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Nayak L, Bettegowda C, Scherer F, Galldiks N, Ahluwalia M, Baraniskin A, von Baumgarten L, Bromberg JEC, Ferreri AJM, Grommes C, Hoang-Xuan K, Kühn J, Rubenstein JL, Rudà R, Weller M, Chang SM, van den Bent MJ, Wen PY, Soffietti R. Liquid biopsy for improving diagnosis and monitoring of CNS lymphomas: a RANO review. Neuro Oncol 2024:noae032. [PMID: 38598668 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/12/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The utility of liquid biopsies is well documented in several extracranial and intracranial (brain/leptomeningeal metastases, gliomas) tumors. METHODS The RANO (Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology) group has set up a multidisciplinary Task Force to critically review the role of blood and CSF-liquid biopsy in central nervous system lymphomas, with a main focus on primary central nervous system lymphomas (PCNSL). RESULTS Several clinical applications are suggested: diagnosis of PCNSL in critical settings (elderly or frail patients, deep locations, steroids responsiveness), definition of minimal residual disease, early indication of tumor response or relapse following treatments and prediction of outcome. CONCLUSIONS Thus far, no clinically validated circulating biomarkers for managing both primary and secondary CNS lymphomas exist. There is need of standardization of biofluid collection, choice of analytes and type of technique to perform the molecular analysis. The various assays should be evaluated through well organized central testing within clinical trials.
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- Lakshmi Nayak
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery
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- Department of Medicine I, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Cologne, Medical Faculty and University Hospital Cologne, Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), and Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany
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- Rose and Ella Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland OH and Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida, International University, Miami FL, USA
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- Department of Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Care, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Hamm, Hamm, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany & German Cancer Consortium, Partner Site Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele and IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy
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- Christian Grommes, Department of Neurology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York and Department of Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, USA
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- APHP, Department of Neuro-oncology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière; Sorbonne Université; Paris Brain Institute ICM; Paris France
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- Department of Medicine I, Medical Center University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- UCSF Hematology/Oncology, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Dept. Neuroscience 'Rita Levi Montalcini', University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery and Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, USA
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience 'Rita Levi Montalcini' University of Turin (R.S.); Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Turin, Italy
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Galldiks N, Kaufmann TJ, Vollmuth P, Lohmann P, Smits M, Veronesi MC, Langen KJ, Rudá R, Albert NL, Hattingen E, Law I, Hutterer M, Soffietti R, Vogelbaum MA, Wen PY, Weller M, Tonn JC. Challenges, Limitations and Pitfalls of PET and Advanced MRI in Patients with Brain Tumors - A Report of the PET/RANO Group. Neuro Oncol 2024:noae049. [PMID: 38466087 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/12/2024] Open
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Brain tumor diagnostics have significantly evolved with the use of PET and advanced MRI techniques. In addition to anatomical MRI, these modalities may provide valuable information for several clinical applications such as differential diagnosis, delineation of tumor extent, prognostication, differentiation between tumor relapse and treatment-related changes, and the evaluation of response to anticancer therapy. In particular, joint recommendations of the RANO group, the EANO, and major European and American Nuclear Medicine societies highlighted that the additional clinical value of radiolabeled amino acids compared to anatomical MRI alone is outstanding and that its widespread clinical use should be supported. For advanced MRI and its steadily increasing use in clinical practice, the Standardization Subcommittee of the Jumpstarting Brain Tumor Drug Development Coalition provided more recently an updated acquisition protocol for the widely used dynamic susceptibility contrast perfusion MRI. Besides amino acid PET and perfusion MRI, other PET tracers and advanced MRI techniques (e.g., MR spectroscopy) are of considerable clinical interest and are increasingly integrated into everyday clinical practice. Nevertheless, these modalities have shortcomings which should be considered in clinical routine. This comprehensive review provides an overview of potential challenges, limitations and pitfalls associated with PET imaging and advanced MRI techniques in patients with gliomas or brain metastases. Despite these issues, PET imaging and advanced MRI techniques continue to play an indispensable role in brain tumor management. Acknowledging and mitigating these challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration, standardized protocols, and continuous innovation will further enhance the utility of these modalities in guiding optimal patient care.
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- Norbert Galldiks
- Dept. of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Inst. of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3, INM-4), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany
- Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany
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- Dept. of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
- Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Inst. of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3, INM-4), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany
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- Dept. of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and Brain Tumour Center, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Dept. of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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- Inst. of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3, INM-4), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany
- Center for Integrated Oncology Aachen Bonn Cologne Duesseldorf (CIO ABCD), Germany
- Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, LMU Hospital, Ludwig Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Goethe University, Dept. of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Dept. of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Dept. of Neurology with Acute Geriatrics, Saint John of God Hospital, Linz, Austria
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Dept. of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Dept. of Neuro-Oncology and Neurosurgery, Moffit Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Dept. of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, and University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Dept. of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Tabouret E, Furtner J, Graillon T, Silvani A, Le Rhun E, Soffietti R, Lombardi G, Sepúlveda-Sánchez JM, Brandal P, Bendszus M, Golfinopoulos V, Gorlia T, Weller M, Sahm F, Wick W, Preusser M. 3D volume growth rate evaluation in the EORTC-BTG-1320 clinical trial for recurrent WHO grade 2 and 3 meningiomas. Neuro Oncol 2024:noae037. [PMID: 38452246 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND We previously reported that tumor 3D volume growth rate (3DVGR) classification could help in the assessment of drug activity in patients with meningioma using three main classes and a total of five subclasses: class 1: decrease; 2: stabilization or severe slowdown; 3: progression. The EORTC-BTG-1320 clinical trial was a randomized phase II trial evaluating the efficacy of trabectedin for recurrent WHO 2 or 3 meningioma. Our objective was to evaluate the discriminative value of 3DVGR classification in the EORTC-BTG-1320. METHODS All patients with at least one available MRI before trial inclusion were included. 3D volume was evaluated on consecutive MRI until progression. 2D imaging response was centrally assessed by MRI modified Macdonald criteria. Clinical benefit was defined as neurological or functional status improvement or steroid decrease or discontinuation. RESULTS Sixteen patients with a median age of 58.5 years were included. Best 3DVGR classes were: 1, 2A, 3A and 3B in 2 (16.7%), 4 (33.3%), 2 (16.7%) and 4 (33.3%) patients, respectively. All patients with progression-free survival longer than 6 months had best 3DVGR class 1 or 2. 3DVGR classes 1 and 2 (combined) had a median overall survival of 34.7 months versus 7.2 months for class 3 (p=0.061). All class 1 patients (2/2), 75% of class 2 patients (3/4) and only 10% of class 3 patients (1/10) had clinical benefit. CONCLUSIONS Tumor 3DVGR classification may be helpful to identify early signals of treatment activity in meningioma clinical trials.
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- E Tabouret
- Aix-Marseille Univ, APHM, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, CHU Timone, Service de Neurooncologie, Marseille, France
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- Research Center for Medical Image Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (MIAAI), Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Danube Private University, 3500 Krems, Austria
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, APHM, CHU Timone, Service de Neuro-chirurgie, Marseille, France
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of Torino, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Oncology 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Hospital Universitario e Instituto de Investigación 12 de Octubre, Unidad Multidisciplinar de Neuro-Oncología, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Oncology and Institute for Cancer Genetics and Informatics, Oslo University Hospital, P.O. Box 4953 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Neuroradiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- EORTC Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Dept. of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg University, and German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg University & German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Bassetti CLA, Soffietti R, Vodušek DB, Schoser B, Kuks JBM, Rakusa M, Cras P, Boon PAJM. The 2022 European postgraduate (residency) programme in neurology in a historical and international perspective. Eur J Neurol 2024; 31:e15909. [PMID: 37294693 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Neurology residency programmes, which were first established at the beginning of the 20th century, have become mandatory all over Europe in the last 40-50 years. The first European Training Requirements in Neurology (ETRN) were published in 2005 and first updated in 2016. This paper reports the most recent revisions of the ETRN. METHODS Members of the EAN board performed an in depth revision of the ETNR 2016-version, which was reviewed by members of the European Board and Section of Neurology of the UEMS, the Education and Scientific Panels, the Resident and Research Fellow Section and the Board of the EAN, as well as the presidents of the 47 European National Societies. RESULTS The new (2022) ETRN suggest a 5-year training subdivided in three phases: a first phase (2 years) of general neurology training, a second phase (2 years) of training in neurophysiology/neurological subspecialties and a third phase (1 year) to expand clinical training (e.g., in other neurodisciplines) or for research (path for clinical neuroscientist). The necessary theoretical and clinical competences as well as learning objectives in diagnostic tests have been updated, are newly organized in four levels and include 19 neurological subspecialties. Finally, the new ETRN require, in addition to a programme director, a team of clinician-educators who regularly review the resident's progress. The 2022 update of the ETRN reflects emerging requirements for the practice of neurology and contributes to the international standardization of training necessary for the increasing needs of residents and specialists across Europe.
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital (Torino), Turin, Italy
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- Universitätsklinik München, Campus Innenstadt, Friedrich Baur Institut, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neurology, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Antwerp University Hospital, University of Antwerp, Born Bunge Institute, Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, 4Brain, Institute for Neuroscience, Reference Center for Refractory Epilepsy, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Pellerino A, Bertero L, Pronello E, Rudà R, Soffietti R. The early recognition and diagnosis of neoplastic meningitis. Expert Rev Neurother 2024; 24:105-116. [PMID: 38145502 DOI: 10.1080/14737175.2023.2295999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/27/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The diagnosis and monitoring of leptomeningeal metastases (LM) from solid tumors are challenging, and the combination of neurological symptoms, MRI findings, and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cytology does not always allow to achieve a definitive diagnosis. AREAS COVERED This review summarizes the studies that have investigated CSF liquid biopsy to improve the initial diagnosis of LM in case the CSF cytology is negative or only suspicious for tumor cells, and monitoring of tumor response following targeted therapies or immunotherapy. In this regard, the early detection of LM recurrence and the development of resistant mutations are critical issues. Moreover, the early identification of subgroups of patients with a higher risk of LM progression, as well as the correlation of LM burden with survival, are discussed. EXPERT OPINION There is an urgent need of prospective studies to monitor longitudinally LM using CSF liquid biopsy and investigate the role of CTC, ctDNA or novel assays. The optimal setting for the longitudinal CSF and blood collection can be clinical trials focused on the molecular diagnosis of LM as well as the response and monitoring following targeted agents.
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- Alessia Pellerino
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Candiolo Institute for Cancer Research, FPO-IRCCS, Turin, Candiolo, Italy
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Bozzao A, Weber D, Crompton S, Braz G, Csaba D, Dhermain F, Finocchiaro G, Flannery T, Kramm C, Law I, Marucci G, Oliver K, Ostgathe C, Paterra R, Pesce G, Smits M, Soffietti R, Terkola R, Watts C, Costa A, Poortmans P. European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care: Adult glioma. J Cancer Policy 2023; 38:100438. [PMID: 37634617 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpo.2023.100438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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European Cancer Organisation Essential Requirements for Quality Cancer Care (ERQCCs) are explanations of the organisation and actions necessary to provide high-quality care to patients with a specific cancer type. They are compiled by a working group of European experts representing disciplines involved in cancer care, and provide oncology teams, patients, policymakers and managers with an overview of the essential requirements in any healthcare system. The focus here is on adult glioma. Gliomas make up approximately 80% of all primary malignant brain tumours. They are highly diverse and patients can face a unique cognitive, physical and psychosocial burden, so personalised treatments and support are essential. However, management of gliomas is currently very heterogeneous across Europe and there are only few formally-designated comprehensive cancer centres with brain tumour programmes. To address this, the ERQCC glioma expert group proposes frameworks and recommendations for high quality care, from diagnosis to treatment and survivorship. Wherever possible, glioma patients should be treated from diagnosis onwards in high volume neurosurgical or neuro-oncology centres. Multidisciplinary team working and collaboration is essential if patients' length and quality of life are to be optimised.
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- Alessandro Bozzao
- NESMOS (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs) Department, Rome, Italy; School of Medicine and Psychology, "Sapienza" University - Rome, Rome, Italy; European Society of Oncologic Imaging (ESOI), Rome, Italy
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- Paul Scherrer Institute, Center for Proton Therapy, Villigen, Switzerland; European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), Villigen, Switzerland
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- European Oncology Nursing Society (EONS), Oporto, Portugal; Portuguese Oncology Institute, Outpatient Clinic Department, Oporto, Portugal
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- International Psycho-Oncology Society (IPOS), Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Brain Tumour Group, Villejuif, France; Head of the Brain Tumor Board, Gustave Roussy University Hospital, Radiation Oncology, Villejuif, France
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- Organisation of European Cancer Institutes (OECI), Milano, Italy; IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Department of Neurology, Milano, Italy
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- European Cancer Leagues (ECL), Belfast, Ireland; Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast, Department of Neurosurgery, Belfast, Ireland
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- The European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE), Goettingen, Germany; University Medical Center Goettingen, Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Goettingen, Germany
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- European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM), Copenhagen, Denmark; Rigshospitalet, Dept of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine & PET, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- European Society of Pathology (ESP), Milan, Italy; European Confederation of Neuropathological Societies (Euro-CNS), Milan, Italy; Neuropathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Besta, Milano, Italy
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- European School of Oncology (ESO), Bellinzona, Switzerland; Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Bellinzona, Switzerland
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- European Society of Radiology (ESR), Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Erasmus MC, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- European Academy of Neurology (EAN), Turin, Italy; University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Turin, Italy
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- European Society of Oncology Pharmacy (ESOP), the Netherlands; University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands; University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Department of Pharmacotherapy and Translational Research, Gainesville, USA
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- European Association of Neurosurgical Societies, Birmingham, UK; Neurosurgical Oncology Section, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, Birmingham, UK
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- European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO), Antwerp, Belgium; Iridium Netwerk and University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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Soffietti R. Editorial: Advances in basic science and technology are bringing new flavor in neuro-oncology. Curr Opin Neurol 2023; 36:541-543. [PMID: 37973022 DOI: 10.1097/wco.0000000000001215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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- Riccardo Soffietti
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University of Turin, Italy
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Mellinghoff IK, van den Bent MJ, Blumenthal DT, Touat M, Peters KB, Clarke J, Mendez J, Yust-Katz S, Welsh L, Mason WP, Ducray F, Umemura Y, Nabors B, Holdhoff M, Hottinger AF, Arakawa Y, Sepulveda JM, Wick W, Soffietti R, Perry JR, Giglio P, de la Fuente M, Maher EA, Schoenfeld S, Zhao D, Pandya SS, Steelman L, Hassan I, Wen PY, Cloughesy TF. Vorasidenib in IDH1- or IDH2-Mutant Low-Grade Glioma. N Engl J Med 2023; 389:589-601. [PMID: 37272516 DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa2304194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 72.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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BACKGROUND Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH)-mutant grade 2 gliomas are malignant brain tumors that cause considerable disability and premature death. Vorasidenib, an oral brain-penetrant inhibitor of mutant IDH1 and IDH2 enzymes, showed preliminary activity in IDH-mutant gliomas. METHODS In a double-blind, phase 3 trial, we randomly assigned patients with residual or recurrent grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma who had undergone no previous treatment other than surgery to receive either oral vorasidenib (40 mg once daily) or matched placebo in 28-day cycles. The primary end point was imaging-based progression-free survival according to blinded assessment by an independent review committee. The key secondary end point was the time to the next anticancer intervention. Crossover to vorasidenib from placebo was permitted on confirmation of imaging-based disease progression. Safety was also assessed. RESULTS A total of 331 patients were assigned to receive vorasidenib (168 patients) or placebo (163 patients). At a median follow-up of 14.2 months, 226 patients (68.3%) were continuing to receive vorasidenib or placebo. Progression-free survival was significantly improved in the vorasidenib group as compared with the placebo group (median progression-free survival, 27.7 months vs. 11.1 months; hazard ratio for disease progression or death, 0.39; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.27 to 0.56; P<0.001). The time to the next intervention was significantly improved in the vorasidenib group as compared with the placebo group (hazard ratio, 0.26; 95% CI, 0.15 to 0.43; P<0.001). Adverse events of grade 3 or higher occurred in 22.8% of the patients who received vorasidenib and in 13.5% of those who received placebo. An increased alanine aminotransferase level of grade 3 or higher occurred in 9.6% of the patients who received vorasidenib and in no patients who received placebo. CONCLUSIONS In patients with grade 2 IDH-mutant glioma, vorasidenib significantly improved progression-free survival and delayed the time to the next intervention. (Funded by Servier; INDIGO ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT04164901.).
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- Ingo K Mellinghoff
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Martin J van den Bent
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Deborah T Blumenthal
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Mehdi Touat
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Katherine B Peters
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Jennifer Clarke
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Joe Mendez
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Shlomit Yust-Katz
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Liam Welsh
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Warren P Mason
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - François Ducray
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Yoshie Umemura
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Burt Nabors
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Matthias Holdhoff
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Andreas F Hottinger
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Yoshiki Arakawa
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Juan M Sepulveda
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Wolfgang Wick
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Riccardo Soffietti
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - James R Perry
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Pierre Giglio
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Macarena de la Fuente
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Elizabeth A Maher
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Steven Schoenfeld
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Dan Zhao
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Shuchi S Pandya
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Lori Steelman
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
| | - Islam Hassan
- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
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- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
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- From Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York (I.K.M.); the Brain Tumor Center, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (M.J.B.); Tel Aviv Medical Center, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv (D.T.B., S.Y.-K.), and the Davidoff Cancer Center, Rabin Medical Center, Petah Tikva (S.Y.-K.) - both in Israel; Sorbonne Université, Institut du Cerveau, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpitaux Universitaires la Pitié Salpêtrière-Charles Foix, Paris (M.T.), and Hôpital Neurologique Pierre Wertheimer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon (F.D.) - both in France; Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC (K.B.P.); the University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (J.C.); Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City (J.M.); the Royal Marsden Hospital, London (L.W.); Princess Margaret Cancer Centre (W.P.M.), and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (J.R.P.), University of Toronto (W.P.M.) - both in Toronto; the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor (Y.U.); the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham (B.N.); Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (M.H.); Lundin Family Brain Tumor Research Center, University Hospital of Lausanne, and the University of Lausanne - both in Lausanne, Switzerland (A.F.H.); Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan (Y.A.); Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid (J.M.S.); Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg and the German Cancer Research Center - both in Heidelberg, Germany (W.W.); the University of Turin, Turin, Italy (R.S.); Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus (P.G.); Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Neurology, University of Miami, Miami (M.F.); University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas (E.A.M.); Servier Pharmaceuticals (S.S., D.Z., S.S.P., L.S., I.H.) and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (P.Y.W.) - both in Boston; and the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (T.F.C.)
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Pasqualetti F, Barberis A, Zanotti S, Montemurro N, De Salvo GL, Soffietti R, Mazzanti CM, Ius T, Caffo M, Paiar F, Bocci G, Lombardi G, Harris AL, Buffa FM. The impact of survivorship bias in glioblastoma research. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2023; 188:104065. [PMID: 37392899 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2023.104065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/28/2023] [Indexed: 07/03/2023] Open
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Despite advances in the therapy of Central Nervous System (CNS) malignancies, treatment of glioblastoma (GB) poses significant challenges due to GB resistance and high recurrence rates following post-operative radio-chemotherapy. The majority of prognostic and predictive GB biomarkers are currently developed using tumour samples obtained through surgical interventions. However, the selection criteria adopted by different neurosurgeons to determine which cases are suitable for surgery make operated patients not representative of all GB cases. Particularly, geriatric and frail individuals are excluded from surgical consideration in some cancer centers. Such selection generates a survival (or selection) bias that introduces limitations, rendering the patients or data chosen for downstream analyses not representative of the entire community. In this review, we discuss the implication of survivorship bias on current and novel biomarkers for patient selection, stratification, therapy, and outcome analyses.
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- Francesco Pasqualetti
- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
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- Anatomic Pathology Unit, IRCCS Humanitas University Research Hospital, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana (AOUP), Pisa, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science University Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Head-Neck and NeuroScience Department University Hospital of Udine, p.le S. Maria della Misericordia 15, 33100 Udine, Italy
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- Unit of Neurosurgery, Department of Biomorphology and Dental Sciences and Morfophunctional Imaging, University Hospital "G. Martino", Messina, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Oncology 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK; Department of Computing Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy; Institute for Data Science and Analytics, Bocconi University, Milano, Italy
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Hertler C, Felsberg J, Gramatzki D, Le Rhun E, Clarke J, Soffietti R, Wick W, Chinot O, Ducray F, Roth P, McDonald K, Hau P, Hottinger AF, Reijneveld J, Schnell O, Marosi C, Glantz M, Darlix A, Lombardi G, Krex D, Glas M, Reardon DA, van den Bent M, Lefranc F, Herrlinger U, Razis E, Carpentier AF, Phillips S, Rudà R, Wick A, Tabouret E, Meyronet D, Maurage CA, Rushing E, Rapkins R, Bumes E, Hegi M, Weyerbrock A, Aregawi D, Gonzalez-Gomez C, Pellerino A, Klein M, Preusser M, Bendszus M, Golfinopoulos V, von Deimling A, Gorlia T, Wen PY, Reifenberger G, Weller M. Long-term survival with IDH wildtype glioblastoma: first results from the ETERNITY Brain Tumor Funders' Collaborative Consortium (EORTC 1419). Eur J Cancer 2023; 189:112913. [PMID: 37277265 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2023.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2023] [Accepted: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Median survival with glioblastoma remains in the range of 12 months on population levels. Only few patients survive for more than 5 years. Patient and disease features associated with long-term survival remain poorly defined. METHODS European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) 1419 (ETERNITY) is a registry study supported by the Brain Tumor Funders Collaborative in the US and the EORTC Brain Tumor Group. Patients with glioblastoma surviving at least 5 years from diagnosis were identified at 24 sites in Europe, US, and Australia. In patients with isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wildtype tumours, prognostic factors were analysed using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional hazards model. A population-based reference cohort was obtained from the Cantonal cancer registry Zurich. RESULTS At the database lock of July 2020, 280 patients with histologically centrally confirmed glioblastoma (189 IDH wildtype, 80 IDH mutant, 11 incompletely characterised) had been registered. In the IDH wildtype population, median age was 56 years (range 24-78 years), 96 patients (50.8%) were female, 139 patients (74.3%) had tumours with O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) promoter methylation. Median overall survival was 9.9 years (95% confidence interval [95% CI] 7.9-11.9). Patients without recurrence experienced longer median survival (not reached) than patients with one or more recurrences (8.92 years) (p < 0.001) and had a high rate (48.8%) of MGMT promoter-unmethylated tumours. CONCLUSIONS Freedom from progression is a powerful predictor of overall survival in long-term survivors with glioblastoma. Patients without relapse often have MGMT promoter-unmethylated glioblastoma and may represent a distinct subtype of glioblastoma.
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- Caroline Hertler
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Service de neurochirurgie, CHU Lille, F-59000 Lille, France; Univ. Lille, Inserm, CHU Lille, U1192, Laboratoire Protéomique, Réponse Inflammatoire et Spectrométrie de Masse (PRISM), Lille, France
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, Division of Neuro-Oncology, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A-808 San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Neurology Clinic, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; CCU Neurooncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, APHM, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, CHU Timone, Service de Neuro-Oncologie, Marseille, France
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- Departments of Neuro-Oncology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France; INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR 5286, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Cure Brain Cancer Neuro-Oncology group, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Wilhelm Sander-NeuroOncology Unit, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Lundin Family Brain Tumor Center, Departments of Oncology & Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Neurology, Brain Tumor Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Department of Neurology, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Center- University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Departments of Neurosurgery and Oncology, Penn State College of Medicine - Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, INSERM, CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Oncology, Oncology 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV-IRCCS, Via Gattamelata 64, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU, Dresden, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Neurooncology, Department of Neurology and Center for Translational Neuro- and Behavioral Sciences (C-TNBS), University Medicine Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site University Medicine Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Brain Tumor Center at ErasmusMC Cancer Institute, Erasmus University Hospital Rotterdam, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Universitaire de Bruxelles HUB, Brussels, Belgium
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- Division of Clinical Neurooncology, Department of Neurology and Center of Integrated Oncology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Université Paris Cité, APHP, Paris, France
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, Division of Neuro-Oncology, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A-808 San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Neurology Clinic, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, APHM, CNRS, INP, Inst Neurophysiopathol, CHU Timone, Service de Neuro-Oncologie, Marseille, France
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR 5286, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France; Neuropathology, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre de recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Cure Brain Cancer Neuro-Oncology group, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Neurology and Wilhelm Sander-NeuroOncology Unit, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Neuroscience Research Center and Service of Neurosurgery & Lundin Family Brain Tumor Center, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, 1066 Epalinges, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Heemstede, the Netherlands
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- Departments of Neurosurgery and Oncology, Penn State College of Medicine - Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
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- UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery, Division of Neuro-Oncology, 400 Parnassus Avenue, A-808 San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Amsterdam UMC location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Medical Psychology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; CCU Neuropathology, German Cancer Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Medical Faculty, Heinrich Heine University and University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), partner site Essen/Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To summarize the mechanisms of tumor angiogenesis and resistance to antiangiogenic therapy, and the influence on tumor microenvironment. RECENT FINDINGS Several clinical trials have investigated the activity of anti-VEGF monoclonal antibodies and tyrosine kinase inhibitors in glioblastoma, shedding the light on their limitations in terms of disease control and survival. We have outlined the mechanisms of resistance to antiangiogenic therapy, including vessel co-option, hypoxic signaling in response to vessel destruction, modulation of glioma stem cells, and trafficking of tumor-associated macrophages in tumor microenvironment. Moreover, novel generation of antiangiogenic compounds for glioblastoma, including small interfering RNAs and nanoparticles, as a delivery vehicle, could enhance selectivity and reduce side effects of treatments. There is still a rationale for the use of antiangiogenic therapy, but a better understanding of vascular co-option, vascular mimicry, and dynamic relationships between immunosuppressive microenvironment and blood vessel destruction is crucial to develop next-generation antiangiogenic compounds.
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- Alessia Pellerino
- Division of Neuro‑Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro‑Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro‑Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro‑Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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Soffietti R, Pellerino A, Bruno F, Mauro A, Rudà R. Neurotoxicity from Old and New Radiation Treatments for Brain Tumors. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10669. [PMID: 37445846 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241310669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2023] [Revised: 06/18/2023] [Accepted: 06/21/2023] [Indexed: 07/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Research regarding the mechanisms of brain damage following radiation treatments for brain tumors has increased over the years, thus providing a deeper insight into the pathobiological mechanisms and suggesting new approaches to minimize this damage. This review has discussed the different factors that are known to influence the risk of damage to the brain (mainly cognitive disturbances) from radiation. These include patient and tumor characteristics, the use of whole-brain radiotherapy versus particle therapy (protons, carbon ions), and stereotactic radiotherapy in various modalities. Additionally, biological mechanisms behind neuroprotection have been elucidated.
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- Riccardo Soffietti
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University and City of Health and Science University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University and City of Health and Science University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University and City of Health and Science University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University of Turin and City of Health and Science University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
- I.R.C.C.S. Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Division of Neurology and Neuro-Rehabilitation, San Giuseppe Hospital, 28824 Piancavallo, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience "Rita Levi Montalcini", University and City of Health and Science University Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy
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Lazaratos AM, Maritan SM, Quaiattini A, Darlix A, Ratosa I, Ferraro E, Griguolo G, Guarneri V, Pellerino A, Hofer S, Jacot W, Stemmler HJ, van den Broek MPH, Dobnikar N, Panet F, Lahijanian Z, Morikawa A, Seidman AD, Soffietti R, Panasci L, Petrecca K, Rose AAN, Bouganim N, Dankner M. Intrathecal trastuzumab versus alternate routes of delivery for HER2-targeted therapies in patients with HER2+ breast cancer leptomeningeal metastases. Breast 2023; 69:451-468. [PMID: 37156650 PMCID: PMC10300571 DOI: 10.1016/j.breast.2023.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Revised: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 05/10/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Patients with HER2+ breast cancer (BC) frequently develop leptomeningeal metastases (LM). While HER2-targeted therapies have demonstrated efficacy in the neoadjuvant, adjuvant, and metastatic settings, including for parenchymal brain metastases, their efficacy for patients with LM has not been studied in a randomized controlled trial. However, several single-armed prospective studies, case series and case reports have studied oral, intravenous, or intrathecally administered HER2-targeted therapy regimens for patients with HER2+ BC LM. METHODS We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data to evaluate the efficacy of HER2-targeted therapies in HER2+ BC LM in accordance with PRISMA guidelines. Targeted therapies evaluated were trastuzumab (intrathecal or intravenous), pertuzumab, lapatinib, neratinib, tucatinib, trastuzumab-emtansine and trastuzumab-deruxtecan. The primary endpoint was overall survival (OS), with CNS-specific progression-free survival (PFS) as a secondary endpoint. RESULTS 7780 abstracts were screened, identifying 45 publications with 208 patients, corresponding to 275 lines of HER2-targeted therapy for BC LM which met inclusion criteria. In univariable and multivariable analyses, we observed no significant difference in OS and CNS-specific PFS between intrathecal trastuzumab compared to oral or intravenous administration of HER2-targeted therapy. Anti-HER2 monoclonal antibody-based regimens did not demonstrate superiority over HER2 tyrosine kinase inhibitors. In a cohort of 15 patients, treatment with trastuzumab-deruxtecan was associated with prolonged OS compared to other HER2-targeted therapies and compared to trastuzumab-emtansine. CONCLUSIONS The results of this meta-analysis, comprising the limited data available, suggest that intrathecal administration of HER2-targeted therapy for patients with HER2+ BC LM confers no additional benefit over oral and/or IV treatment regimens. Although the number of patients receiving trastuzumab deruxtecan in this cohort is small, this novel agent offers promise for this patient population and requires further investigation in prospective studies.
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- Anna-Maria Lazaratos
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; Institut de Génomique Fonctionnelle, INSERM, CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Division of Radiotherapy, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Breast Cancer Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NewYork, USA
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- Division of Oncology 2, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Padova, Italy; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Oncology 2, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IRCCS, Padova, Italy; Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institut régional du Cancer de Montpellier, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Division of Radiotherapy, Institute of Oncology Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic Radiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Breast Cancer Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NewYork, USA
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- Breast Cancer Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NewYork, USA
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Lady Davis Institute, Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Gerald Bronfman Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Faculty of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
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Pellerino A, Garbossa D, Rudà R, Soffietti R. The role of the neurologist in the diagnosis and treatment of brain metastases and carcinomatous meningitis. Rev Neurol (Paris) 2023; 179:464-474. [PMID: 36990824 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2023.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/01/2023] [Indexed: 03/29/2023]
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Traditionally, in the past, most of central nervous system metastases from solid tumors were associated with an advanced phase of the disease needing palliation only, while to date they increasingly develop as an early and/or solitary relapse in patients with the systemic disease under control. This review will cover all the aspects of a modern management of brain and leptomeningeal metastases from diagnosis to the different therapeutic options, either local (surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, whole-brain radiotherapy with hippocampal avoidance) or systemic. Particular emphasis is reserved to the new-targeted drugs, that allow to target specifically driver molecular alterations. These new compounds pose new problems in terms of monitoring efficacy and adverse events, but increasingly they allow improvement of outcome in comparison to historical controls.
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Hoang-Xuan K, Deckert M, Ferreri AJM, Furtner J, Gallego Perez-Larraya J, Henriksson R, Hottinger AF, Kasenda B, Lefranc F, Lossos A, McBain C, Preusser M, Roth P, Rudà R, Schlegel U, Soffietti R, Soussain C, Taphoorn MJB, Touitou V, Weller M, Bromberg JEC. European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) guidelines for treatment of primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). Neuro Oncol 2023; 25:37-53. [PMID: 35953526 PMCID: PMC9825335 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The management of primary central nervous system (PCNSL) is one of the most controversial topics in neuro-oncology because of the complexity of the disease and the limited number of controlled studies available. In 2021, given recent advances and the publication of practice-changing randomized trials, the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) created a multidisciplinary task force to update the previously published evidence-based guidelines for immunocompetent adult patients with PCNSL and added a section on immunosuppressed patients. The guideline provides consensus considerations and recommendations for the treatment of PCNSL, including intraocular manifestations and specific management of the elderly. The main changes from the previous guideline include strengthened evidence for the consolidation with ASCT in first-line treatment, prospectively assessed chemotherapy combinations for both young and elderly patients, clarification of the role of rituximab even though the data remain inconclusive, of the role of new agents, and the incorporation of immunosuppressed patients and primary ocular lymphoma. The guideline should aid the clinicians in everyday practice and decision making and serve as a basis for future research in the field.
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- Khê Hoang-Xuan
- APHP, Department of Neurology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière; Sorbonne Université; IHU; ICM. Paris, France
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- Institute of Neuropathology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical and Imaging Image-guided Therapy Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Health Research Institute of Navarra (IdiSNA), Program in Solid Tumors, Foundation for the Applied Medical Research, Department of Neurology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, University of Umeå, S-901 85 Umea, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology and Clinical Neurosciences, CHUV University Hospital Lausanne and University of Lausanne, LausanneSwitzerland
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- Department of Hematology/Oncology and Palliative Care, Klinikum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Head, Leslie and Michael Gaffin Center for Neuro-Oncology; Department of Oncology and Neurology; Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center; Jerusalem, Israel
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- Department of Clinical Oncology, The Christie NHS FT; Manchester; United Kingdom
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna,Austria
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- Department of Neurology & Brain Tumor Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospital, Italy
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, and City of Health and Science University Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Universitätsklinikum Knappschaftskrankenhaus Bochum GmbH, Germany
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, and City of Health and Science University Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Hematology, Institut Curie, Site Saint-Cloud, France and INSERM U932 Institut Curie, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center and Department of Neurology, Haaglanden Medical Center The Hague, The Netherlands
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- APHP, Department of Ophtalmology, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière; Sorbonne Université. Paris, France
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- Department of Neurology & Brain Tumor Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Cancer Institute, Rotterdam. The Netherlands
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Soffietti R, Pellerino A. Brain Metastasis from HER2-Positive Breast Cancer: An Evolving Landscape. Clin Cancer Res 2023; 29:8-10. [PMID: 36305867 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-22-2853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
Abstract
Trastuzumab deruxtecan is a HER2-directed antibody-drug conjugate with ability to cross the blood-tumor barrier and activity on brain metastases. To test the activity of new drugs, patient-derived xenograft models from human brain metastases and phase 0 and window-of-opportunity trials are of utmost importance. See related article by Kabraji et al., p. 174.
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Pellerino A, Bruno F, Bertero L, Bellini E, Beano A, Montemurro F, Valiente M, Rudà R, Soffietti R. TMIC-01. STAT3 EXPRESSION IN BRAIN METASTASES FROM BREAST CANCER: CORRELATIONS WITH DIFFERENT MOLECULAR SUBTYPES AND CLINICAL OUTCOME. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac209.1045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
STAT3 expression in peritumoral reactive astrocytes (RA) of brain metastases (BM) from breast cancer (BC) may favor a pro-metastatic environment.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Eighty-five BM specimens from BC were identified from the biobank of Pathology Unit of University of Turin and Spanish national BrM network (RENACER). pSTAT3 expression was scored in RA of peritumoral tissue according to Priego et al. (Nat Med 2018). Clinical, molecular data, and intracranial progression (i-PFS) were retrospectively retrieved.
RESULTS
Median age was of 54 years (range 30–81). Immunohistochemistry for GFAP and pSTAT3 was feasible in 68/85 (80%). 15/68 patients (21.1%) had BM from luminal BC, 27/68 (39.7%) from HER2-positive BC, and 26/68 (39.2%) from TNBC. 56/68 (82.4%) showed positive staining of pSTAT3, of which 9/68 (13.3%) scored with 3, 26/68 (38.2%) with 2, 21/68 (30.9%%) with 1, and 12/68 (17.6%) with 0 (negative). High pSTAT3 expression (score 2-3) was observed in 17/27 (62.9%) BM from HER2-positive BC and in 15/26 (57.7%) BM from TNBC, while most of BM from luminal BC (12/15 – 80%) had low or absent pSTAT3 (score 0-1) (p=0.021). Overall i-PFS was 16 months (range 7-41): low pSTAT3 BM (score 0-1) had a median i-PFS of 21 months versus 12 months for high pSTAT3 BM (score 2-3). A shorter median i-PFS was observed in high pSTAT3 BM from TNBC (4 months) as compared with low pSTAT3 BM (11 months). Conversely, i-PFS of high pSTAT3 BM (7 months) was similar to low pSTAT3 BM (6 months) in HER2-positive BC.
CONCLUSION
pSTAT3 expression in RA of peritumoral tissue of BM from TNBC and HER2-positive BC is higher than in BM from luminal BC. Of note, patients with high pSTAT3 BM from TNBC progressed earlier in comparison with those with low pSTAT3, suggesting that pSTAT3 expression has an influence on the outcome.
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- Alessia Pellerino
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Dept Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Torino , Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospitals , Turin , Italy
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- . Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Torino , Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, City of Health and Science Hospital , Torino , Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, City of Health and Science Hospital , Torino , Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institute for Cancer Research , Candiolo , Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospitals , Turin , Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Dept Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Torino , Italy
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Bruno F, Pellerino A, Pronello E, Palmiero R, Polo V, Vitaliani R, Trincia E, Internò V, Porta C, Soffietti R, Rudà R. CTNI-25. REGORAFENIB IN RECURRENT GLIOBLASTOMA PATIENTS: A MULTICENTRIC REAL-LIFE STUDY. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac209.290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
In the phase 2 REGOMA trial, regorafenib improved overall survival, as compared to lomustine, for glioblastoma (GBM) patients at first progression after chemoradiation. Here, we present the results of a real-life multicentre study that analysed response to treatments, tolerability, and outcome of GBM patients treated with regorafenib at first tumour progression.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
Regorafenib was given following an escalation dose protocol (1st cycle: 80 mg/day for 2 weeks, then 120 mg/day for one week; 2nd cycle: 120 mg/day for 2 weeks, then 160 mg/day for one week; 160 mg/day from the 3rd cycle). Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were defined as time from regorafenib initiation and disease progression or death.
RESULTS
From January 2020 to January 2022, 66 GBM patients were included. Median age was 60.0 years. MGMTp methylation was found in 30 patients (45.5%). Median dose was 120 mg/day 21q28 day, which was lower than that used in REGOMA trial (149 mg). Median PFS (mPFS) was 2.7 months and median OS (mOS) 7.1 months. RANO response to regorafenib was partial response (PR) in 10 (15.1%), stable disease in 14 (21.2%), and progressive disease in 42 (63.7%) patients. Forty-six (69.7%) patients presented adverse events of any grade, and 21 (31.8%) grade III-IV toxicity. Two patients only (3.0%) interrupted regorafenib due to toxicity. In a multivariable analysis, factors associated with disease progression were higher age (p = 0.035) and absence of MGMTp methylation (p = 0.024).
CONCLUSION
In our study, mPFS and mOS were similar to those of the 59 patients enrolled in the regorafenib arm of REGOMA trial (2.7 vs 2.0 months; 7.1 vs 7.4 months, respectively). However, we observed a higher rate of PRs (15% versus 3.0%). Moreover, we had a lower incidence of discontinuations due to toxicity, maybe because of the lower dose intensity.
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- Francesco Bruno
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospitals , Turin , Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Dept Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Torino , Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy , Novara , Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurosciences, University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , USA
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- Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro. Division of Medical Oncology, Bari, Italy , Bari , Italy
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology, University of Bari Aldo Moro. Division of Medical Oncology, Bari, Italy , Bari , Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Dept Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Torino , Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospitals , Turin , Italy
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Rudà R, Bruno F, Pellerino A, Pronello E, Palmiero R, Bertero L, Crasto S, Polo V, Vitaliani R, Trincia E, Internò V, Porta C, Soffietti R. Observational real-life study on regorafenib in recurrent glioblastoma: does dose reduction reduce toxicity while maintaining the efficacy? J Neurooncol 2022; 160:389-402. [DOI: 10.1007/s11060-022-04155-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2022] [Accepted: 09/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Aizer AA, Lamba N, Ahluwalia MS, Aldape K, Boire A, Brastianos PK, Brown PD, Camidge DR, Chiang VL, Davies MA, Hu LS, Huang RY, Kaufmann T, Kumthekar P, Lam K, Lee EQ, Lin NU, Mehta M, Parsons M, Reardon DA, Sheehan J, Soffietti R, Tawbi H, Weller M, Wen PY. Brain metastases: A Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO) consensus review on current management and future directions. Neuro Oncol 2022; 24:1613-1646. [PMID: 35762249 PMCID: PMC9527527 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
Brain metastases occur commonly in patients with advanced solid malignancies. Yet, less is known about brain metastases than cancer-related entities of similar incidence. Advances in oncologic care have heightened the importance of intracranial management. Here, in this consensus review supported by the Society for Neuro-Oncology (SNO), we review the landscape of brain metastases with particular attention to management approaches and ongoing efforts with potential to shape future paradigms of care. Each coauthor carried an area of expertise within the field of brain metastases and initially composed, edited, or reviewed their specific subsection of interest. After each subsection was accordingly written, multiple drafts of the manuscript were circulated to the entire list of authors for group discussion and feedback. The hope is that the these consensus guidelines will accelerate progress in the understanding and management of patients with brain metastases, and highlight key areas in need of further exploration that will lead to dedicated trials and other research investigations designed to advance the field.
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- Ayal A Aizer
- Corresponding Author: Dr. Ayal A. Aizer, MD/MHS, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA ()
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- Laboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
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- Departments of Neuro-Oncology and Medical Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Departments of Neurosurgery and Radiation Oncology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology Division, Mayo Clinic, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology at The Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University and The Malnati Brain Tumor Institute at the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Kaiser Permanente, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Miami Cancer Institute, Miami, Florida, USA
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- Departments of Oncology and Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience Rita Levi Montalcini, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Pellerino A, Bruno F, Mo F, Bertero L, Bellini E, Beano A, Montemurro F, Valiente M, Rudà R, Soffietti R. P11.26.A STAT3 expression in brain metastases from breast cancer: correlations with different molecular subtypes and clinical outcome. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac174.215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Abstract
Background
STAT3 expression in peritumoral reactive astrocytes (RA) of brain metastases (BM) may favor a pro-metastatic environment. The aim of the study was to evaluate in a retrospective cohort of surgically resected BM from breast cancer (BC) the expression of pSTAT3 in RA of peritumoral tissue of BM, identify different patterns of expression according to molecular subtypes, and correlate with intracranial progression-free survival (i-PFS).
Material and Methods
Patients with histologically proven BM diagnosis from BC were identified from the biobank of Pathology Unit of University of Turin and Spanish national BrM network (RENACER). pSTAT3 expression was evaluated and scored in RA of peritumoral tissue using GFAP and STAT3 immunohistochemistry, according to Priego et al. (Nat Med 2018). Data on histological diagnosis, molecular subtypes, and i-PFS were retrieved by chart review. Intracranial progression was defined based on MRI reports.
Results
Eighty-five BM specimens from BC of 85 female patients with a median age of 54 years (range 30-81 years) were available for analysis. Immunohistochemistry for GFAP and pSTAT3 was feasible in 68/85 (80%). Fifteen out of 68 patients (21.1%) had BM from luminal BC, 27/68 (39.7%) from HER2-positive BC, and 26/68 (39.2%) from TNBC. Fifty-six out of 68 (82.4%) showed positive staining of pSTAT3 in peritumoral RA, of which 9/68 (13.3%) scored with 3, 26/68 (38.2%) with 2, and 21/68 (30.9%%) with 1, while pSTAT3 expression was negative (score 0) in 12/68 (17.6%). High pSTAT3 expression (score 2-3) was observed in 17/27 (62.9%) BM from HER2-positive BC and in 15/26 (57.7%) BM from TNBC, while most of BM from luminal BC (12/15 - 80%) had low or absent pSTAT3 (score 0-1) (p=0.021). Overall i-PFS was 16 months (range 7-41): low pSTAT3 BM (score 0-1) had a median i-PFS of 21 months versus 12 months for high pSTAT3 BM (score 2-3). A shorter median i-PFS was observed in high pSTAT3 BM from TNBC (4 months) as compared with low pSTAT3 BM (11 months). Conversely, i-PFS of high pSTAT3 BM (7 months) was similar to low pSTAT3 BM (6 months) in HER2-positive BC.
Conclusion
pSTAT3 expression in RA of peritumoral tissue of BM from TNBC and HER2-positive BC is higher than in BM from luminal BC. Of note, patients with high pSTAT3 BM from TNBC progressed earlier in comparison with those with low pSTAT3, suggesting that pSTAT3 expression has an influence on the outcome.
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- A Pellerino
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology 1, City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Institute for Cancer Research , Candiolo , Italy
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- Brain Metastasis Group, CNIO , Madrid , Spain
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospital , Treviso , Italy
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital , Turin , Italy
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Bruno F, Pellerino A, Pronello E, Bertero L, Tampieri C, Francia Di Celle P, Mantovani C, Moro M, Bartoletti V, Baciorri F, Garbossa D, Soffietti R, Rudà R. JS06.4.A Intracranial ependymomas of the adult: outcome and response to treatments across molecular subtypes. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac174.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
The 2021 WHO Classification lists two molecularly defined types of supratentorial ependymomas (STEs), i.e., ZFTA and YAP1 fusions, and posterior fossa ependymomas (PFEs), i.e, PFA and PFB. Based on retrospective data, the presence of the ZFTA fusion (for STEs) and the PFA subtype (for PFEs) seem to correlate with a poorer outcome. However, prospective data on large cohorts of adult patients are lacking, and the role of treatments is uncertain. The aim of our study is to investigate the clinical characteristics, response to treatment, and outcome of a cohort of adult patients with supratentorial and posterior fossa ependymomas across different molecular subtypes.
Patients and Methods
Clinical data of patients ≥18 years with STEs and PFEs were retrospectively collected from 2 Italian Centres (Turin, Treviso). ZFTA and YAP1 fusions were detected by FISH, while PFA and PFB subtypes were defined by anti-H3K27me3 immunohistochemistry.
Results
We collected 42 adult patients with STEs (11, 26.2%) and PFEs (31, 73.8%) diagnosed between 1984 and 2021. Median age was 45 years. ZFTA and YAP1 fusions were found in 5 (45.5%) and 1 (9.1%) case of STEs. PFA and PFB subtypes accounted for 9 (29.0%) and 22 (71.0%) cases of PFEs. Extent of resection (EOR) was gross-total (GTR) in 6/11 (54.8%) STEs and 17/31 PFEs (54.8%). 4/11 (36.4%) STEs and 9/31 (29.0%) PFEs received adjuvant radiotherapy (RT). Median progression-free survival (mPFS) and overall survival (mOS) were 172 and 61.6 months for STEs patients, and not reached (NR) and 332 months for PFEs. For patients with STEs, the presence of ZFTA fusion correlated with a significant shorter PFS (64.0 months vs NR, p = 0.05) and with a trend for shorter mOS (168.0 months vs NR, p = 0.307). The only patient with YAP1 fusion had a very long PFS (33 years). In a multivariable analysis, EOR and adjuvant RT did not significantly affect survival of STEs patients.For patients with PFEs, PFA and PFB subtypes did not differ significantly in terms of mPFS (NR vs 137.0 months, p = 0.513) and mOS (NR vs NR, p = 0.132). Conversely, GTR was associated with a significantly longer mPFS (NR vs 63.0 months, p = 0.007) and with a trend for longer mOS (NR vs 332.0 months, p = 0.146). In a multivariable analysis, GTR was associated with a significantly lower risk of disease progression, both in the entire cohort of PFE patients (p = 0.016), and within the PFA subtype (p = 0.013). Similarly, GTR was associated with a trend for better PFS within the PFB subtype.
Conclusion
Our preliminary data on a real-life cohort of adult patients confirm the worse prognosis of STEs harbouring the ZFTA fusion and suggest an impact of the EOR among PFEs regardless of molecular subtypes. Larger populations of patients are needed to better define the role of treatment modalities within molecular subrogups. The study is still ongoing in a multicentric setting.
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- F Bruno
- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Dept. of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy , Novara , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Molecular Pathology Unit, Dept. of Medical Sciences, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Division of Radiotherapy, Dept. of Oncology, University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Dept. of Neurosurgery, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Dept. of Neurosurgery, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Dept. of Pathology, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, ULSS2 Marca Trevigiana, Treviso, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Dept. of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
- Dept. of Neurology, Castelfranco and Treviso Hospitals, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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Bruno F, Pellerino A, Pronello E, Palmiero R, Polo V, Vitaliani R, Trincia E, Internò V, Porta C, Soffietti R, Rudà R. OS07.4.A Regorafenib in recurrent glioblastoma patients: a multicentric real-life study. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac174.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Few options are still available for recurrent glioblastoma (GBM). In the Italian phase 2 REGOMA trial, regorafenib improved overall survival, as compared to lomustine, for GBM patients at first progression after chemoradiation. Here, we present the results of a real-life multicentre study that analysed clinical and radiological features, response to treatments, tolerability, and outcome of a cohort of GBM patients treated with regorafenib at first tumour progression.
Patients and Methods
We enrolled GBM patients at first tumour progression in three Italian Institutions (Turin, Treviso, Bari). Regorafenib was administered following an escalation dose protocol (1st cycle: 80 mg/day for 2 weeks, then 120 mg/day for one week; 2nd cycle: 120 mg/day for 2 weeks, then 160 mg/day for one week; 160 mg/day from the 3rd cycle). MRI scans were obtained at baseline and every 3 months. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were defined as time from regorafenib initiation and disease progression or death.
Results
From January 2020 to January 2022, 66 GBM patients were included. Median age was 60.0 years. MGMTp methylation was found in 30 patients (45.5%). First-line treatment consisted in chemoradiation in 61 (92.4%), in upfront TMZ (3, 4.5%) or RT alone followed by TMZ (2, 3.0%). Median dose was 120 mg/day 21q28 day, which was lower than that used in REGOMA trial (149 mg). Median PFS (mPFS) was 2.7 months (2.4 - 3.0 95% CI) and median OS (mOS) 7.1 months (5.4 - 8.9 95% CI). Best RANO response to regorafenib was partial response (PR) in 10 (15.1%), stable disease in 14 (21.2%), and progressive disease in 42 (63.7%) patients. All PRs were observed within the first three months of treatment. Patients who completed treatment up the 6th, 9th, and 12th cycles were 20, 3 and 2, respectively. Forty-six (69.7%) patients presented adverse events of any grade, and 21 (31.8%) grade III-IV toxicity. The most frequent adverse events were fatigue (33.3%), hand-foot syndrome (27.3%), and liver enzymes increase (15.2%). Two patients only (3.0%) interrupted regorafenib due to toxicity.In a multivariable analysis, factors significantly associated with disease progression were higher age (p = 0.035) and absence of MGMTp methylation (p = 0.024).
Conclusion
In this real-life study on 66 patients, mPFS and mOS were similar to those of the 59 patients enrolled in the regorafenib arm of REGOMA trial (2.7 vs 2.0 months; 7.1 vs 7.4 months, respectively). However, we observed a higher rate of PRs as compared to REGOMA (15% versus 3.0%). Type and severity of adverse events were similar between the two studies. Moreover, we had a lower incidence of discontinuations of regorafenib due to toxicity, maybe attributable to the lower dose intensity.We are further analysing the data of MRI-perfusion, with the aim to explore whether it can predict an early response or progression in comparison to standard MRI.
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- F Bruno
- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Dept. of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy , Novara , Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro. Division of Medical Oncology, Bari, Italy , Bari , Italy
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro. Division of Medical Oncology, Bari, Italy , Bari , Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
- Multidisciplinary Brain Tumor Board, Ca’ Foncello Hospital, Treviso, Italy , Treviso , Italy
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Ricci AA, Collemi G, Orlando G, Tampieri C, Senetta R, Pellerino A, Bruno F, Melcarne A, Garbossa D, Rudà R, Soffietti R, Ribero S, Quaglino P, Cassoni P, Bertero L. OS08.4.A Analysis of melanoma brain metastasis immune microenvironment through multiplex gene expression profiling. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac174.058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background
Novel immunotherapies based on targeting of specific immune checkpoints enabled a significant improvement of melanoma outcome, but melanoma brain metastases (BM) remain an unmet oncological need with an overall 2-year survival rate lower than 10%. Tumour immune microenvironment has been demonstrated to play a key role in BM establishment and development, but data regarding the specific milieu of melanoma BM is limited.
Material and Methods
Gene expression profiles of 55 samples of primary melanoma and BM were evaluated using the nCounter PanCancer IO 360 Panel (NanoString Technologies) targeting 770 mRNA involved in tumor immune microenvironment modulation. The case series consisted of 10 primary melanomas and their 10 matched BM, 25 unmatched BM, and 10 locally advanced control melanomas without evidence of BM after >5 year follow up.
Results
Among BM samples, most patients (25/45) were males and median age at BM diagnosis was 61,2 years with a median time to BM development of 2,1 years. Median OS from BM diagnosis was 1,3 years. Several genes resulted significantly downregulated in BM compared to primary melanomas, including SERPINB5 (p<0.001), ARG1 (p=0.0067), S100A8 (p<0.001), S100A9 (p<0.001), S100A12 (p=0.0037), IL1RN (p=0.0012), CCL21 (p=0.0012), CCL22 (p=0.0012) and CCL13 (p=0.037) and SELE (p=0.026); conversely, C7 was upregulated (p<0.001). Downregulated signatures in BM involved those associated with multiple immune cell populations, including neutrophils, dendritic cells, mast cells and Treg, as well as inflammatory chemokines, the CTLA4 immune checkpoint and ARG1 enzyme function; conversely, MAGEs-related signature was upregulated. Comparison between primary melanomas which developed BM and those which did not showed a significant overexpression of RRM2 (p=0.0247) and TNFRSF1A (p=0.032) genes in the latter group and an upregulation of the PD-1 pathway. Analysis according to tumour mutational status showed an upregulation of signatures associated with inflammatory chemokines, dendritic and myeloid cells and neutrophils. No differences were observed according to time to BM development and survival from BM diagnosis.
Conclusion
Our findings show that melanoma BM harbor distinct immunosuppressive mechanisms compared to primary tumors: this data elicits the importance of investigating the heterogeneity of BM microenvironment. Genes and pathways selectively overexpressed or downregulated in melanoma BM should be validated to be possibly considered as novel therapeutic targets.
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- A A Ricci
- Pathology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. Oncology, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. Oncology, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Dept. Neuroscience, University and "Città della Salute e della Scienza" University Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Dept. Neuroscience, University and "Città della Salute e della Scienza" University Hospital, Turin, Italy , Turin , Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Dept. Neuroscience, University and "Città della Salute e della Scienza" University Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Dept. Neuroscience, University and "Città della Salute e della Scienza" University Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Dept. Neuroscience, University and "Città della Salute e della Scienza" University Hospital , Turin , Italy
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospital , Treviso , Italy
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Dept. Neuroscience, University and "Città della Salute e della Scienza" University Hospital , Turin , Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Dermatology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Dept. Medical Sciences, University of Turin , Turin , Italy
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Gay L, Rossi M, Sciortino T, Conti Nibali M, Simonelli M, Navarria P, Rudà R, Soffietti R, Bello L. P07.08.B Surgical management of recurrent lower-grade gliomas: analysis of oncological and functional outcomes and associated factors. Neuro Oncol 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac174.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background
Presently, there are no clear evidence-based recommendations for the surgical management of progressive or recurrent lower-grade gliomas (LGGs). In our work, we evaluated the oncological (PFS, OS) and functional (neurological, neuropsychological, quality of life evaluation) outcomes of a series of LGGs treated in a 5-year period. The aim was to identify clinical, imaging, and molecular factors, associated with better outcomes, to be implemented in the treatment decision making process.
Material and Methods
In our retrospective analysis, 738 recurrent LGGs were included (follow-up 7.9 years; IQR:6-9); 550 were surgically treated, 495 with open resection (with brain mapping techniques), and 55 with tumor biopsy (with frameless stereotactic technique).
Results
Overall, 521 patients (70.6%) recurred. Of those treated with open resection 63.5% relapsed. Tumor progression was histologically confirmed in 72.5% of cases, no valuable tumor (effect of treatment) in 27.5% of cases (particularly in cases previously treated with RT and CHT), histo-molecular conversion (astrocytoma instead of oligodendroglioma diagnosis) in 7.5% of cases, malignant transformation in 38.7% of cases. Among the clinical (patient functional status, previous PFS, previous EOR, previous CHT and duration of CHT, previous RT), imaging (type of recurrence, i.e. typical versus atypical, speed of growth, contrast enhancement), and molecular (IDH, codeletion, ATRX, MGMT, tumor grade, CDNK status) factors analyzed, longest PFS of recurrent tumors was associated with patient functional status, previous PFS, previous EOR, speed of growth (>6 mm/year), atypical type of recurrence, tumor grade, presence of codeletion, and CDNK status. Best functional outcome associated with surgical resection, EOR, and tumor grade; worst functional outcome with RT and malignant transformation. Longest OS associated with previous EOR, surgical resection, tumor grade, presence of co-deletion. Malignant transformation was associated to previous EOR. Among patients submitted solely to tumor biopsy, changes in MGMT methylation status and in IDH status were observed in 65.3% and 5% of cases, respectively. Modification in IDH status was associated with atypical (distant) type of recurrence. New histo-molecular profile helped in the treatment decision making process.
Conclusion
Surgical resection of recurrent LGGs is associated with longer PFS and OS. Tumor biopsy should be considered, when surgery considered unfeasible, to tailor adjuvant treatment.
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- L Gay
- Neurosurgical Oncological Unit, Dept of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano , Milano , Italy
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- Neurosurgical Oncological Unit, Dept of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano , Milano , Italy
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- Neurosurgical Oncological Unit, Dept of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano , Milano , Italy
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- Neurosurgical Oncological Unit, Dept of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano , Milano , Italy
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- Humanitas Cancer Center, Humanitas Research Hospital, IRCCS , Milano , Italy
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- Humanitas Cancer Center, Humanitas Research Hospital, IRCCS , Milano , Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto Hospital , Castelfranco Veneto , Italy
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- Neuro-Oncologia, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Università di Torino , Torino , Italy
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- Neurosurgical Oncological Unit, Dept of Oncology and Hemato-oncology, Università degli Studi di Milano , Milano , Italy
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Rudà R, Capper D, Waldman AD, Pallud J, Minniti G, Kaley TJ, Bouffet E, Tabatabai G, Aronica E, Jakola AS, Pfister SM, Schiff D, Lassman AB, Solomon DA, Soffietti R, Weller M, Preusser M, Idbaih A, Wen PY, van den Bent MJ. EANO - EURACAN - SNO Guidelines on circumscribed astrocytic gliomas, glioneuronal, and neuronal tumors. Neuro Oncol 2022; 24:2015-2034. [PMID: 35908833 PMCID: PMC9713532 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
Abstract
In the new WHO 2021 Classification of CNS Tumors the chapter "Circumscribed astrocytic gliomas, glioneuronal and neuronal tumors" encompasses several different rare tumor entities, which occur more frequently in children, adolescents, and young adults. The Task Force has reviewed the evidence of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, which is low particularly for adult patients, and draw recommendations accordingly. Tumor diagnosis, based on WHO 2021, is primarily performed using conventional histological techniques; however, a molecular workup is important for differential diagnosis, in particular, DNA methylation profiling for the definitive classification of histologically unresolved cases. Molecular factors are increasing of prognostic and predictive importance. MRI finding are non-specific, but for some tumors are characteristic and suggestive. Gross total resection, when feasible, is the most important treatment in terms of prolonging survival and achieving long-term seizure control. Conformal radiotherapy should be considered in grade 3 and incompletely resected grade 2 tumors. In recurrent tumors reoperation and radiotherapy, including stereotactic radiotherapy, can be useful. Targeted therapies may be used in selected patients: BRAF and MEK inhibitors in pilocytic astrocytomas, pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas, and gangliogliomas when BRAF altered, and mTOR inhibitor everolimus in subependymal giant cells astrocytomas. Sequencing to identify molecular targets is advocated for diagnostic clarification and to direct potential targeted therapies.
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- Roberta Rudà
- Corresponding Author: Roberta Rudà, Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospital and Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy ()
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- Department of Neuropathology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Berlin, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh and Department of Brain Science, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, GHU-Paris Psychiatrie et Neurosciences, Hôpital Sainte Anne, Paris, France
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy and IRCCS Neuromed (IS), Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Tumor Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, US
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- Division of Paediatric Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Department of Neurology & Neurooncology, University of Tübingen, German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ partner site Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of (Neuro)Pathology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam and Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland (SEIN), Heemstede, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Hopp Children´s Cancer Center Heidelberg (KiTZ), Division of Pediatric Neuro-oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), and Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology and Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, US
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology and the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, US
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- Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, US
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin, Paris, France
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Galldiks N, Langen KJ, Albert NL, Law I, Kim MM, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Soffietti R, Wen PY, Weller M, Tonn JC. Investigational PET tracers in neuro-oncology-What's on the horizon? A report of the PET/RANO group. Neuro Oncol 2022; 24:1815-1826. [PMID: 35674736 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Many studies in patients with brain tumors evaluating innovative PET tracers have been published in recent years, and the initial results are promising. Here, the Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) PET working group provides an overview of the literature on novel investigational PET tracers for brain tumor patients. Furthermore, newer indications of more established PET tracers for the evaluation of glucose metabolism, amino acid transport, hypoxia, cell proliferation, and others are also discussed. Based on the preliminary findings, these novel investigational PET tracers should be further evaluated considering their promising potential. In particular, novel PET probes for imaging of translocator protein and somatostatin receptor overexpression as well as for immune system reactions appear to be of additional clinical value for tumor delineation and therapy monitoring. Progress in developing these radiotracers may contribute to improving brain tumor diagnostics and advancing clinical translational research.
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- Norbert Galldiks
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Kerpener St. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany.,Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3, -4), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany.,Center of Integrated Oncology (CIO), Universities of Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, and Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-3, -4), Research Center Juelich, Juelich, Germany.,Center of Integrated Oncology (CIO), Universities of Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, and Düsseldorf, Germany.,Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Ludwig Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Nuclear Medicine and PET, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany.,German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site Munich, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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Pellerino A, Bruno F, Palmiero R, Pronello E, Bertero L, Soffietti R, Rudà R. Clinical Significance of Molecular Alterations and Systemic Therapy for Meningiomas: Where Do We Stand? Cancers (Basel) 2022; 14:cancers14092256. [PMID: 35565385 PMCID: PMC9100910 DOI: 10.3390/cancers14092256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Simple Summary Meningiomas are the most frequent intracranial tumors and comprise a heterogeneous spectrum of diseases, ranging from small, asymptomatic tumors that do not need treatment to large, symptomatic ones causing seizures or neurological deficits that require surgery and/or radiotherapy. Systemic therapy is reserved for progressive or recurrent meningiomas when surgery and/or radiotherapy options have been exhausted, with only modest activity in terms of disease control and survival. Novel molecular alterations are correlated with grading, location, and prognosis of meningiomas. Moreover, some of these driver alterations regulate meningioma growth and progression and may be targeted by specific drugs that are under investigation in clinical trials. Lastly, the microenvironment surrounding meningiomas may also contribute to regulating tumor growth: in particular, PD-L1 and/or M2 macrophage expression may represent a target for immunotherapy. Abstract Meningiomas are common intracranial tumors that can be treated successfully in most cases with surgical resection and/or adjuvant radiotherapy. However, approximately 20% of patients show an aggressive clinical course with tumor recurrence or progressive disease, resulting in significant morbidity and increased mortality. Despite several studies that have investigated different cytotoxic agents in aggressive meningiomas in the past several years, limited evidence of efficacy and clinical benefit has been reported thus far. Novel molecular alterations have been linked to a particular clinicopathological phenotype and have been correlated with grading, location, and prognosis of meningiomas. In this regard, SMO, AKT, and PIK3CA mutations are typical of anterior skull base meningiomas, whereas KLF4 mutations are specific for secretory histology, and BAP1 alterations are common in progressive rhabdoid meningiomas. Alterations in TERT, DMD, and BAP1 correlate with poor outcomes. Moreover, some actionable mutations, including SMO, AKT1, and PIK3CA, regulate meningioma growth and are under investigation in clinical trials. PD-L1 and/or M2 macrophage expression in the microenvironment provides evidence for the investigation of immunotherapy in progressive meningiomas.
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- Alessia Pellerino
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (F.B.); (R.P.); (R.R.)
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (F.B.); (R.P.); (R.R.)
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (F.B.); (R.P.); (R.R.)
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- Department of Neurology Unit, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, 28100 Novara, Italy;
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy;
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (F.B.); (R.P.); (R.R.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +39-011-6334904
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (F.B.); (R.P.); (R.R.)
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto and Treviso Hospital, 31100 Treviso, Italy
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Rakusa M, Öztürk S, Moro E, Helbok R, Bassetti CL, Beghi E, Bereczki D, Bodini B, Di Liberto G, Jenkins TM, Macerollo A, Maia LF, Martinelli-Boneschi F, Pisani A, Priori A, Sauerbier A, Soffietti R, Taba P, von Oertzen TJ, Zedde M, Crean M, Burlica A, Cavallieri F, Sellner J. COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among people with chronic neurological disorders: a position paper. Eur J Neurol 2022; 29:2163-2172. [PMID: 35460319 PMCID: PMC9111566 DOI: 10.1111/ene.15368] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 04/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Background and purpose Health risks associated with SARS‐CoV‐2 infection are undisputed. Moreover, the capability of vaccination to prevent symptomatic, severe, and fatal COVID‐19 is recognized. There is also early evidence that vaccination can reduce the chance for long COVID‐19. Nonetheless, the willingness to get vaccinated and receive booster shots remains subpar among people with neurologic disorders. Vaccine scepticism not only jeopardizes collective efforts to end the COVID‐19 pandemic but puts individual lives at risk, as some chronic neurologic diseases are associated with a higher risk for an unfavorable COVID‐19 course. Methods In this position paper, the NeuroCOVID‐19 Task Force of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) summarizes the current knowledge on the prognosis of COVID‐19 among patients with neurologic disease, elucidates potential barriers to vaccination coverage, and formulates strategies to overcome vaccination hesitancy. A survey among the Task Force members on the phenomenon of vaccination hesitancy among people with neurologic disease supports the lines of argumentation. Results The study revealed that people with multiple sclerosis and other nervous system autoimmune disorders are most skeptical of SARS‐CoV‐2 vaccination. The prevailing concerns included the chance of worsening the pre‐existing neurological condition, vaccination‐related adverse events, and drug interaction. Conclusions The EAN NeuroCOVID‐19 Task Force reinforces the key role of neurologists as advocates of COVID‐19 vaccination. Neurologists need to argue in the interest of their patients about the overwhelming individual and global benefits of COVID‐19 vaccination. Moreover, they need to keep on eye on this vulnerable patient group, its concerns, and the emergence of potential safety signals.
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- Martin Rakusa
- Department of Neurologic Diseases, University Medical Centre Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia
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- Department of Neurology and Neurointensive Care, Selcuk University, Faculty of Medicine, Konya, Turkey
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- Grenoble Alpes University, Division of Neurology, CHU of Grenoble, Grenoble Institute of Neurosciences, Grenoble, France
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.,Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital and University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, IRCCS, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Neurology, Saint-Antoine Hospital, APHP, Paris, France.,Paris Brain Institute, Sorbonne University, Paris, France
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.,Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield, UK
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- The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK.,Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Hospital Santo António, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Porto, Porto, Portugal.,i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Neurology Unit and MS Centre, Foundation IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.,Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation (DEPT), Dino Ferrari Centre, Neuroscience Section, University of Milan, Milan
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.,IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Neurology, 'Aldo Ravelli' Research Center, University of Milan and ASST Santi Paolo e Carlo, Milan, Italy
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- University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Department of Neurology, Cologne, Germany
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tartu, Estonia.,Tartu University Hospital, Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Neurology, Neuromed Campus, Kepler Universitätsklinikum, Linz, Austria.,Medical Faculty, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
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- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Head Office, Vienna, Austria
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- European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Head Office, Vienna, Austria
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- Neurology Unit, Neuromotor and Rehabilitation Department, Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.,Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD Program, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Landesklinikum Mistelbach-Gänserndorf, Mistelbach, Austria
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW To review state of art and relevant advances in the molecular genetics and management of ependymomas of children and adults. RECENT FINDINGS Ependymomas may occur either in the brain or in the spinal cord. Compared with intracranial ependymomas, spinal ependymomas are less frequent and exhibit a better prognosis. The new WHO classification of CNS tumors of 2021 has subdivided ependymomas into different histomolecular subgroups with different outcome. The majority of studies have shown a major impact of extent of resection; thus, a complete resection must be performed, whenever possible, at first surgery or at reoperation. Conformal radiotherapy is recommended for grade 3 or incompletely resected grade II tumors. Proton therapy is increasingly employed especially in children to reduce the risk of neurocognitive and endocrine sequelae. Craniospinal irradiation is reserved for metastatic disease. Chemotherapy is not useful as primary treatment and is commonly employed as salvage treatment for patients failing surgery and radiotherapy. Standard treatments are still the mainstay of treatment: the discovery of new druggable pathways will hopefully increase the therapeutic armamentarium in the near future.
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- Roberta Rudà
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience “Rita Levi Montalcini”, University of Turin, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Turin, Italy
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Weller M, van den Bent M, Preusser M, Le Rhun E, Tonn JC, Minniti G, Bendszus M, Balana C, Chinot O, Dirven L, French P, Hegi ME, Jakola AS, Platten M, Roth P, Rudà R, Short S, Smits M, Taphoorn MJB, von Deimling A, Westphal M, Soffietti R, Reifenberger G, Wick W. Author Correction: EANO guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of diffuse gliomas of adulthood. Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2022; 19:357-358. [PMID: 35322237 PMCID: PMC9038523 DOI: 10.1038/s41571-022-00623-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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- Michael Weller
- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Brain Tumor Center at Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.,University of Lille, U1192, Lille, France.,Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Lille, Neuro-Oncology, General and Stereotaxic Neurosurgery Service, Lille, France.,Oscar Lambret Center, Neurology, Lille, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Munich LMU, Munich, Germany
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
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- Aix-Marseille Université, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), CHU Timone, Department of Neuro-Oncology, Marseille, France
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Neurology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Mannheim Center for Translational Neuroscience (MCTN), Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany.,German Consortium of Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuroimmunology and Brain Tumor Immunology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands.,Department of Neurology, Haaglanden Medical Center, The Hague, Netherlands
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- Department for Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,DKTK and Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany.,DKTK partner site Essen/Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.,DKTK and Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
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Bruno F, Pellerino A, Palmiero R, Bertero L, Mantovani C, Garbossa D, Soffietti R, Rudà R. Glioblastoma in the Elderly: Review of Molecular and Therapeutic Aspects. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10030644. [PMID: 35327445 PMCID: PMC8945166 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10030644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/08/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most aggressive primary brain tumour. As GBM incidence is associated with age, elderly people represent a consistent subgroup of patients. Elderly people with GBM show dismal prognosis (about 6 months) and limited response to treatments. Age is a negative prognostic factor, which correlates with clinical frailty, poorer tolerability to surgery or adjuvant radio-chemotherapy, and higher occurrence of comorbidities and/or secondary complications. The aim of this paper is to review the clinical and molecular characteristics, current therapeutic options, and prognostic factors of elderly patients with GBM.
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- Francesco Bruno
- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (R.P.); (R.S.); (R.R.)
- Correspondence:
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (R.P.); (R.S.); (R.R.)
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (R.P.); (R.S.); (R.R.)
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, 10126 Turin, Italy;
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- Division of Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, University and City of Health and Science, 10126 Turin, Italy;
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- Division of Neurosurgery, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science, 10126 Turin, Italy;
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (R.P.); (R.S.); (R.R.)
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science, 10126 Turin, Italy; (A.P.); (R.P.); (R.S.); (R.R.)
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco and Treviso Hospitals, 31100 Treviso, Italy
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Zhu L, Retana D, García‐Gómez P, Álvaro‐Espinosa L, Priego N, Masmudi‐Martín M, Yebra N, Miarka L, Hernández‐Encinas E, Blanco‐Aparicio C, Martínez S, Sobrino C, Ajenjo N, Artiga M, Ortega‐Paino E, Torres‐Ruiz R, Rodríguez‐Perales S, Soffietti R, Bertero L, Cassoni P, Weiss T, Muñoz J, Sepúlveda JM, González‐León P, Jiménez‐Roldán L, Moreno LM, Esteban O, Pérez‐Núñez Á, Hernández‐Laín A, Toldos O, Ruano Y, Alcázar L, Blasco G, Fernández‐Alén J, Caleiras E, Lafarga M, Megías D, Graña‐Castro O, Nör C, Taylor MD, Young LS, Varešlija D, Cosgrove N, Couch FJ, Cussó L, Desco M, Mouron S, Quintela‐Fandino M, Weller M, Pastor J, Valiente M. A clinically compatible drug-screening platform based on organotypic cultures identifies vulnerabilities to prevent and treat brain metastasis. EMBO Mol Med 2022; 14:e14552. [PMID: 35174975 PMCID: PMC8899920 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.202114552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
We report a medium-throughput drug-screening platform (METPlatform) based on organotypic cultures that allows to evaluate inhibitors against metastases growing in situ. By applying this approach to the unmet clinical need of brain metastasis, we identified several vulnerabilities. Among them, a blood-brain barrier permeable HSP90 inhibitor showed high potency against mouse and human brain metastases at clinically relevant stages of the disease, including a novel model of local relapse after neurosurgery. Furthermore, in situ proteomic analysis applied to metastases treated with the chaperone inhibitor uncovered a novel molecular program in brain metastasis, which includes biomarkers of poor prognosis and actionable mechanisms of resistance. Our work validates METPlatform as a potent resource for metastasis research integrating drug-screening and unbiased omic approaches that is compatible with human samples. Thus, this clinically relevant strategy is aimed to personalize the management of metastatic disease in the brain and elsewhere.
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- Lucía Zhu
- Brain Metastasis GroupCNIOMadridSpain
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- Molecular Cytogenetics UnitCNIOMadridSpain,Division of Hematopoietic Innovative TherapiesCentro de Investigaciones EnergeticasMedioambientales y Tecnologicas (CIEMAT)MadridSpain
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- Department of Neuro‐OncologyUniversity and City of Health and Science HospitalTurinItaly
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- Department of Medical SciencesUniversity of TurinTurinItaly
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- Department of Medical SciencesUniversity of TurinTurinItaly
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- Department of NeurologyClinical Neuroscience CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich and University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Proteomics UnitProteoRedISCIIICNIOMadridSpain,Present address:
Cell Signaling and Clinical Proteomics GroupBiocruces Bizkaia Health Research InstituteBarakaldoSpain,Present address:
IkerbasqueBasque Foundation for ScienceBilbaoSpain
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- Neurosurgery UnitHospital Universitario 12 de OctubreMadridSpain,Department of SurgeryUniversidad Complutense de MadridMadridSpain,Neuropathology UnitInstituto i+12, Hospital Universitario 12 de OctubreMadridSpain
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- Neurosurgery UnitHospital Universitario 12 de OctubreMadridSpain
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- Neurosurgery UnitHospital Universitario 12 de OctubreMadridSpain,Department of SurgeryUniversidad Complutense de MadridMadridSpain,Neuro‐Oncology GroupResearch Institute Hospital 12 de Octubre (i+12)MadridSpain
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- Neuropathology UnitInstituto i+12, Hospital Universitario 12 de OctubreMadridSpain
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- Pathology DepartmentInstituto i+12, Hospital Universitario 12 de OctubreMadridSpain,Universidad Francisco de VitoriaMadridSpain
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- Neurosurgery DepartmentHospital Universitario de La PrincesaMadridSpain
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- Neurosurgery DepartmentHospital Universitario de La PrincesaMadridSpain
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas (CIBERNED)University of Cantabria‐IDIVALSantanderSpain
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program and The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research CentreThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program and The Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research CentreThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenTorontoONCanada
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- Endocrine Oncology Research GroupDepartment of SurgeryRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland
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- Endocrine Oncology Research GroupDepartment of SurgeryRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland
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- Endocrine Oncology Research GroupDepartment of SurgeryRCSI University of Medicine and Health SciencesDublinIreland
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería AeroespacialUniversidad Carlos III de MadridMadridSpain,Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio MarañónMadridSpain,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain,Unidad de Imagen AvanzadaCentro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC)MadridSpain
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- Departamento de Bioingeniería e Ingeniería AeroespacialUniversidad Carlos III de MadridMadridSpain,Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio MarañónMadridSpain,Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental (CIBERSAM)MadridSpain,Unidad de Imagen AvanzadaCentro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares (CNIC)MadridSpain
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- Department of NeurologyClinical Neuroscience CenterUniversity Hospital Zurich and University of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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Soffietti R, Bettegowda C, Mellinghoff IK, Warren KE, Ahluwalia MS, De Groot JF, Galanis E, Gilbert MR, Jaeckle KA, Le Rhun E, Rudà R, Seoane J, Thon N, Umemura Y, Weller M, van den Bent MJ, Vogelbaum MA, Chang SM, Wen PY. Liquid biopsy in gliomas: A RANO review and proposals for clinical applications. Neuro Oncol 2022; 24:855-871. [PMID: 34999836 PMCID: PMC9159432 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noac004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There is an extensive literature highlighting the utility of blood-based liquid biopsies in several extracranial tumors for diagnosis and monitoring. METHODS The RANO (Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology) group developed a multidisciplinary international Task Force to review the English literature on liquid biopsy in gliomas focusing on the most frequently used techniques, that is circulating tumor DNA, circulating tumor cells, and extracellular vesicles in blood and CSF. RESULTS ctDNA has a higher sensitivity and capacity to represent the spatial and temporal heterogeneity in comparison to circulating tumor cells. Exosomes have the advantages to cross an intact blood-brain barrier and carry also RNA, miRNA, and proteins. Several clinical applications of liquid biopsies are suggested: to establish a diagnosis when tissue is not available, monitor the residual disease after surgery, distinguish progression from pseudoprogression, and predict the outcome. CONCLUSIONS There is a need for standardization of biofluid collection, choice of an analyte, and detection strategies along with rigorous testing in future clinical trials to validate findings and enable entry into clinical practice.
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- Riccardo Soffietti
- Corresponding Author: Riccardo Soffietti, MD, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Turin, Italy ()
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- Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
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- Departments of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto/Treviso Hospital and Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neuroscience, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) University Hospital, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, ICREA,CIBERONC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurosurgery, Ludwig Maximilians University School of Medicine, Munich, Germany
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neurology, Brain Tumor Center at Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Neuro-Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Internò V, Rudà R, Sergi MC, Soffietti R, Porta C. Newly diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) during COVID-19 pandemic: changes in therapeutic approach to minimize in-hospital SARS-COV-2 contagion in pre-vaccine era. Acta Biomed 2022; 93:e2022067. [PMID: 35775774 PMCID: PMC9335445 DOI: 10.23750/abm.v93i3.12452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 11/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
COVID-19 pandemic revolutionized the way in which cancer patients are treated worldwide. Regarding neuro-oncological patients, usually considered frail and with lower life-expectancy in respect to other oncological patients, the international scientific community had to urgently reorganize the treatment approach in order to minimize the risk of in-hospital contagious. For GBM patients, adjuvant treatments have been evaluated with even much more attention with regard to the expected efficacy. As a consequence, an hypofractioned radiotherapy regimen has been preferred in order to reduce the daily hospital accesses and, especially in pMGMT unmethylated patients, chemotherapy with Temozolomide was avoided. Here, we made a comprehensive evaluation of the neurooncological community suggestions regarding GBM treatment in the pre-vaccine era of COVID-19 pandemic.
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- Valeria Internò
- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Division of Medical Oncology, A.O.U. Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto and Treviso Hospital, Italy, Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Medical Oncology, A.O.U. Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Riccardo Soffietti and Camillo Porta are co-last authors
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- Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Division of Medical Oncology, A.O.U. Consorziale Policlinico di Bari, Bari, Italy, Riccardo Soffietti and Camillo Porta are co-last authors
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Pellerino A, Palmiero R, Bruno F, Muscolino E, Franchino F, Rudà R, Soffietti R. CTNI-02. NERATINIB FOR TREATMENT OF LEPTOMENINGEAL METASTASES FROM HER2-POSITIVE BREAST CANCER IN EXTENDED ACCESS PROGRAM: PRELIMINARY RESULTS. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab196.227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION
The aim of the study was to evaluate the activity of neratinib in LM from HER2-positive BC after the failure of multiple lines of treatment.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
Inclusion criteria were as follows: age ≥ 18 years; histological diagnosis of primary HER2-positive BC; newly-diagnosed LM (LANO criteria); KPS ≥ 60; coexistence of BM that have or not received radiotherapy; life expectancy ≥ 3 months; previous drugs, including capecitabine, trastuzumab, T-DM1, pertuzumab, and hormone therapy, were allowed, with the exclusion of lapatinib or other investigational agents. Neratinib was administered 240 mg daily continuously. Primary endpoint was the OS. Secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS), neurological benefit, radiological response rate, and tolerability.
RESULTS
Nine patients with LM have been enrolled with a median age of 44 years, and a median KPS of 80. Median time since LM onset from the diagnosis of primary BC was 42 months, and patients underwent a median number of adjuvant treatments before LM of 3. Three patients developed LM alone, and other 6 had LM associated with multiple BM. Six-months and 1-year OS were 66.7% and 22.3%, respectively, with a median OS of 8 months (95%CI 3-13*). Median PFS was 3.5 months (95%CI 2-6) after the start of treatment. A neurological improvement was reported in 2/9 patients (22.2%), while in other 4/9 patients (44.5%) was achieved a neurological stabilization lasting for a median time of 5 months (95%CI 2-19). The best radiological response was a stable disease in 5/9 patients (55.6%), while no complete or partial were achieved according to LANO criteria. A CSF clearance was observed in 1 patient only (11.1%). Grade III-IV adverse events were not reported, and 2 patients only (22.2%) had mild diarrhea correlated with neratinib.
CONCLUSIONS
Neratinib might be a safe and effective treatment in LM from heavily pretreated HER2-positive BC.
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- Alessia Pellerino
- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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Pellerino A, Bruno F, Pronello E, Mo F, Franchino F, Rudà R, Soffietti R. NCOG-19. PROGNOSTIC FACTORS IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH GLIOBLASTOMA: A RETROSPECTIVE INSTITUTIONAL SERIES OF 160 PATIENTS. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab196.610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION
Glioblastoma (GBM) prevails in elderly patients, who often suffer from other comorbidities that may affect the outcome. The aim of the study was to investigate clinical characteristics, comorbidities, and treatment-related complications that may impact the outcome of elderly patients with GBM.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
In this institutional retrospective study, we included GBM patients ≥ 65 years diagnosed with glioblastoma from 2015 to 2020. We retained information about comorbidities according to Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), Karnofsky prognostic score (KPS), MGMTp methylation, and clinical complications during treatment or follow-up.
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We included 160 patients. Median age was 72 years (65-88). Median time of follow-up was 9.25 months. Median progression-free survival (mPFS) and overall survival (mOS) were 5.84 and 9.67 months. In a multivariate analysis, factors affecting survival were: KPS after surgery ≥ 70 (mPFS: HR 0.24, 0.13-0.44; mOS: HR 0.43, 0.24–0.76. 95% CI), partial vs gross total resection (mPFS: HR 2.15, 1.23–3.77; mOS: HR 2.61, 1.34–5.07. 95% CI), MGMTp methylation (mPFS: HR 0.35, 0.22–0.55; mOS: HR 0.37, 0.24–0.76. 95% CI), and complications after surgery (mPFS: HR 2.52, 1.39–4.55; mOS: HR 2.96, 1.63–5.40. 95% CI). Conversely, age and CCI were not significantly correlated with prognosis.
CONCLUSIONS
For elderly patients with GBM, CCI does not seem to predict the outcome. Other factors such as extent of surgery, MGMTp methylaton, postoperative KPS, and clinical complications after surgery retain a significant prognostic importance. Further studies are needed to standardize clinical prognostic scales specific for elderly GBM patients.
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- Alessia Pellerino
- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Division of Neurology, Department of Translational Medicine, University of Eastern Piedmont, Novara, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Dept Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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Franchino F, Morra I, Forni M, Bertero L, Zanini C, Roveta F, Ricardi U, Mantovani C, Carpaneto A, Migliore E, Pellerino A, Ferrio F, Cassoni P, Garbossa D, Soffietti R, Ruda' R. Medulloblastoma in adults: an analysis of clinico-pathological, molecular and treatment factors. J Neurosurg Sci 2021:S0390-5616.21.05548-X. [PMID: 34763393 DOI: 10.23736/s0390-5616.21.05548-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Medulloblastoma is a highly malignant, embryonal tumor, which is rare in adults, and shows distinct clinical, histopathological, molecular and treatment response features. METHODS We retrospectively investigated 44 adults (age 17-48 years) with an histological diagnosis of medulloblastoma, and in 23 immunohistochemistry was used to identif y the molecular subgroups. We analyzed demographic, diagnostic, therapeutic and cognitive data, and correlated with PFS (progression-free-survival) and OS (overall survival). RESULTS We observed a male prevalence and a median age of 31 years. Symptoms at onset were related to infratentorial location, while myeloradicular and/or cranial nerve involvement was rare. Histological examination showed the classic variant in 75% of patients, the desmoplastic/nodular in 23% and the anaplastic in one. As for molecular diagnosis, 17 patients were SHH and 6 non-WNT/non-SHH (5 group 4 and 1 group 3), while no WNT subgroup was found. The SHH subgroup had a prevalence of high-risk patients and leptomeningeal involvement. Patients underwent grosstotal or subtotal/partial resection, and craniospinal irradiation, followed in 20 cases by adjuvant chemotherapy. Median OS and PFS were 16.9 and 12 years, respectively. Metastatic disease at presentation and subtotal/partial resection were associated with worse prognosis, while the addition of chemotherapy did not yield a significant advantage over radiotherapy alone. Cognitive impairment in long-term survivors was limited and late relapses occurred in 15% of patients. CONCLUSIONS Future studies with adequate sample size and long-term follow-up should prospectively investigate the role of surgery and adjuvant therapies across the different molecular subgroups to see whether a personalized approach is feasible.
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- Federica Franchino
- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy -
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Scientific Department, BioAir Spa, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Radiotherapy, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology (CPO Piemonte), University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto, Treviso, Italy
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Goldbrunner R, Stavrinou P, Jenkinson MD, Sahm F, Mawrin C, Weber DC, Preusser M, Minniti G, Lund-Johansen M, Lefranc F, Houdart E, Sallabanda K, Le Rhun E, Nieuwenhuizen D, Tabatabai G, Soffietti R, Weller M. EANO guideline on the diagnosis and management of meningiomas. Neuro Oncol 2021; 23:1821-1834. [PMID: 34181733 PMCID: PMC8563316 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 214] [Impact Index Per Article: 71.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Meningiomas are the most common intracranial tumors. Yet, only few controlled clinical trials have been conducted to guide clinical decision making, resulting in variations of management approaches across countries and centers. However, recent advances in molecular genetics and clinical trial results help to refine the diagnostic and therapeutic approach to meningioma. Accordingly, the European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) updated its recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of meningiomas. A provisional diagnosis of meningioma is typically made by neuroimaging, mostly magnetic resonance imaging. Such provisional diagnoses may be made incidentally. Accordingly, a significant proportion of meningiomas, notably in patients that are asymptomatic or elderly or both, may be managed by a watch-and-scan strategy. A surgical intervention with tissue, commonly with the goal of gross total resection, is required for the definitive diagnosis according to the WHO classification. A role for molecular profiling including gene panel sequencing and genomic methylation profiling is emerging. A gross total surgical resection including the involved dura is often curative. Inoperable or recurrent tumors requiring treatment can be treated with radiosurgery, if the size or the vicinity of critical structures allows that, or with fractionated radiotherapy (RT). Treatment concepts combining surgery and radiosurgery or fractionated RT are increasingly used, although there remain controversies regard timing, type, and dosing of the various RT approaches. Radionuclide therapy targeting somatostatin receptors is an experimental approach, as are all approaches of systemic pharmacotherapy. The best albeit modest results with pharmacotherapy have been obtained with bevacizumab or multikinase inhibitors targeting vascular endothelial growth factor receptor, but no standard of care systemic treatment has been yet defined.
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- Roland Goldbrunner
- Center of Neurosurgery, Department of General Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Neurosurgical Department, Metropolitan Hospital, Athens, Greece and Center of Neurosurgery, Department of General Neurosurgery, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Neuropathology, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Center for Proton Therapy, Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
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- Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Sant’Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Bergen University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Erasme, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Service de Neuroradiologie, Hopital Lariboisiere, Paris, France
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital San Carlos, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Hospital Clinico Universitario San Carlos, Madrid, Spain
- CyberKnife Centre, Genesiscare Madrid, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Center for Neurooncology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, City of Health and Science University Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Sellner J, Jenkins TM, von Oertzen TJ, Bassetti CL, Beghi E, Bereczki D, Bodini B, Cavallieri F, Di Liberto G, Helbok R, Macerollo A, Maia LF, Oreja‐Guevara C, Özturk S, Rakusa M, Pisani A, Priori A, Sauerbier A, Soffietti R, Taba P, Zedde M, Crean M, Burlica A, Twardzik A, Moro E. A plea for equitable global access to COVID-19 diagnostics, vaccination and therapy: The NeuroCOVID-19 Task Force of the European Academy of Neurology. Eur J Neurol 2021; 28:3849-3855. [PMID: 33460486 PMCID: PMC8014664 DOI: 10.1111/ene.14741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2021] [Accepted: 01/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a multi-organ disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), continues to challenge health and care systems around the globe. The pandemic has disrupted acute neurology services and routine patient care and has impacted the clinical course in patients with chronic neurological disease. COVID-19 appears to have exposed inequalities of societies and healthcare systems and had a disproportionate impact on already vulnerable communities. The next challenge will be to set up initiatives to stop disparities in all aspects related to COVID-19. From the medical perspective, there is a need to consider inequalities in prevention, treatment and long-term consequences. Some of the issues of direct relevance to neurologists are summarised. With this appraisal, the European Academy of Neurology NeuroCOVID-19 Task Force intends to raise awareness of the potential impact of COVID-19 on inequalities in healthcare and calls for action to prevent disparity at individual, national and supranational levels.
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- Johann Sellner
- Department of NeurologyLandesklinikum Mistelbach‐GänserndorfMistelbachAustria
- Department of NeurologyChristian Doppler Medical CenterParacelsus Medical UniversitySalzburgAustria
- Department of NeurologyKlinikum rechts der IsarTechnische Universität MünchenMünchenGermany
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- Sheffield Institute for Translational NeuroscienceUniversity of SheffieldSheffieldUK
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustSheffieldUK
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- Faculty of MedicineJohannes‐Kepler UniversitätLinzAustria
- Department of Neurology 1Kepler UniversitätsklinikumLinzAustria
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- Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario NegriIRCCSMilanItaly
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- Department of NeurologySaint‐Antoine HospitalAPHPSorbonne UniversityParisFrance
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- Neurology UnitNeuromotor and Rehabilitation DepartmentAzienda USL‐IRCCS di Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaItaly
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD ProgramUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- Department of Clinical NeurosciencesCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of LausanneLausanneSwitzerland
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- Department of NeurologyMedical University of InnsbruckInnsbruckAustria
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- Walton Centre NHS Foundation TrustLiverpoolUK
- School of PsychologyFaculty of Health and Life SciencesUniversity of LiverpoolLiverpoolUK
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- Department of NeurologyHospital Santo AntónioCentro Hospitalar Universitário do PortoPortoPortugal
- i3S ‐ Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde Universidade do PortoPortoPortugal
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- Department of NeurologyHospital Clinico San CarlosMadridSpain
- Departamento de MedicinaFacultad de MedicinaUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (UCMMadridSpain
- IdISSCMadridSpain
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- Department of NeurologyFaculty of MedicineSelcuk UniversityKonyaTurkey
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity Medical Centre MariborMariborSlovenia
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- Department of Brain and Behavioral SciencesUniversity of PaviaPaviaItaly
- IRCCS Mondino FoundationPaviaItaly
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- Division of NeurologyDepartment of Neurology‘Aldo Ravelli’ Research CenterUniversity of Milan and ASST Santi Paolo e CarloMilanItaly
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- Department of NeurologyUniversity Hospital CologneCologneGermany
- King's College HospitalNational Parkinson Foundation International Centre of ExcellenceLondonUK
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- Division of Neuro‐OncologyDepartment of NeuroscienceUniversity of TurinTurinItaly
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- Department of Neurology and NeurosurgeryInstitute of Clinical MedicineUniversity of TartuTartuEstonia
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- Neurology UnitNeuromotor and Rehabilitation DepartmentAzienda USL‐IRCCS di Reggio EmiliaReggio EmiliaItaly
- Clinical and Experimental Medicine PhD ProgramUniversity of Modena and Reggio EmiliaModenaItaly
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- European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Head OfficeViennaAustria
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- European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Head OfficeViennaAustria
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- European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Head OfficeViennaAustria
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- Division of NeurologyCHU of GrenobleGrenoble Institute of NeurosciencesGrenoble Alpes UniversityGrenobleFrance
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OPINION STATEMENT Systemic therapy for brain metastases (BM) is quickly moving from conventional cytotoxic chemotherapy toward targeted therapies, that allow a disruption of driver molecular pathways. The discovery of actionable driver mutations has led to the development of an impressive number of tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs), that target the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) mutations, anaplastic-lymphoma-kinase (ALK) rearrangements, and other rare molecular alterations in patients bearing metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in the brain, with remarkable results in terms of intracranial disease control and overall survival. Moreover, these drugs may delay the use of local therapies, such as stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) or whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT). New drugs with higher molecular specificity and ability to cross the CNS barriers (BBB, BTB and blood-CSF) are being developed. Two major issues are related to targeted therapies. First, the emergence of a resistance is a common event, and a deeper understanding of molecular pathways that are involved is critical for the successful development of effective new targeted agents. Second, an early detection of tumor progression is of utmost importance to avoid the prolongation of an ineffective therapy while changing to another drug. In order to monitor over time the treatment to targeted therapies, liquid biopsy, that allows the detection in biofluids of either circulating tumor cells (CTCs) or circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) or exosomes, is increasingly employed in clinical trials: with respect to BM the monitoring of both blood and CSF is necessary. Also, radiomics is being developed to predict the mutational status of the BM on MRI.For patients without druggable mutations or who do not respond to targeted agents, immunotherapy with checkpoint inhibitors is increasingly employed, alone or in combination with radiotherapy. Pseudoprogression after immunotherapy alone maybe a challenge for several months after the start of treatment, and the same is true for radionecrosis after the combination of immunotherapy and SRS. In this regard, the value of advanced MRI techniques and PET imaging for a better distinction of pseudoprogression/radionecrosis and true tumor progression is promising, but needs validation in large prospective datasets. Last, a new frontier in the near future will be chemoprevention (primary and secondary), but we need to identify among solid tumors those subgroups of patients with a higher risk of relapsing into the brain and novel drugs, active on either neoplastic or normal cells of the microenvironment, that are cooperating in the invasion of brain tissue.
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- Alessia Pellerino
- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto and Treviso Hospital, via Sant' Ambrogio di Fiera 37, 31100, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, via Cherasco 15, 10126, Turin, Italy
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Preusser M, Silvani A, Le Rhun E, Soffietti R, Lombardi G, Sepulveda JM, Brandal P, Brazil L, Bonneville-Levard A, Lorgis V, Vauleon E, Bromberg J, Erridge S, Cameron A, Lefranc F, Clement PM, Dumont S, Sanson M, Bronnimann C, Balaná C, Thon N, Lewis J, Mair MJ, Sievers P, Furtner J, Pichler J, Bruna J, Ducray F, Reijneveld JC, Mawrin C, Bendszus M, Marosi C, Golfinopoulos V, Coens C, Gorlia T, Weller M, Sahm F, Wick W. Trabectedin for recurrent WHO grade 2 or 3 meningioma: a randomized phase 2 study of the EORTC Brain Tumor Group (EORTC-1320-BTG). Neuro Oncol 2021; 24:755-767. [PMID: 34672349 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab243] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND No systemic treatment has been established for meningioma progressing after local therapies. METHODS This randomized, multicenter, open-label, phase 2 study included adult patients with recurrent WHO grade 2 or 3 meningioma. Patients were 2:1 randomly assigned to intravenous trabectedin (1.5 mg/m 2 every three weeks) or local standard of care (LOC). The primary endpoint was progression-free survival (PFS). Secondary endpoints comprised overall survival (OS), objective radiological response, safety, quality of life (QoL) assessment using the QLQ-C30 and QLQ-BN20 questionnaires, and we performed tissue-based exploratory molecular analyses. RESULTS Ninety patients were randomized (n=29 in LOC, n=61 in trabectedin arm). With 71 events, median PFS was 4.17 months in the LOC and 2.43 months in the trabectedin arm (hazard ratio [HR]=1.42; 80% CI, 1.00-2.03; p=0.294) with a PFS-6 rate of 29.1% (95% CI, 11.9%-48.8%) and 21.1% (95% CI, 11.3%-32.9%), respectively. Median OS was 10.61 months in the LOC and 11.37 months in the trabectedin arm (HR=0.98; 95% CI, 0.54-1.76; p=0.94). Grade ≥3 adverse events occurred in 44.4% patients in the LOC and 59% of patients in the trabectedin arm. Enrolled patients had impeded global QoL and overall functionality and high fatigue before initiation of systemic therapy. DNA methylation class, performance status, presence of a relevant co-morbidity, steroid use, and right hemisphere involvement at baseline were independently associated with OS. CONCLUSIONS Trabectedin did not improve PFS and OS and was associated with higher toxicity than LOC treatment in patients with non-benign meningioma. Tumour DNA methylation class is an independent prognostic factor for OS.
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- Matthias Preusser
- Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, IRCCS Fondazione Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Via Giovanni Celoria 11, 20133 Milan, Italy
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- University of Lille, U-1192, F-59000 Lille, France; Inserm, U-1192, F-59000 Lille, France; CHU Lille, General and Stereotaxic Neurosurgery service, F-59000 Lille, France; Oscar Lambret Center, Medical Oncology Department, F-59000 Lille
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- Dept. Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Via Cherasco 15, 10126 Turin, Italy
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- Department of Oncology, Oncology 1, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV- IRCCS, Via Gattamelata 64, 35128 Padua, Italy
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- Neurooncology Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Av. de Córdoba s/n, 28041 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, P.O.Box 4950 Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway
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- St Thomas' Hospital, Westminster Bridge Rd, London SE1 7EH, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Georges François Leclerc, 1 Rue du Professeur Marion, 21000 Dijon, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Eugene Marquis, Avenue de la Bataille Flandres Dunkerque, 25042 Rennes, France
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Cancer Center, Doctor Molewaterplein 40, 3015 Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Edinburgh Cancer Centre, Western General Hospital, Crewe Rd S, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Bristol, Marlborough St, Bristol BS1 3NU, United Kingdom
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Erasme; Université Libre de Bruxelles, Route de Lennik 808, 1070 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Department of General Medical Oncology, UZ Leuven, Leuven Cancer Institute, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institut Gustave-Roussy, Université Paris-Saclay, Medical Oncology Department, 114 Rue Edouard Vaillant, 94805 Villejuif, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Inserm, CNRS, UMR S 1127, Institut du Cerveau et de la Moelle épinière, ICM, AP-HP, Hôpitaux Universitaires La Pitié Salpêtrière - Charles Foix, Service de Neurologie 2-Mazarin, 47-83 Boulevard del l'Hôpital, 75013, Paris, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Bordeaux University Hospital-CHU, Bordeaux, France, University of Bordeaux, Place Amélie Raba Léon, 33000 Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Carretera Canyet sn, 08916 Badalona , Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital, University of Munich LMU), Marchioninistraße 15, 81377 Munich, Germany
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- Freeman Hospital, Freeman Rd, High Heaton, Newcastle NE7 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research DKTK), German Cancer Research Center DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 224, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Neurooncology, Neuromed Campus, Kepler University Hospital, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Wagner-Jauregg-Weg 15, 4020 Linz, Austria
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- Unit of Neuro-Oncology, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-Institut Català D'Oncologia L'Hospitalet, Avinguda de la Granvia de l'Hospitalet, 199-203, 08908 L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Unit of Neuro-Oncology, Hospices Civils de Lyon and Department of Cancer Cell Plasticity, Cancer Research Center of Lyon, Claude Bernard University, 28 Rue Laennec, 69008 Lyon, France
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- Brain Tumor Center, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, De Boelelaan 1118, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands and Stichting Epilepsie Instellingen Nederland, Achterweg 3, 2103 SW Heemstede, Netherlands
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- Department of Neuropathology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, Germany
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- Department of Neuroradiology, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Oncology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer EORTCHeadquarter, Avenue E. Mounier 83/11, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer EORTCHeadquarter, Avenue E. Mounier 83/11, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer EORTCHeadquarter, Avenue E. Mounier 83/11, 1200 Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital and University of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, 8091 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research DKTK), German Cancer Research Center DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 224, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Neurology Clinic, Heidelberg University Medical Center, Clinical Cooperation Unit, Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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Rudà R, Bruno F, Ius T, Silvani A, Minniti G, Pace A, Lombardi G, Bertero L, Pizzolitto S, Pollo B, Conti Nibali M, Pellerino A, Migliore E, Skrap M, Bello L, Soffietti R. IDH wild-type grade 2 diffuse astrocytomas: prognostic factors and impact of treatments within molecular subgroups. Neuro Oncol 2021; 24:809-820. [PMID: 34651653 DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Prognostic factors and role of treatments are not well known in isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type (wt) grade 2 astrocytomas. The aim of this study was to define in these tumours clinical features, molecular characteristics and prognostic factors, with particular focus on molecular subgroups defined by cIMPACT-NOW update 3. METHODS We analysed 120 patients with confirmed diagnosis of grade 2 IDHwt astrocytoma according to WHO 2016, collected from 7 Italian centres between 1999 and 2017. RESULTS Median PFS and OS of the whole cohort were 18.9 and 32.6 months. Patients older than 40 years and patients with modest contrast enhancement on MRI had a shorter PFS and OS. Gross total resection yielded superior PFS and OS over non-gross total resection. PFS and OS of patients with either pTERT mutation or EGRF amplification were significantly shorter. The prognostic value of age, contrast enhancement on MRI and extent of surgery was different within the molecular subgroups. Gross total resection was associated with increased PFS (not reached versus 14 months, p = 0.023) and OS (117.9 versus 20 months, p = 0.023) in patients without EGFR amplification, and with increased OS in those without pTERT mutation (NR vs 53.7 months, p = 0.05). Conversely, for patients with EGFR amplification or pTERT mutation, gross total resection did not yield a significant survival benefit. CONCLUSION Patients without EGFR amplification and pTERT mutation could be observed after gross total resection.
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- Roberta Rudà
- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy.,Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto and Brain Tumor Board Treviso Hospital, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Radiation Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University Hospital, Siena, Italy
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Italy
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- Department of Pathology, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Neuropathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- Neurosurgical Oncology Division, Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Unit of Cancer Epidemiology (CPO Piemonte), University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Department of Neurosciences, Santa Maria della Misericordia University Hospital, Udine, Italy
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- Neurosurgical Oncology Division, Department of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, University of Milan, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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Charest A, Ghosh S, Purow B, Soffietti R. Highlights from the Literature. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Pronello E, Bruno F, Mo F, Villosio C, Franchino F, Cantello R, Rudà R, Soffietti R. Assessement of clinical prognostic factors in elderly glioblastoma patients: An unmet need. J Neurol Sci 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2021.117756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Pellerino A, Bruno F, Muscolino E, Rudà R, Soffietti R. P14.77 Efficacy and safety of Tumor-Treating Fields associated with Depatux M and metronomic temozolomide for recurrent glioblastoma: a case-report. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab180.182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Patients with glioblastoma (GBM) have a poor prognosis following an extensive resection, radiotherapy (RT) and concomitant/adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ). Once GBM progresses after SOC, lomustine is the standard second-line treatment, while rechallenge with TMZ may be employed in selected patients with methylated promoter of MGMT, and bevacizumab is reserved for patients with extensive edema and need for steroids. New treatment modalities have been investigated at first recurrence, including alternating electric fields (TTFields) or antibody direct against epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), such as depatuximab mafodontin (ABT-414, Depatux-M), that have shown some activity in terms of disease control and progression-free survival (PFS).
CLINICAL PRESENTATION
In September 2018, a 38 year-old man developed reduced strength in left upper limb and daily focal seizures. MRI showed an enhancing right fronto-temporal lesion which was subtotally removed with a diagnosis of glioblastoma (IDH 1/2 wild type, MGMT methylated - 40%, EGFR amplified, EGFRvIII positive). As the patient had a poor KPS (50), in October 2018 a hypofractionated RT (DFT 40 Gy/15 fractions) with concomitant TMZ (140 mg/day) was performed, followed by adjuvant standard TMZ (340 mg/day); however, chemotherapy was stopped after 3 cycles due to local progression on MRI coupled with strength worsening, increased seizure frequency, and need for steroids. Pseudoprogression was ruled out due to tumor growth out of the field of RT. Based on the high level of methylation of the MGMT promoter and EGFR amplification, a combined treatment with metronomic TMZ (100 mg/day continuously) plus Depatux-M (1.25 mg/kg every 2 weeks) was started (February 2019), but a brain MRI performed after 3 months of treatment displayed no significant changes on both MRI and neurological status. At this time point (May 2019) TTFields treatment was added. An initial decrease of tumor size was observed on MRI after 5 months, while a reduction of tumor size more than 90% has been progressively achieved after 1 year of treatment (April 2020). Moreover, a seizure-free status was observed without changing the antiepileptic medication. The patient developed a grade 3 ocular side effect (CTCAE version 5.0) with photophobia, blurred vision, foreign body sensation in the eyes after 6 months of treatment, which improved after dose delays and dose reduction of Depatux-M. The patient is still alive, and free of progression after 30 months and 25 months from diagnosis and first recurrence, respectively.
CONCLUSION
To our knowledge, this is the first report of a recurrent GBM with a significant and long-lasting neuroradiological response following a combined treatment with TTFields, Depatux-M, and intensified schedule of TMZ. A synergistic effect of TTFields with compounds interfering with the microtubular system should be further investigated.
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- A Pellerino
- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto and Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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Pellerino A, Palmiero R, Bruno F, Mo F, Muscolino E, Franchino F, Rudà R, Soffietti R. P14.42 Neratinib for treatment of leptomeningeal metastases from HER2-positive breast cancer in extended access program: preliminary results. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab180.159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
Leptomeningeal metastases (LM) occur in 5% of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) breast cancer (BC) with a poor overall survival (OS) of 3 months. Neratinib is an oral, irreversible tyrosine kinase pan-inhibitor that was approved by FDA for the treatment of HER2-enriched BC, who completed a prior adjuvant trastuzumab-based therapy. The aim of the study was to evaluate the activity of neratinib in LM from HER2-positive BC after the failure of multiple lines of treatment, including trastuzumab.
PATIENTS AND METHODS
Inclusion criteria were as follows: age ≥ 18 years; histological diagnosis of primary HER2-positive BC; newly-diagnosed LM according to LANO criteria; KPS ≥60 at the time of diagnosis of LM; coexistence of BM that have or not received WBRT or radiosurgery; systemic disease with a life expectancy of at least 3 months; concomitant drugs, including capecitabine, trastuzumab, TDM-1, pertuzumab, and hormone therapy were allowed, with the exclusion of lapatinib or other investigational agents. Neratinib was administered 240 mg daily continuously. The primary endpoint was the OS after the diagnosis of LM. Secondary endpoints were progression-free survival (PFS) following the diagnosis of LM, neurological benefit, radiological response rate, and tolerability.
RESULTS
From January 2018 to April 2021, 9 patients with LM have been enrolled. Median age at the time of diagnosis of LM was 44 years (95%CI 36–59) with a median KPS of 80 (95%CI 60–90). Median time since LM onset from the diagnosis of primary BC was 42 months (95%CI 11–166), and patients underwent a median number of adjuvant treatments before LM of 3 (95%CI 2–5). Three patients developed LM alone, and other 6 had LM associated with multiple brain metastases. Six-months and 1-year OS were 66.7% and 22.3%, respectively, with a median OS of 8 months (95%CI 3–13*). Median PFS was 3.5 months (95%CI 2–6) after the start of treatment. A neurological improvement was reported in 2/9 patients (22.2%), while in other 4/9 patients (44.5%) was achieved a neurological stabilization lasting for a median time of 5 months (95%CI 2–19). The best radiological response was a stable disease in 5/9 patients (55.6%), while no complete or partial response were achieved according to LANO and RANO criteria, respectively. A CSF clearance was observed in 1 patient only (11.1%) following two months of neratinib. Grade III-IV adverse events were not reported, and 2 patients only (22.2%) had mild diarrhea correlated with neratinib.
CONCLUSION
This is the first study that shows that neratinib might be a safe and effective treatment in LM from heavily pretreated HER2-positive BC.
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- A Pellerino
- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
- Department of Neurology, Castelfranco Veneto and Treviso Hospital, Treviso, Italy
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- Department of Neuro-oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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Zhu L, Blanco-Aparicio C, Bertero L, Soffietti R, Weiss T, Muñoz J, Sepúlveda J, Weller M, Pastor J, Valiente M. OS06.7A METPlatform identifies brain metastasis vulnerabilities and predicts patient response to therapy. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab180.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
The diagnosis of brain metastasis involves high morbidity and mortality and remains an unmet clinical need in spite of being the most common tumor in the brain. Exclusion of these cancer patients from clinical trials is a major cause of their limited therapeutic options.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
We report a novel drug-screening platform (METPlatform) based on organotypic cultures which allows identifying effective anti-metastasis agents in the presence of the organ microenvironment. We have applied this approach to clinically relevant stages of brain metastasis using both experimental models and human tumor tissue (by performing patient-derived organotypic cultures - PDOCs -). We have also used METPlatform to perform unbiased proteomics of brain metastases in situ to identify potential novel mediators of this disease and explore resistance mechanisms to targeted therapy. Finally, we have exploited METPlatform as “avatars” to predict response to therapy in patients with primary brain tumors.
RESULTS
We identified heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) as a promising therapeutic target for brain metastasis. DEBIO-0932, a blood-brain barrier permeable HSP90 inhibitor, shows high potency against mouse and human brain metastases from different primary origin and oncogenomic profile at clinically relevant stages of the disease, including a novel model of local relapse after neurosurgery. Furthermore, in situ proteomic analysis of brain metastases treated with the chaperone inhibitor revealed non-canonical clients of HSP90 as potential novel mediators of brain metastasis and actionable mechanisms of resistance driven by autophagy. Combined therapy using HSP90 and autophagy inhibitors showed synergistic effects compared to sublethal concentrations of each monotherapy, demonstrating the potential of METPlatform to design and test rationale combination therapies to target metastasis more effectively. Finally, we show that brain tumor PDOCs predict the response of the corresponding patient to standard of care, thus proving the potential of METPlatform for improving personalized care in cancer.
CONCLUSION
Our work validates METPlatform as a potent resource for metastasis research integrating drug-screening and unbiased omic approaches that is fully compatible with human samples and questions the rationale of excluding patients with brain metastasis from clinical trials. We envision that METPlatform will be established as a clinically relevant strategy to personalize the management of metastatic disease in the brain and elsewhere.
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- L Zhu
- Spanish National Cancer Research Center, Madrid, Spain
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- University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Spanish National Cancer Research Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Doce de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Spanish National Cancer Research Center, Madrid, Spain
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- Spanish National Cancer Research Center, Madrid, Spain
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Miarka L, Monteiro C, Dalmasso C, Yebra N, Fustero-Torre C, Hegarty A, Keelan S, Goy Y, Mohme M, Caleiras E, Vareslija D, Young L, Soffietti R, Fernández-Alén J, Blasco G, Alcázar L, Sepúlveda J, Pérez A, Lain A, Siegfried A, Wikman H, Cohen-Jonathan Moyal E, Valiente M. P02.01 A strategy to personalize the use of radiation in patients with brain metastasis based on S100A9-mediated resistance. Neuro Oncol 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noab180.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND
Finding effective treatment options for patients with brain metastasis remains an unmet need. Given the limitations imposed by the blood-brain-barrier for systemic approaches, radiotherapy offers a superior ability to access the brain. While clinical practice recently adapted the use of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), Whole-Brain-Radiotherapy (WBRT) continuous to be an important treatment option, since many patients present with multifocal lesions or bad performance scores, rendering them ineligible for SRS. Unfortunately, overall survival of patients remains unaffected by radiotherapy. Despite this clinical data, the molecular mechanisms that allow metastatic cells to resist radiotherapy in the brain is unknown.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
We have applied WBRT to experimental brain metastasis from lung and breast adenocarcinoma and validated their resistance in vivo.
RESULTS
An unbiased search to identify potential mediators of resistance identified the S100A9-RAGE-NFκB-JunB pathway. Targeting this pathway genetically reverts the resistance to radiotherapy and increases therapeutic benefits in vivo. In two independent cohorts of brain metastasis from lung and breast adenocarcinoma patients, levels of S100A9 correlate with the response to radiotherapy, offering a novel approach to stratify patients according to their expected benefit. In order to make this biomarker also available for brain metastasis patients receiving palliative WBRT without preceding surgery, we complemented our tumor-specimen based approach with the less invasive detection of S100A9 from liquid biopsies. Here, serum S100A9 also correlated with a worse response to WBRT in brain metastasis patients. Furthermore, we have validated the use of a blood-brain-barrier permeable RAGE inhibitor to restore radio-sensitivity in experimental brain metastasis models in vivo and in patient-derived organotypic cultures of radio-resistant brain metastasis ex vivo.
CONCLUSION
We identified S100A9 as a major mediator of radio-resistance in brain metastasis and offer the molecular framework to personalize radiotherapy by exploiting it as a biomarker and as a therapeutic target, thus maximizing the benefits for the patient.
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- L Miarka
- Brain Metastasis Group, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Brain Metastasis Group, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Brain Metastasis Group, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Endocrine Oncology Research Group, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- Endocrine Oncology Research Group, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- Radiation Oncology Department, UKE, Hamburg, Germany
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- Neurosurgery Department, UKE, Hamburg, Germany
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- Histopathology Unit, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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- Endocrine Oncology Research Group, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- Endocrine Oncology Research Group, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland
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- Department of Neuro-Oncology, University and City of Health and Science Hospital, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital La Princesa, Madrid, Spain
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- Neuro-Oncology Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Neurosurgery Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Neuropathology Unit, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- Anatomopathology Department, CHU, Toulouse, France
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- Department of Tumor Biology, UKE, Hamburg, Germany
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Institut Claudius Regaud, IUCT-Oncopole, Toulouse, France
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- Brain Metastasis Group, CNIO, Madrid, Spain
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