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Localized Brain Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
1696504
•Concept ID:
C5207082
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Non-Metastatic Brain Neoplasm

Definition

A brain neoplasm that is confined to a specific site without evidence of spread to other anatomic sites. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLocalized Brain Neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Management of glioblastoma: State of the art and future directions.
Tan AC, Ashley DM, López GY, Malinzak M, Friedman HS, Khasraw M
CA Cancer J Clin 2020 Jul;70(4):299-312. Epub 2020 Jun 1 doi: 10.3322/caac.21613. PMID: 32478924
The Diagnosis and Treatment of Craniopharyngioma.
Müller HL
Neuroendocrinology 2020;110(9-10):753-766. Epub 2019 Nov 4 doi: 10.1159/000504512. PMID: 31678973
Glioblastoma: Overview of Disease and Treatment.
Davis ME
Clin J Oncol Nurs 2016 Oct 1;20(5 Suppl):S2-8. doi: 10.1188/16.CJON.S1.2-8. PMID: 27668386Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Current status and recent advances in reirradiation of glioblastoma.
Minniti G, Niyazi M, Alongi F, Navarria P, Belka C
Radiat Oncol 2021 Feb 18;16(1):36. doi: 10.1186/s13014-021-01767-9. PMID: 33602305Free PMC Article
Radiosurgery for Glioblastoma.
Bunevicius A, Sheehan JP
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2021 Jan;32(1):117-128. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2020.08.007. PMID: 33223020
Surgical Management of Recurrent Intracranial Gliomas.
Ferguson SD, Momin EN, Weinberg JS
Prog Neurol Surg 2018;30:218-231. Epub 2017 Dec 14 doi: 10.1159/000464438. PMID: 29241177
Post-operative stereotactic radiosurgery versus observation for completely resected brain metastases: a single-centre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial.
Mahajan A, Ahmed S, McAleer MF, Weinberg JS, Li J, Brown P, Settle S, Prabhu SS, Lang FF, Levine N, McGovern S, Sulman E, McCutcheon IE, Azeem S, Cahill D, Tatsui C, Heimberger AB, Ferguson S, Ghia A, Demonte F, Raza S, Guha-Thakurta N, Yang J, Sawaya R, Hess KR, Rao G
Lancet Oncol 2017 Aug;18(8):1040-1048. Epub 2017 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30414-X. PMID: 28687375Free PMC Article
Ependymoma.
Reni M, Gatta G, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007 Jul;63(1):81-9. Epub 2007 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.03.004. PMID: 17482475

Diagnosis

Pediatric Gliomas: Current Concepts on Diagnosis, Biology, and Clinical Management.
Sturm D, Pfister SM, Jones DTW
J Clin Oncol 2017 Jul 20;35(21):2370-2377. Epub 2017 Jun 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.73.0242. PMID: 28640698
A comprehensive profile of recurrent glioblastoma.
Campos B, Olsen LR, Urup T, Poulsen HS
Oncogene 2016 Nov 10;35(45):5819-5825. Epub 2016 Apr 4 doi: 10.1038/onc.2016.85. PMID: 27041580
Brain metastases.
Gállego Pérez-Larraya J, Hildebrand J
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;121:1143-57. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-4088-7.00077-8. PMID: 24365409
Brain metastases.
Lu-Emerson C, Eichler AF
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2012 Apr;18(2):295-311. doi: 10.1212/01.CON.0000413659.12304.a6. PMID: 22810128
Ependymoma.
Reni M, Gatta G, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007 Jul;63(1):81-9. Epub 2007 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.03.004. PMID: 17482475

Therapy

Treatment for Brain Metastases: ASCO-SNO-ASTRO Guideline.
Vogelbaum MA, Brown PD, Messersmith H, Brastianos PK, Burri S, Cahill D, Dunn IF, Gaspar LE, Gatson NTN, Gondi V, Jordan JT, Lassman AB, Maues J, Mohile N, Redjal N, Stevens G, Sulman E, van den Bent M, Wallace HJ, Weinberg JS, Zadeh G, Schiff D
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 10;40(5):492-516. Epub 2021 Dec 21 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02314. PMID: 34932393
Treatment Strategies for Oligometastatic Breast Cancer.
Nesbit EG, Donnelly ED, Strauss JB
Curr Treat Options Oncol 2021 Aug 23;22(10):94. doi: 10.1007/s11864-021-00889-2. PMID: 34426881
Radiosurgery for Glioblastoma.
Bunevicius A, Sheehan JP
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2021 Jan;32(1):117-128. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2020.08.007. PMID: 33223020
How did lomustine become standard of care in recurrent glioblastoma?
Weller M, Le Rhun E
Cancer Treat Rev 2020 Jul;87:102029. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2020.102029. PMID: 32408220
Postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery compared with whole brain radiotherapy for resected metastatic brain disease (NCCTG N107C/CEC·3): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial.
Brown PD, Ballman KV, Cerhan JH, Anderson SK, Carrero XW, Whitton AC, Greenspoon J, Parney IF, Laack NNI, Ashman JB, Bahary JP, Hadjipanayis CG, Urbanic JJ, Barker FG 2nd, Farace E, Khuntia D, Giannini C, Buckner JC, Galanis E, Roberge D
Lancet Oncol 2017 Aug;18(8):1049-1060. Epub 2017 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30441-2. PMID: 28687377Free PMC Article

Prognosis

Brain Metastases: A Modern Multidisciplinary Approach.
O'Halloran PJ, Gutierrez E, Kalyvas A, Mohan N, Atallah S, Kalia S, Millar BA, Laperriere N, Conrad T, Zadeh G, Bernstein M, Shultz DB, Kongkham P
Can J Neurol Sci 2021 Mar;48(2):189-197. Epub 2020 Oct 12 doi: 10.1017/cjn.2020.224. PMID: 33040758
Management of glioblastoma: State of the art and future directions.
Tan AC, Ashley DM, López GY, Malinzak M, Friedman HS, Khasraw M
CA Cancer J Clin 2020 Jul;70(4):299-312. Epub 2020 Jun 1 doi: 10.3322/caac.21613. PMID: 32478924
Postoperative stereotactic radiosurgery compared with whole brain radiotherapy for resected metastatic brain disease (NCCTG N107C/CEC·3): a multicentre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial.
Brown PD, Ballman KV, Cerhan JH, Anderson SK, Carrero XW, Whitton AC, Greenspoon J, Parney IF, Laack NNI, Ashman JB, Bahary JP, Hadjipanayis CG, Urbanic JJ, Barker FG 2nd, Farace E, Khuntia D, Giannini C, Buckner JC, Galanis E, Roberge D
Lancet Oncol 2017 Aug;18(8):1049-1060. Epub 2017 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30441-2. PMID: 28687377Free PMC Article
Brain metastases.
Gállego Pérez-Larraya J, Hildebrand J
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;121:1143-57. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-4088-7.00077-8. PMID: 24365409
Oligodendroglioma.
Van den Bent MJ, Reni M, Gatta G, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2008 Jun;66(3):262-72. Epub 2008 Feb 12 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.11.007. PMID: 18272388

Clinical prediction guides

The role of caveolin-1 in tumors of the brain - functional and clinical implications.
Eser Ocak P, Ocak U, Tang J, Zhang JH
Cell Oncol (Dordr) 2019 Aug;42(4):423-447. Epub 2019 Apr 16 doi: 10.1007/s13402-019-00447-x. PMID: 30993541
Post-operative stereotactic radiosurgery versus observation for completely resected brain metastases: a single-centre, randomised, controlled, phase 3 trial.
Mahajan A, Ahmed S, McAleer MF, Weinberg JS, Li J, Brown P, Settle S, Prabhu SS, Lang FF, Levine N, McGovern S, Sulman E, McCutcheon IE, Azeem S, Cahill D, Tatsui C, Heimberger AB, Ferguson S, Ghia A, Demonte F, Raza S, Guha-Thakurta N, Yang J, Sawaya R, Hess KR, Rao G
Lancet Oncol 2017 Aug;18(8):1040-1048. Epub 2017 Jul 4 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30414-X. PMID: 28687375Free PMC Article
A comprehensive profile of recurrent glioblastoma.
Campos B, Olsen LR, Urup T, Poulsen HS
Oncogene 2016 Nov 10;35(45):5819-5825. Epub 2016 Apr 4 doi: 10.1038/onc.2016.85. PMID: 27041580
Post-stereotactic radiosurgery brain metastases: a review.
Fabiano AJ, Qiu J
J Neurosurg Sci 2015 Jun;59(2):157-67. Epub 2015 Jan 20 PMID: 25600555
Radiation injury of the brain.
Valk PE, Dillon WP
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1991 Jan;12(1):45-62. PMID: 7502957Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline.
Gondi V, Bauman G, Bradfield L, Burri SH, Cabrera AR, Cunningham DA, Eaton BR, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, Kim MM, Kotecha R, Kraemer L, Li J, Nagpal S, Rusthoven CG, Suh JH, Tomé WA, Wang TJC, Zimmer AS, Ziu M, Brown PD
Pract Radiat Oncol 2022 Jul-Aug;12(4):265-282. Epub 2022 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2022.02.003. PMID: 35534352
Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Collaboration, Kocarnik JM, Compton K, Dean FE, Fu W, Gaw BL, Harvey JD, Henrikson HJ, Lu D, Pennini A, Xu R, Ababneh E, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abbastabar H, Abd-Elsalam SM, Abdoli A, Abedi A, Abidi H, Abolhassani H, Adedeji IA, Adnani QES, Advani SM, Afzal MS, Aghaali M, Ahinkorah BO, Ahmad S, Ahmad T, Ahmadi A, Ahmadi S, Ahmed Rashid T, Ahmed Salih Y, Akalu GT, Aklilu A, Akram T, Akunna CJ, Al Hamad H, Alahdab F, Al-Aly Z, Ali S, Alimohamadi Y, Alipour V, Aljunid SM, Alkhayyat M, Almasi-Hashiani A, Almasri NA, Al-Maweri SAA, Almustanyir S, Alonso N, Alvis-Guzman N, Amu H, Anbesu EW, Ancuceanu R, Ansari F, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Antwi MH, Anvari D, Anyasodor AE, Aqeel M, Arabloo J, Arab-Zozani M, Aremu O, Ariffin H, Aripov T, Arshad M, Artaman A, Arulappan J, Asemi Z, Asghari Jafarabadi M, Ashraf T, Atorkey P, Aujayeb A, Ausloos M, Awedew AF, Ayala Quintanilla BP, Ayenew T, Azab MA, Azadnajafabad S, Azari Jafari A, Azarian G, Azzam AY, Badiye AD, Bahadory S, Baig AA, Baker JL, Balakrishnan S, Banach M, Bärnighausen TW, Barone-Adesi F, Barra F, Barrow A, Behzadifar M, Belgaumi UI, Bezabhe WMM, Bezabih YM, Bhagat DS, Bhagavathula AS, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhattacharyya K, Bhojaraja VS, Bibi S, Bijani A, Biondi A, Bisignano C, Bjørge T, Bleyer A, Blyuss O, Bolarinwa OA, Bolla SR, Braithwaite D, Brar A, Brenner H, Bustamante-Teixeira MT, Butt NS, Butt ZA, Caetano Dos Santos FL, Cao Y, Carreras G, Catalá-López F, Cembranel F, Cerin E, Cernigliaro A, Chakinala RC, Chattu SK, Chattu VK, Chaturvedi P, Chimed-Ochir O, Cho DY, Christopher DJ, Chu DT, Chung MT, Conde J, Cortés S, Cortesi PA, Costa VM, Cunha AR, Dadras O, Dagnew AB, Dahlawi SMA, Dai X, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darwesh AM, das Neves J, De la Hoz FP, Demis AB, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Dhamnetiya D, Dhimal ML, Dhimal M, Dianatinasab M, Diaz D, Djalalinia S, Do HP, Doaei S, Dorostkar F, Dos Santos Figueiredo FW, Driscoll TR, Ebrahimi H, Eftekharzadeh S, El Tantawi M, El-Abid H, Elbarazi I, Elhabashy HR, Elhadi M, El-Jaafary SI, Eshrati B, Eskandarieh S, Esmaeilzadeh F, Etemadi A, Ezzikouri S, Faisaluddin M, Faraon EJA, Fares J, Farzadfar F, Feroze AH, Ferrero S, Ferro Desideri L, Filip I, Fischer F, Fisher JL, Foroutan M, Fukumoto T, Gaal PA, Gad MM, Gadanya MA, Gallus S, Gaspar Fonseca M, Getachew Obsa A, Ghafourifard M, Ghashghaee A, Ghith N, Gholamalizadeh M, Gilani SA, Ginindza TG, Gizaw ATT, Glasbey JC, Golechha M, Goleij P, Gomez RS, Gopalani SV, Gorini G, Goudarzi H, Grosso G, Gubari MIM, Guerra MR, Guha A, Gunasekera DS, Gupta B, Gupta VB, Gupta VK, Gutiérrez RA, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haider MR, Haj-Mirzaian A, Halwani R, Hamadeh RR, Hameed S, Hamidi S, Hanif A, Haque S, Harlianto NI, Haro JM, Hasaballah AI, Hassanipour S, Hay RJ, Hay SI, Hayat K, Heidari G, Heidari M, Herrera-Serna BY, Herteliu C, Hezam K, Holla R, Hossain MM, Hossain MBH, Hosseini MS, Hosseini M, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Househ M, Hsairi M, Huang J, Hugo FN, Hussain R, Hussein NR, Hwang BF, Iavicoli I, Ibitoye SE, Ida F, Ikuta KS, Ilesanmi OS, Ilic IM, Ilic MD, Irham LM, Islam JY, Islam RM, Islam SMS, Ismail NE, Isola G, Iwagami M, Jacob L, Jain V, Jakovljevic MB, Javaheri T, Jayaram S, Jazayeri SB, Jha RP, Jonas JB, Joo T, Joseph N, Joukar F, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kahrizi D, Kalankesh LR, Kalhor R, Kaliyadan F, Kalkonde Y, Kamath A, Kameran Al-Salihi N, Kandel H, Kapoor N, Karch A, Kasa AS, Katikireddi SV, Kauppila JH, Kavetskyy T, Kebede SA, Keshavarz P, Keykhaei M, Khader YS, Khalilov R, Khan G, Khan M, Khan MN, Khan MAB, Khang YH, Khater AM, Khayamzadeh M, Kim GR, Kim YJ, Kisa A, Kisa S, Kissimova-Skarbek K, Kopec JA, Koteeswaran R, Koul PA, Koulmane Laxminarayana SL, Koyanagi A, Kucuk Bicer B, Kugbey N, Kumar GA, Kumar N, Kumar N, Kurmi OP, Kutluk T, La Vecchia C, Lami FH, Landires I, Lauriola P, Lee SW, Lee SWH, Lee WC, Lee YH, Leigh J, Leong E, Li J, Li MC, Liu X, Loureiro JA, Lunevicius R, Magdy Abd El Razek M, Majeed A, Makki A, Male S, Malik AA, Mansournia MA, Martini S, Masoumi SZ, Mathur P, McKee M, Mehrotra R, Mendoza W, Menezes RG, Mengesha EW, Mesregah MK, Mestrovic T, Miao Jonasson J, Miazgowski B, Miazgowski T, Michalek IM, Miller TR, Mirzaei H, Mirzaei HR, Misra S, Mithra P, Moghadaszadeh M, Mohammad KA, Mohammad Y, Mohammadi M, Mohammadi SM, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammed S, Moka N, Mokdad AH, Molokhia M, Monasta L, Moni MA, Moosavi MA, Moradi Y, Moraga P, Morgado-da-Costa J, Morrison SD, Mosapour A, Mubarik S, Mwanri L, Nagarajan AJ, Nagaraju SP, Nagata C, Naimzada MD, Nangia V, Naqvi AA, Narasimha Swamy S, Ndejjo R, Nduaguba SO, Negoi I, Negru SM, Neupane Kandel S, Nguyen CT, Nguyen HLT, Niazi RK, Nnaji CA, Noor NM, Nuñez-Samudio V, Nzoputam CI, Oancea B, Ochir C, Odukoya OO, Ogbo FA, Olagunju AT, Olakunde BO, Omar E, Omar Bali A, Omonisi AEE, Ong S, Onwujekwe OE, Orru H, Ortega-Altamirano DV, Otstavnov N, Otstavnov SS, Owolabi MO, P A M, Padubidri JR, Pakshir K, Pana A, Panagiotakos D, 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JAMA Oncol 2022 Mar 1;8(3):420-444. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.6987. PMID: 34967848Free PMC Article
Treatment for Brain Metastases: ASCO-SNO-ASTRO Guideline.
Vogelbaum MA, Brown PD, Messersmith H, Brastianos PK, Burri S, Cahill D, Dunn IF, Gaspar LE, Gatson NTN, Gondi V, Jordan JT, Lassman AB, Maues J, Mohile N, Redjal N, Stevens G, Sulman E, van den Bent M, Wallace HJ, Weinberg JS, Zadeh G, Schiff D
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 10;40(5):492-516. Epub 2021 Dec 21 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02314. PMID: 34932393
Treatment options for progression or recurrence of glioblastoma: a network meta-analysis.
McBain C, Lawrie TA, Rogozińska E, Kernohan A, Robinson T, Jefferies S
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Defining oligometastatic disease from a radiation oncology perspective: An ESTRO-ASTRO consensus document.
Lievens Y, Guckenberger M, Gomez D, Hoyer M, Iyengar P, Kindts I, Méndez Romero A, Nevens D, Palma D, Park C, Ricardi U, Scorsetti M, Yu J, Woodward WA
Radiother Oncol 2020 Jul;148:157-166. Epub 2020 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.003. PMID: 32388150

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