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Recurrent Childhood Astrocytic Tumor

MedGen UID:
857352
•Concept ID:
C3897758
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Neoplastic Process

Definition

The reemergence of a childhood astrocytic tumor after a period of remission. [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
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Contemporary Management of Medulloblastoma: Current and Emerging Applications.
Dasgupta A, Maitre M, Pungavkar S, Gupta T
Methods Mol Biol 2022;2423:187-214. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1952-0_18. PMID: 34978700
Paediatric spinal cord low-grade gliomas-evaluation and management of post-surgical residual disease.
Silva AHD, Constantinides M, Valetopoulou A, Sgardelis P, Mankad K, D'Arco F, Jankovic I, Thompson D
Childs Nerv Syst 2022 Mar;38(3):577-586. Epub 2021 Dec 2 doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05412-4. PMID: 34855000

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Evaluation of KIAA1549::BRAF fusions and clinicopathological insights of pilocytic astrocytomas.
Dandapath I, Das S, Charan BD, Garg A, Suri A, Kedia S, Sharma MC, Sarkar C, Khonglah Y, Ahmed S, Suri V
Ann Diagn Pathol 2024 Oct;72:152318. Epub 2024 Apr 23 doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2024.152318. PMID: 38733671
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Contemporary Management of Medulloblastoma: Current and Emerging Applications.
Dasgupta A, Maitre M, Pungavkar S, Gupta T
Methods Mol Biol 2022;2423:187-214. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1952-0_18. PMID: 34978700
Paediatric spinal cord low-grade gliomas-evaluation and management of post-surgical residual disease.
Silva AHD, Constantinides M, Valetopoulou A, Sgardelis P, Mankad K, D'Arco F, Jankovic I, Thompson D
Childs Nerv Syst 2022 Mar;38(3):577-586. Epub 2021 Dec 2 doi: 10.1007/s00381-021-05412-4. PMID: 34855000
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
The impact of extent of resection in the management of malignant gliomas of childhood.
Finlay JL, Wisoff JH
Childs Nerv Syst 1999 Nov;15(11-12):786-8. doi: 10.1007/s003810050471. PMID: 10603023

Diagnosis

Pediatric-Like Brain Tumors in Adults.
Dias SF, Richards O, Elliot M, Chumas P
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 2024;50:147-183. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53578-9_5. PMID: 38592530
Novel insights on genetics and epigenetics as clinical targets for paediatric astrocytoma.
Johns DA, Williams RJ, Smith CM, Nadaminti PP, Samarasinghe RM
Clin Transl Med 2024 Feb;14(2):e1560. doi: 10.1002/ctm2.1560. PMID: 38299304Free PMC Article
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Contemporary Management of Medulloblastoma: Current and Emerging Applications.
Dasgupta A, Maitre M, Pungavkar S, Gupta T
Methods Mol Biol 2022;2423:187-214. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1952-0_18. PMID: 34978700
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
Bioactivity and Safety of IL13Rα2-Redirected Chimeric Antigen Receptor CD8+ T Cells in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma.
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

Therapy

Off-the-shelf, steroid-resistant, IL13Rα2-specific CAR T cells for treatment of glioblastoma.
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
Locoregional infusion of HER2-specific CAR T cells in children and young adults with recurrent or refractory CNS tumors: an interim analysis.
Vitanza NA, Johnson AJ, Wilson AL, Brown C, Yokoyama JK, Künkele A, Chang CA, Rawlings-Rhea S, Huang W, Seidel K, Albert CM, Pinto N, Gust J, Finn LS, Ojemann JG, Wright J, Orentas RJ, Baldwin M, Gardner RA, Jensen MC, Park JR
Nat Med 2021 Sep;27(9):1544-1552. Epub 2021 Jul 12 doi: 10.1038/s41591-021-01404-8. PMID: 34253928
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
Regression of Glioblastoma after Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy.
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
Bioactivity and Safety of IL13Rα2-Redirected Chimeric Antigen Receptor CD8+ T Cells in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma.
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

Prognosis

Multiplatform molecular analyses refine classification of gliomas arising in patients with neurofibromatosis type 1.
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
Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Contemporary Management of Medulloblastoma: Current and Emerging Applications.
Dasgupta A, Maitre M, Pungavkar S, Gupta T
Methods Mol Biol 2022;2423:187-214. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1952-0_18. PMID: 34978700
Evaluation of the prognostic potential of EGFL7 in pilocytic astrocytomas.
Brunhara BB, Becker AP, Neder L, Gonçalves PG, de Oliveira C, Clara CA, Reis RM, Bidinotto LT
Neuropathology 2021 Feb;41(1):21-28. Epub 2020 Nov 15 doi: 10.1111/neup.12698. PMID: 33191640
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
The impact of extent of resection in the management of malignant gliomas of childhood.
Finlay JL, Wisoff JH
Childs Nerv Syst 1999 Nov;15(11-12):786-8. doi: 10.1007/s003810050471. PMID: 10603023

Clinical prediction guides

Clinical and histopathological profile of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: An experience from a tertiary care center.
Gupta P, Siraj F, Malik A, Shankar KB
J Cancer Res Ther 2021 Jul-Sep;17(4):912-916. doi: 10.4103/jcrt.JCRT_632_19. PMID: 34528541
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
Regression of Glioblastoma after Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell Therapy.
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
Bioactivity and Safety of IL13Rα2-Redirected Chimeric Antigen Receptor CD8+ T Cells in Patients with Recurrent Glioblastoma.
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
Recurrent somatic alterations of FGFR1 and NTRK2 in pilocytic astrocytoma.
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
Nat Genet 2013 Aug;45(8):927-32. Epub 2013 Jun 30 doi: 10.1038/ng.2682. PMID: 23817572Free PMC Article

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