Medulloblastoma

NE Millard, KC De Braganca - Journal of child neurology, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Medulloblastoma accounts for nearly 10% of all childhood brain tumors. These tumors occur
exclusively in the posterior fossa and have the potential for leptomeningeal spread …

[HTML][HTML] Medulloblastoma in the modern era: review of contemporary trials, molecular advances, and updates in management

MA Lazow, JD Palmer, M Fouladi, R Salloum - Neurotherapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Critical discoveries over the past two decades have transformed our understanding of
medulloblastoma from a single entity into a clinically and biologically heterogeneous …

Time, pattern, and outcome of medulloblastoma relapse and their association with tumour biology at diagnosis and therapy: a multicentre cohort study

RM Hill, S Richardson, EC Schwalbe… - The Lancet Child & …, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Disease relapse occurs in around 30% of children with medulloblastoma, and
is almost universally fatal. We aimed to establish whether the clinical and molecular …

Relapse patterns and outcome after relapse in standard risk medulloblastoma: a report from the HIT-SIOP-PNET4 study

M Sabel, G Fleischhack, S Tippelt, G Gustafsson… - Journal of neuro …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The HIT-SIOP-PNET4 randomised trial for standard risk medulloblastoma
(MB)(2001–2006) included 338 patients and compared hyperfractionated and conventional …

Radiation-induced gliomas represent H3-/IDH-wild type pediatric gliomas with recurrent PDGFRA amplification and loss of CDKN2A/B

MY Deng, D Sturm, E Pfaff, M Sill, D Stichel… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Long-term complications such as radiation-induced second malignancies occur in a subset
of patients following radiation-therapy, particularly relevant in pediatric patients due to the …

Temozolomide with irinotecan versus temozolomide, irinotecan plus bevacizumab for recurrent medulloblastoma of childhood: Report of a COG randomized Phase II …

AS Levy, M Krailo, S Chi, D Villaluna… - Pediatric blood & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Approximately 30% of children with medulloblastoma (MB) experience
recurrence, which is usually incurable. This study compared the overall survival (OS) of …

EANO–EURACAN clinical practice guideline for diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of post-pubertal and adult patients with medulloblastoma

E Franceschi, S Hofer, AA Brandes, D Frappaz… - The Lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Summary The European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) and EUropean RAre
CANcer (EURACAN) guideline provides recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment, and …

The evolving role of reirradiation in the management of recurrent brain tumors

R De Pietro, L Zaccaro, F Marampon, P Tini… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Despite aggressive management consisting of surgery, radiation therapy (RT), and systemic
therapy given alone or in combination, a significant proportion of patients with brain tumors …

Updates on management of adult medulloblastoma

N Majd, M Penas-Prado - Current treatment options in oncology, 2019 - Springer
Opinion statement Medulloblastoma (MB) is a malignant embryonal tumor of the posterior
fossa and is the most common type of brain cancer in pediatric patients. In contrast, adult MB …

Relapsed medulloblastoma in pre-irradiated patients: current practice for diagnostics and treatment

RM Hill, SLA Plasschaert, B Timmermann, C Dufour… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Medulloblastoma is the commonest malignant brain tumour of childhood.
Disease relapse following maximal multi-modal therapy including upfront craniospinal …