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Adult anaplastic ependymoma

MedGen UID:
83709
•Concept ID:
C0280787
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Adult Anaplastic Ependymoma; adult anaplastic ependymoma; Adult Malignant Ependymoma; adult malignant ependymoma; anaplastic ependymoma of adults; Malignant Adult Ependymoma; malignant adult ependymoma
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0003690

Definition

An anaplastic ependymoma occurring in adults. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVAdult anaplastic ependymoma

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ependymoma: Evaluation and Management Updates.
Rudà R, Bruno F, Pellerino A, Soffietti R
Curr Oncol Rep 2022 Aug;24(8):985-993. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s11912-022-01260-w. PMID: 35384591Free PMC Article
Intradural spinal tumors in adults-update on management and outcome.
Ottenhausen M, Ntoulias G, Bodhinayake I, Ruppert FH, Schreiber S, Förschler A, Boockvar JA, Jödicke A
Neurosurg Rev 2019 Jun;42(2):371-388. Epub 2018 Feb 17 doi: 10.1007/s10143-018-0957-x. PMID: 29455369
EANO guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ependymal tumors.
Rudà R, Reifenberger G, Frappaz D, Pfister SM, Laprie A, Santarius T, Roth P, Tonn JC, Soffietti R, Weller M, Moyal EC
Neuro Oncol 2018 Mar 27;20(4):445-456. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nox166. PMID: 29194500Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Ependymoma: Evaluation and Management Updates.
Rudà R, Bruno F, Pellerino A, Soffietti R
Curr Oncol Rep 2022 Aug;24(8):985-993. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s11912-022-01260-w. PMID: 35384591Free PMC Article
Adult Posterior Fossa Anaplastic Ependymoma, Case Series and Literature Review.
Hsu HI, Hsu SS, Chung WY, Yip CM, Liu SH, Liao WC
World Neurosurg 2022 Feb;158:205-209. Epub 2021 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.11.074. PMID: 34839047
A phase II study of dose-dense temozolomide and lapatinib for recurrent low-grade and anaplastic supratentorial, infratentorial, and spinal cord ependymoma.
Gilbert MR, Yuan Y, Wu J, Mendoza T, Vera E, Omuro A, Lieberman F, Robins HI, Gerstner ER, Wu J, Wen PY, Mikkelsen T, Aldape K, Armstrong TS
Neuro Oncol 2021 Mar 25;23(3):468-477. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa240. PMID: 33085768Free PMC Article
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Ependymoma.
Gerstner ER, Pajtler KW
Semin Neurol 2018 Feb;38(1):104-111. Epub 2018 Mar 16 doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1636503. PMID: 29548057

Diagnosis

Adult intracranial ependymoma-relevance of DNA methylation profiling for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Träger M, Schweizer L, Pérez E, Schmid S, Hain EG, Dittmayer C, Onken J, Fukuoka K, Ichimura K, Schüller U, Dührsen L, Müther M, Paulus W, Thomas C, Gutt-Will M, Schucht P, Maragkou T, Schittenhelm J, Eckert F, Niyazi M, Fleischmann DF, Dorostkar MM, Feyer P, May SA, Moskopp D, Badakhshi H, Radke C, Walter J, Ehret F, Capper D, Kaul D
Neuro Oncol 2023 Jul 6;25(7):1286-1298. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad030. PMID: 36734226Free PMC Article
Ependymoma: Evaluation and Management Updates.
Rudà R, Bruno F, Pellerino A, Soffietti R
Curr Oncol Rep 2022 Aug;24(8):985-993. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s11912-022-01260-w. PMID: 35384591Free PMC Article
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Ependymoma.
Gerstner ER, Pajtler KW
Semin Neurol 2018 Feb;38(1):104-111. Epub 2018 Mar 16 doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1636503. PMID: 29548057
EANO guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ependymal tumors.
Rudà R, Reifenberger G, Frappaz D, Pfister SM, Laprie A, Santarius T, Roth P, Tonn JC, Soffietti R, Weller M, Moyal EC
Neuro Oncol 2018 Mar 27;20(4):445-456. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nox166. PMID: 29194500Free PMC Article

Therapy

Major Features of the 2021 WHO Classification of CNS Tumors.
Smith HL, Wadhwani N, Horbinski C
Neurotherapeutics 2022 Oct;19(6):1691-1704. Epub 2022 May 16 doi: 10.1007/s13311-022-01249-0. PMID: 35578106Free PMC Article
A phase II study of dose-dense temozolomide and lapatinib for recurrent low-grade and anaplastic supratentorial, infratentorial, and spinal cord ependymoma.
Gilbert MR, Yuan Y, Wu J, Mendoza T, Vera E, Omuro A, Lieberman F, Robins HI, Gerstner ER, Wu J, Wen PY, Mikkelsen T, Aldape K, Armstrong TS
Neuro Oncol 2021 Mar 25;23(3):468-477. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noaa240. PMID: 33085768Free PMC Article
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Cerebellar tumors.
Guerreiro Stucklin AS, Grotzer MA
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;155:289-299. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64189-2.00019-6. PMID: 29891066
Adjuvant treatments for ependymomas.
Sartor EA, Wen PY
J Neurosurg Sci 2018 Feb;62(1):71-77. Epub 2017 Sep 22 doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.17.04211-4. PMID: 28945055

Prognosis

Adult intracranial ependymoma-relevance of DNA methylation profiling for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Träger M, Schweizer L, Pérez E, Schmid S, Hain EG, Dittmayer C, Onken J, Fukuoka K, Ichimura K, Schüller U, Dührsen L, Müther M, Paulus W, Thomas C, Gutt-Will M, Schucht P, Maragkou T, Schittenhelm J, Eckert F, Niyazi M, Fleischmann DF, Dorostkar MM, Feyer P, May SA, Moskopp D, Badakhshi H, Radke C, Walter J, Ehret F, Capper D, Kaul D
Neuro Oncol 2023 Jul 6;25(7):1286-1298. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad030. PMID: 36734226Free PMC Article
Ependymoma: Evaluation and Management Updates.
Rudà R, Bruno F, Pellerino A, Soffietti R
Curr Oncol Rep 2022 Aug;24(8):985-993. Epub 2022 Apr 6 doi: 10.1007/s11912-022-01260-w. PMID: 35384591Free PMC Article
EANO guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of ependymal tumors.
Rudà R, Reifenberger G, Frappaz D, Pfister SM, Laprie A, Santarius T, Roth P, Tonn JC, Soffietti R, Weller M, Moyal EC
Neuro Oncol 2018 Mar 27;20(4):445-456. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/nox166. PMID: 29194500Free PMC Article
Ependymomas.
Chamberlain MC
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2003 May;3(3):193-9. doi: 10.1007/s11910-003-0078-x. PMID: 12691623
Current management of childhood ependymoma.
Merchant TE
Oncology (Williston Park) 2002 May;16(5):629-42, 644; discussion 645-6, 648. PMID: 12108890

Clinical prediction guides

Adult intracranial ependymoma-relevance of DNA methylation profiling for diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment.
Träger M, Schweizer L, Pérez E, Schmid S, Hain EG, Dittmayer C, Onken J, Fukuoka K, Ichimura K, Schüller U, Dührsen L, Müther M, Paulus W, Thomas C, Gutt-Will M, Schucht P, Maragkou T, Schittenhelm J, Eckert F, Niyazi M, Fleischmann DF, Dorostkar MM, Feyer P, May SA, Moskopp D, Badakhshi H, Radke C, Walter J, Ehret F, Capper D, Kaul D
Neuro Oncol 2023 Jul 6;25(7):1286-1298. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad030. PMID: 36734226Free PMC Article
Adult Posterior Fossa Anaplastic Ependymoma, Case Series and Literature Review.
Hsu HI, Hsu SS, Chung WY, Yip CM, Liu SH, Liao WC
World Neurosurg 2022 Feb;158:205-209. Epub 2021 Nov 26 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.11.074. PMID: 34839047
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Molecular Classification of Ependymal Tumors across All CNS Compartments, Histopathological Grades, and Age Groups.
Pajtler KW, Witt H, Sill M, Jones DT, Hovestadt V, Kratochwil F, Wani K, Tatevossian R, Punchihewa C, Johann P, Reimand J, Warnatz HJ, Ryzhova M, Mack S, Ramaswamy V, Capper D, Schweizer L, Sieber L, Wittmann A, Huang Z, van Sluis P, Volckmann R, Koster J, Versteeg R, Fults D, Toledano H, Avigad S, Hoffman LM, Donson AM, Foreman N, Hewer E, Zitterbart K, Gilbert M, Armstrong TS, Gupta N, Allen JC, Karajannis MA, Zagzag D, Hasselblatt M, Kulozik AE, Witt O, Collins VP, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Pietsch T, Bader G, Yaspo ML, von Deimling A, Lichter P, Taylor MD, Gilbertson R, Ellison DW, Aldape K, Korshunov A, Kool M, Pfister SM
Cancer Cell 2015 May 11;27(5):728-43. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2015.04.002. PMID: 25965575Free PMC Article
Ependymomas in adults.
Gilbert MR, Ruda R, Soffietti R
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2010 May;10(3):240-7. doi: 10.1007/s11910-010-0109-3. PMID: 20425040

Recent systematic reviews

Current state of radiomics in pediatric neuro-oncology practice: a systematic review.
Albalkhi I, Bhatia A, Lösch N, Goetti R, Mankad K
Pediatr Radiol 2023 Sep;53(10):2079-2091. Epub 2023 May 17 doi: 10.1007/s00247-023-05679-6. PMID: 37195305
Clinical Characteristics, Management, and Outcomes of Intramedullary Spinal Cord Ependymomas in Adults: A Systematic Review.
Farooqi S, Tebha SS, Qamar MA, Singh S, Alfawares Y, Ramanathan V, Haider AS, Ferini G, Sharma M, Umana GE, Aoun SG, Palmisciano P
World Neurosurg 2023 May;173:237-250.e8. Epub 2023 Feb 28 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2023.02.098. PMID: 36858296
Novel Clinical Insights into Spinal Hemangioblastoma in Adults: A Systematic Review.
Jankovic D, Hanissian A, Rotim K, Splavski B, Arnautovic KI
World Neurosurg 2022 Feb;158:1-10. Epub 2021 Oct 21 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.10.105. PMID: 34687932
A systematic review of outcome in intramedullary ependymoma and astrocytoma.
Hamilton KR, Lee SS, Urquhart JC, Jonker BP
J Clin Neurosci 2019 May;63:168-175. Epub 2019 Mar 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2019.02.001. PMID: 30833131
Anthropometrics at birth and risk of a primary central nervous system tumour: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Georgakis MK, Kalogirou EI, Liaskas A, Karalexi MA, Papathoma P, Ladopoulou K, Kantzanou M, Tsivgoulis G; NARECHEM-BT Working Group, Petridou ET
Eur J Cancer 2017 Apr;75:117-131. Epub 2017 Feb 20 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.12.033. PMID: 28219020

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