 Aug 24 doi: 10.3322/caac.21693. PMID: 34427324
Malbari F
Neurol Clin 2021 Aug;39(3):829-845. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.04.005. PMID: 34215389
Louis DN, Perry A, Wesseling P, Brat DJ, Cree IA, Figarella-Branger D, Hawkins C, Ng HK, Pfister SM, Reifenberger G, Soffietti R, von Deimling A, Ellison DW
Neuro Oncol 2021 Aug 2;23(8):1231-1251. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab106. PMID: 34185076Free PMC Article
Udaka YT, Packer RJ
Neurol Clin 2018 Aug;36(3):533-556. doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2018.04.009. PMID: 30072070

Therapy

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
Jeha S, Pei D, Choi J, Cheng C, Sandlund JT, Coustan-Smith E, Campana D, Inaba H, Rubnitz JE, Ribeiro RC, Gruber TA, Raimondi SC, Khan RB, Yang JJ, Mullighan CG, Downing JR, Evans WE, Relling MV, Pui CH
J Clin Oncol 2019 Dec 10;37(35):3377-3391. Epub 2019 Oct 28 doi: 10.1200/JCO.19.01692. PMID: 31657981Free 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
Müller HL
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;124:235-53. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59602-4.00016-2. PMID: 25248591
Umansky F, Shoshan Y, Rosenthal G, Fraifeld S, Spektor S
Neurosurg Focus 2008;24(5):E7. doi: 10.3171/FOC/2008/24/5/E7. PMID: 18447746

Prognosis

Thastrup M, Duguid A, Mirian C, Schmiegelow K, Halsey C
Leukemia 2022 Dec;36(12):2751-2768. Epub 2022 Oct 20 doi: 10.1038/s41375-022-01714-x. PMID: 36266325Free PMC Article
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
Le Rhun E, Guckenberger M, Smits M, Dummer R, Bachelot T, Sahm F, Galldiks N, de Azambuja E, Berghoff AS, Metellus P, Peters S, Hong YK, Winkler F, Schadendorf D, van den Bent M, Seoane J, Stahel R, Minniti G, Wesseling P, Weller M, Preusser M; EANO Executive Board and ESMO Guidelines Committee. Electronic address: clinicalguidelines@esmo.org
Ann Oncol 2021 Nov;32(11):1332-1347. Epub 2021 Aug 6 doi: 10.1016/j.annonc.2021.07.016. PMID: 34364998
Malbari F
Neurol Clin 2021 Aug;39(3):829-845. Epub 2021 Jun 10 doi: 10.1016/j.ncl.2021.04.005. PMID: 34215389
Massimino M, Giangaspero F, Garrè ML, Gandola L, Poggi G, Biassoni V, Gatta G, Rutkowski S
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2011 Jul;79(1):65-83. Epub 2010 Dec 3 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.07.010. PMID: 21129995

Clinical prediction guides

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
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
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
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Hsu W, Jallo GI
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Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2011 Jul;79(1):65-83. Epub 2010 Dec 3 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2010.07.010. PMID: 21129995

Recent systematic reviews

Onyije FM, Dolatkhah R, Olsson A, Bouaoun L, Deltour I, Erdmann F, Bonaventure A, Scheurer ME, Clavel J, Schüz J
Cancer Epidemiol 2024 Feb;88:102510. Epub 2023 Dec 5 doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2023.102510. PMID: 38056243Free PMC Article
Kehoe K, Sivaguru H, Coulter I, Cowie C
Childs Nerv Syst 2023 Aug;39(8):2053-2063. Epub 2023 Jun 19 doi: 10.1007/s00381-023-06022-y. PMID: 37336792
Kumar S, Sarathi V, Lila AR, Sehemby M, Memon SS, Karlekar M, Sankhe S, Patil VA, Shah N, Bandgar T
Pituitary 2022 Dec;25(6):819-830. Epub 2022 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s11102-022-01250-y. PMID: 35851929
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