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Clinical trials play a critical role in discovering new treatments, but the path to regulatory approval can be cumbersome and time consuming. Efforts to increase the efficiency and interpretability of clinical trials within the neuro-oncology community have focused on standardization of response assessment, development of consensus guidelines for clinical trial conduct, decentralization of clinical trials, removal of barriers to clinical trial accrual, and re-examination of patient eligibility criteria.
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- Eudocia Q Lee
- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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Yu Y, Chen F, Jin Y, Yang Y, Wang S, Zhang J, Chen C, Zeng Q, Han W, Wang H, Guo Y, Ni X. Downregulated NORAD in neuroblastoma promotes cell proliferation via chromosomal instability and predicts poor prognosis. Acta Biochim Pol 2020; 67:595-603. [PMID: 33326736 DOI: 10.18388/abp.2020_5454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2020] [Accepted: 11/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Increasing evidence suggests that long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are involved in neuroblastoma (NB) pathogenesis. The aim of this study was to elucidate the roles and underlying mechanism of non-coding RNA activated by DNA damage (NORAD) in childhood NB. Both public data and clinical specimens were used to determine NORAD expression. Colony formation, cell proliferation and wound healing assays were performed to evaluate NORAD effects on proliferation and migration of SH-SY5Y and SK-N-BE(2) cells. Flow cytometry was used to examine the cell cycle changes. The expression of genes and proteins involved in chromosomal instability was determined by qRT-PCR and western blotting, respectively. Our results showed that low NORAD expression correlated with advanced tumor stage, high risk and MYCN amplification in both public data and clinical samples. Kaplan-Meier analysis indicated that patients with low NORAD expression had poor survival outcomes. Functional research showed that NORAD knockdown promoted cell proliferation and migration, and arrested the cell cycle at the G2/M phase. Moreover, the expression of the DNA damage sensor, PARP1, increased after NORAD knockdown, indicating a potential contribution of NORAD to DNA damage repair. NORAD silencing also affected the expression of genes and proteins related to sister chromatid cohesion and segregation, which are involved in chromosomal instability and consequent aneuploidy. These results suggest that NORAD may serve as a tumor suppressor in NB pathogenesis and progression. Thus, NORAD is a potential therapeutic target and a promising prognostic marker for NB patients.
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- Yongbo Yu
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China; 2Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health (NCCH), Beijing 100045, China
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Bhatnagar AK, Heron DE, Schaitkin B. Perineural Invasion of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Lip with Occult Involvement of the Infra-orbital Nerve Detected by PET-CT and Treated with MRI-based IMRT: A Case Report. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2016; 4:251-3. [PMID: 15896080 DOI: 10.1177/153303460500400304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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A 51 year old male with a history of right facial numbness developed progressive upper lip swelling for one year, but an MRI of the head was unremarkable. A wide local excision of the upper lip was performed and pathology revealed a 1.7 cm mass, poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma with perineural invasion. Surgical margins were free of tumor. Two months postoperatively, a hybrid PET-CT of the whole body was performed due to the persistent right facial numbness. The CT portion identified an equivocal lesion at the base of the right orbit correlating to the right infraorbital nerve. However, the PET-CT image revealed avid uptake in this location suggesting perineural invasion which was confirmed with biopsy of the right infraorbital nerve demonstrating carcinoma. Subsequently, the patient was treated with Intensity Modulation Radiation Therapy (IMRT) using MRI fusion for proper delineation of the right infraorbital nerve to its origin in the base of skull. This case exemplifies the superiority of hybrid PET-CT over CT or MRI alone in head and neck imaging which can lead to significant impact on management for patients with head and neck cancer.
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- Ajay K Bhatnagar
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, 5230 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 USA.
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BACKGROUND We performed a systematic review of diagnostic studies of symptomatic patients in primary care to quantify the risk of brain/central nervous system (CNS) cancer in patients presenting in primary care with symptoms that may indicate brain/CNS cancer. OBJECTIVE To quantify the risk of brain/CNS cancer in symptomatic patients presenting in primary care. METHODS We searched Medline, Premedline, Embase, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science and ISI Proceedings (1980 to August 2014) and PsychInfo (1980 to February 2013) for diagnostic studies of symptomatic adult patients in primary care. Study quality was assessed using QUADAS-II and data were extracted to calculate the positive predictive values (PPVs) of symptoms, singly or in combination, for brain/CNS cancer. RESULTS Six studies with 159938 patients were included. The PPVs of single symptoms were very low with only 'new-onset seizure' being above 1% in patients aged 18 years and above, rising to 2.3% in patients aged 60-69 years. In patients aged 15-24 years, the PPVs for the individual symptoms were also very low, with the highest, also for seizure, being 0.024%, similar to that in children aged 0-14 years of 0.02%. For symptom combinations, none of the PPVs were above 0.39%. CONCLUSIONS All the symptoms of brain tumours are individually low risk, apart from new-onset epilepsy. This provides a real diagnostic problem, as brain tumours have all the expected features seen with cancer diagnostic delay, with high proportions presenting as an emergency and having had multiple primary care consultations before referral, and the prognosis is poor. Improving these metrics can only be done by liberalizing investigation, although the health economics of that strategy is undetermined.
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- Mia Schmidt-Hansen
- National Collaborating Centre for Cancer, Park House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff CF10 3AF and
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- National Collaborating Centre for Cancer, Park House, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff CF10 3AF and
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- University of Exeter Medical School, College House, Magdalen Road, Exeter EX1 2LU, UK
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Okada H, Weller M, Huang R, Finocchiaro G, Gilbert MR, Wick W, Ellingson BM, Hashimoto N, Pollack IF, Brandes AA, Franceschi E, Herold-Mende C, Nayak L, Panigrahy A, Pope WB, Prins R, Sampson JH, Wen PY, Reardon DA. Immunotherapy response assessment in neuro-oncology: a report of the RANO working group. Lancet Oncol 2015; 16:e534-e542. [PMID: 26545842 PMCID: PMC4638131 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(15)00088-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 484] [Impact Index Per Article: 53.8] [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: 04/14/2015] [Revised: 06/13/2015] [Accepted: 06/15/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Immunotherapy is a promising area of therapy in patients with neuro-oncological malignancies. However, early-phase studies show unique challenges associated with the assessment of radiological changes in response to immunotherapy reflecting delayed responses or therapy-induced inflammation. Clinical benefit, including long-term survival and tumour regression, can still occur after initial disease progression or after the appearance of new lesions. Refinement of the response assessment criteria for patients with neuro-oncological malignancies undergoing immunotherapy is therefore warranted. Herein, a multinational and multidisciplinary panel of neuro-oncology immunotherapy experts describe immunotherapy Response Assessment for Neuro-Oncology (iRANO) criteria based on guidance for the determination of tumour progression outlined by the immune-related response criteria and the RANO working group. Among patients who demonstrate imaging findings meeting RANO criteria for progressive disease within 6 months of initiating immunotherapy, including the development of new lesions, confirmation of radiographic progression on follow-up imaging is recommended provided that the patient is not significantly worse clinically. The proposed criteria also include guidelines for the use of corticosteroids. We review the role of advanced imaging techniques and the role of measurement of clinical benefit endpoints including neurological and immunological functions. The iRANO guidelines put forth in this Review will evolve successively to improve their usefulness as further experience from immunotherapy trials in neuro-oncology accumulate.
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- Hideho Okada
- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, San
Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich,
Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,
MA, USA
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- Neuro-Oncology Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,
MD, USA
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- Department of Neurooncology, Heidelberg University Hospital,
Heidelberg, Germany
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- Departments of Radiological Sciences, Bioengineering, Biomedical
Physics, and Psychiatry David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los
Angeles Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of
Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Azienda USL–IRCCS
Institute of Neurological Science, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Azienda USL–IRCCS
Institute of Neurological Science, Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Division of Experimental
Neurosurgery, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Pittsburgh School of
Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at
University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine,
Durham, NC, USA
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
Boston, MA, USA
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Uzdensky AB, Berezhnaya E, Kovaleva V, Neginskaya M, Rudkovskii M, Sharifulina S. Photodynamic therapy: a review of applications in neurooncology and neuropathology. J Biomed Opt 2015; 20:61108. [PMID: 25853368 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.20.6.061108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Budu VA, Bulescu IA, Popp CG, Mocanu BC, Mogoantă CA. Vagus nerve schwannoma in the parapharyngeal space: surgical, histological and immunohistochemical aspects. A case report. Rom J Morphol Embryol 2015; 56:273-276. [PMID: 25826516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
Abstract
Tumors of the parapharyngeal space are rare accounting approximately for 0.5% of all head and neck tumors. In the retrostyloid space, schwannomas are a more common finding, in contrast to other tumors. Usually, they present with a variety of slight symptoms until they grow in size and compress surrounding organs. Surgical treatment of parapharyngeal space tumors is difficult; due to the anatomical complex area, they develop in, and include several approaches, according to its size and relations. In this paper, we present a case of a 63-year-old female with a vagus nerve schwannoma in the parapharyngeal space. Beside the surgical difficulties, the resected tumor had a peculiar histopathological aspect (large areas of degeneration and atypia and little typical palisading) that compelled a thorough histological and immunohistochemical evaluation for positive and differential diagnosis.
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- Vlad Andrei Budu
- Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, "Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania;
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Louis DN, Perry A, Burger P, Ellison DW, Reifenberger G, von Deimling A, Aldape K, Brat D, Collins VP, Eberhart C, Figarella‐Branger D, Fuller GN, Giangaspero F, Giannini C, Hawkins C, Kleihues P, Korshunov A, Kros JM, Beatriz Lopes M, Ng H, Ohgaki H, Paulus W, Pietsch T, Rosenblum M, Rushing E, Soylemezoglu F, Wiestler O, Wesseling P. International Society Of Neuropathology--Haarlem consensus guidelines for nervous system tumor classification and grading. Brain Pathol 2014; 24:429-35. [PMID: 24990071 PMCID: PMC8029490 DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 422] [Impact Index Per Article: 42.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Major discoveries in the biology of nervous system tumors have raised the question of how non-histological data such as molecular information can be incorporated into the next World Health Organization (WHO) classification of central nervous system tumors. To address this question, a meeting of neuropathologists with expertise in molecular diagnosis was held in Haarlem, the Netherlands, under the sponsorship of the International Society of Neuropathology (ISN). Prior to the meeting, participants solicited input from clinical colleagues in diverse neuro-oncological specialties. The present "white paper" catalogs the recommendations of the meeting, at which a consensus was reached that incorporation of molecular information into the next WHO classification should follow a set of provided "ISN-Haarlem" guidelines. Salient recommendations include that (i) diagnostic entities should be defined as narrowly as possible to optimize interobserver reproducibility, clinicopathological predictions and therapeutic planning; (ii) diagnoses should be "layered" with histologic classification, WHO grade and molecular information listed below an "integrated diagnosis"; (iii) determinations should be made for each tumor entity as to whether molecular information is required, suggested or not needed for its definition; (iv) some pediatric entities should be separated from their adult counterparts; (v) input for guiding decisions regarding tumor classification should be solicited from experts in complementary disciplines of neuro-oncology; and (iv) entity-specific molecular testing and reporting formats should be followed in diagnostic reports. It is hoped that these guidelines will facilitate the forthcoming update of the fourth edition of the WHO classification of central nervous system tumors.
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- David N. Louis
- Department of PathologyMassachusetts General HospitalHarvard Medical SchoolBostonMAUSA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of California San FranciscoSan FranciscoCAUSA
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- Department of PathologyThe Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Department of PathologySt. Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphisTNUSA
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- Department of NeuropathologyHeinrich Heine UniversityDuesseldorfGermany
- Clinical Cooperation Unit NeuropathologyGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK)German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
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- Clinical Cooperation Unit NeuropathologyGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK)German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
- Department of NeuropathologyInstitute of PathologyRuprecht‐Karls‐UniversityHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of PathologyPrincess Margaret HospitalTorontoCanada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory MedicineEmory University School of MedicineAtlantaGAUSA
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- Department of PathologyThe Johns Hopkins University School of MedicineBaltimoreMDUSA
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- Department of PathologyThe University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer CenterHoustonTXUSA
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- Department of RadiologicalOncological and Anatomo‐Pathological SciencesUniversity La SapienzaRome
- IRCCS NeuromedPozzilliItaly
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and PathologyMayo ClinicRochesterMNUSA
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- Department of Paediatric Laboratory MedicineThe Hospital for Sick ChildrenUniversity of TorontoTorontoCanada
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- Clinical Cooperation Unit NeuropathologyGerman Cancer Consortium (DKTK)German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
- Department of NeuropathologyHeidelberg University HospitalHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of PathologyErasmus Medical CenterRotterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of Virginia School of MedicineCharlottesvilleVAUSA
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology and Cellular PathologyThe Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong
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- International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)LyonFrance
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- Institute of NeuropathologyUniversity Hospital MünsterMünsterGermany
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- Institute of NeuropathologyBrain Tumor Reference CenterUniversity of BonnBonnGermany
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- Department of PathologyMemorial Sloan‐Kettering Cancer CenterNew YorkNYUSA
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- Institute for NeuropathologyUniversity Hospital of ZurichZurichSwitzerland
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- Department of PathologyVU University Medical CenterAmsterdamThe Netherlands
- Department of PathologyRadboud University Medical CenterNijmegenThe Netherlands
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Sharma N, Misra V, Singh PA, Gupta SK, Debnath S, Nautiya A. Comparative efficacy of imprint and squash cytology in diagnosing lesions of the central nervous system. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2011; 12:1693-1696. [PMID: 22126546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Central nervous system lesions can be localized precisely with the help of computerized tomography (CT). However, rapid cytological diagnosis of lesions by imprint and/or squash smear technique is useful to assist the operating surgeon to avoid unnecessary craniotomy. The present study was conducted with the aim to study the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of the two types of smears in central nervous system lesions while taking histology as gold standard. MATERIALS AND METHODS In the present study 149 lesions of the central nervous system were studied by squash and imprint smear techniques and results were compared with histology. Cytology smears were stained with May-Grunwald-Giemsa and Pap stain. Histopathology smears were stained with haematoxylin and eosin stain. RESULTS Out of 149 cases, 85 were malignant and 64 cases were either benign or non-neoplastic lesions. The sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy by squash smear were 90.6%, 87.5% and 89.3% respectively and that of the imprint smears were found to be 92.9%, 90.6% and 92.0%. The combined sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of both techniques were even greater (95.3%, 93.8% and 94.6%). CONCLUSIONS The present study showed that imprint smear examination is superior to the squash smear for diagnosing lesions of the central nervous system.
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- Nishant Sharma
- Department of Pathology, Moti Lal Nehru Medical College, Allahabad, India.
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Rosenberg RN. Cancer of the nervous system: 2010. Arch Neurol 2010; 67:272. [PMID: 20212222 DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2010.24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Taira RK, Bui A, Hsu W, Bashyam V, Dube S, Watt E, Andrada L, El-Saden S, Cloughesy T, Kangarloo H. A tool for improving the longitudinal imaging characterization for neuro-oncology cases. AMIA Annu Symp Proc 2008; 2008:712-716. [PMID: 18999139 PMCID: PMC2656085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2008] [Revised: 07/16/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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We describe the development of a prototype tool for the construction of longitudinal cases studies that can be used for teaching files, construction of clinical databases, and for patient education. The test domain is neuro-oncology. The features of the tool include: 1) natural language processing tools to assist structuring report information; 2) integration of imaging data; 3) integration of drug information; 4) target data model that includes the dimensions of space, time, existence, and causality; 5) user interface that provides three levels of information including overview, filtered summarization, and details on demand. The results of this preliminary work include a full prototype for neuro-oncology patients that allow users an efficient means for scanning a patients imaging and support data.
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- Ricky K Taira
- Medical Imaging Informatics, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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Gonzalez-Bonet LG. [Stereotactic biopsy versus spectroscopy in cases of gliomas with a high degree of malignancy. A review of the literature]. Rev Neurol 2008; 47:310-314. [PMID: 18803159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION High-grade malignant gliomas have a high mortality. Stereotactic biopsy is the gold standard technique to obtain diagnostic information about this kind of tumours but it can be dangerous. New technologies as the magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) are an alternative option. AIM We suggest the possibility of replacing stereotactic biopsy for new imaging technologies in patients with high-grade malignant gliomas and a very limited life expectancy due to tumoral irresectability, among other factors. We systematically analyze the literature checking the diagnostic accuracy and complications of stereotactic biopsy as well as of new technologies like the MRS. DEVELOPMENT The average morbidity of stereotactic biopsy is 3.2% and the average mortality is 0.83%. The percentage of cases with a diagnosis (diagnostic yield) is 96%, but accuracy of that diagnosis is 79%. As regards MRS, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) for identifying high-grade gliomas are 89.8, 88.2, 95.3 and 79.7%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Stereotactic biopsy presents a quite high morbi-mortality with a real accuracy diagnostic of 75.8% after considering the diagnostic yield. With regard to MRS, there are very few studies about accuracy diagnostic but, however; there are many about sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV, being these last values very high. In spite of that, we cannot conclude that stereotactic biopsy can be substituted for the MRS because there are not enough studies to support this conclusion.
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- L G Gonzalez-Bonet
- Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
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Cashman E, Skinner LJ, Timon C. Thyroid swelling: an unusual presentation of a cervical sympathetic chain schwannoma. Medscape J Med 2008; 10:201. [PMID: 18924653 PMCID: PMC2562050] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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- Emma Cashman
- Royal Victoria Eye & Ear Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
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Reilly KM, Rubin JB, Gilbertson RJ, Garbow JR, Roussel MF, Gutmann DH. Rethinking brain tumors: the fourth Mouse Models of Human Cancers Consortium nervous system tumors workshop. Cancer Res 2008; 68:5508-11. [PMID: 18632599 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-0703] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Karlyne M Reilly
- Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland 21702, USA.
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Smolin AV, Kobiakov GL. [The design of clinical studies in neurooncology]. Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko 2008:3-10. [PMID: 18491424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Boyanton BL, Jones JK, Shenaq SM, Hicks MJ, Bhattacharjee MB. Intraneural perineurioma: a systematic review with illustrative cases. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2007; 131:1382-92. [PMID: 17824794 DOI: 10.5858/2007-131-1382-ipasrw] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/23/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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CONTEXT Intraneural perineurioma may be confused with other "onion bulb" Schwann cell entities (localized hypertrophic neuropathy, reactive/demyelinating processes, or inherited polyneuropathies of Charcot-Marie-Tooth/Dejerine Sottas) due to similar clinical, radiologic, and histologic features. Perineurial and Schwann cells can only be differentiated by ultrastructure and immunohistochemsitry. OBJECTIVE To identify and summarize the clinicopathologic features of true cases of intraneural perineurioma from the English language literature. DATA SOURCES A systematic review was performed on definitive intraneural perineuriomas identified through Medline. Baylor College of Medicine-affiliated hospitals' anatomic pathology databases yielded 2 illustrative intraneural perineurioma cases. STUDY SELECTION Intraneural perineurioma inclusion criteria consisted of characteristic histology and confirmation of perineurial cell lineage by either immunohistochemistry (epithelial membrane antigen positive, S100 protein negative) and/or ultrastructural analysis (thin cytoplasmic processes with an incomplete basal lamina, poorly formed tight junctions, and pinocytotic vesicles). DATA EXTRACTION Clinicopathologic data were extracted from all identified articles, with subsequent statistical analysis of the following parameters: age, sex, race, tumor location, tumor size, duration of symptoms prior to diagnosis, treatment modalities and outcomes measures, follow-up assessment for tumor recurrence and metastasis, clinical features (history of trauma, motor/sensory abnormalities, clinical/family history), and diagnostic workup (routine histology, immunohistochemistry, ultrastructural analysis, and molecular/cytogenetic characteristics). CONCLUSIONS Intraneural perineurioma is a neoplastic proliferation of perineurial cells with unique immunohistochemistry and ultrastructural features, and it is distinct from other onion bulb Schwann cell-derived entities. Despite harboring molecular abnormalities of the long arm of chromosome 22, intraneural perineurioma has not been associated with neurofibromatosis. Intraneural perineurioma is a benign peripheral nerve sheath tumor that does not recur or metastasize.
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- Bobby L Boyanton
- Department of Clinical Pathology, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W Thirteen Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI 48073, USA.
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Goodwin RW, O'Donnell P, Saifuddin A. MRI appearances of common benign soft-tissue tumours. Clin Radiol 2007; 62:843-53. [PMID: 17662731 DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2006] [Revised: 03/05/2007] [Accepted: 04/27/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Benign soft-tissue tumours are many times more common than their malignant counterparts, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is the technique of choice for imaging the lesions. This review illustrates the MRI appearances of the most common benign soft-tissue tumours, based on consecutive referrals to our institution. The imaging signs that are useful for diagnosis are described.
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- R W Goodwin
- Department of Radiology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich, UK
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Shiraga N, Higuchi M, Hasebe T, Ishibashi R, Kohda E, Sugino Y, Kuribayashi S, Matsukawa H. Sporadic gastric neurofibroma underneath early cancer: MDCT gastrography and histological findings. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 25:236-9. [PMID: 17581713 DOI: 10.1007/s11604-007-0122-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2006] [Accepted: 01/18/2007] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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We report the case of a sporadic gastric submucosal neurofibroma underneath a T1 stage cancer. A 61-year-old man underwent gastroscopy because of epigastralgia and was diagnosed as having T1 stage gastric cancer by an experienced gastroenterologist. Subsequently performed computed tomography (CT) showed poorly circumscribed wall thickening underneath the converged folds on three-dimensional images. On a dynamic enhancement study, the thickened wall was seen to be enhanced gradually from the arterial phase to the equilibrium phase. Based on these findings, we diagnosed stage T2 cancer. Total gastrectomy was performed, and the surgically removed specimen revealed that the wall thickening was caused by a submucosal neurofibroma and that cancer existed in this neurofibroma, invading the submucosa. This patient had no family history of neurofibromatosis, and so the lesion was diagnosed as early gastric cancer with a sporadic submucosal neurofibroma. Coexistence of gastric cancer and a submucosal tumor is rare, but such a case is one of the pitfalls of a CT diagnosis of T stage gastric cancer.
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- Nobuyuki Shiraga
- Department of Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center, 6-11-1 Omori-Nishi, Ohta-ku, Tokyo, 143-8541, Japan.
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Westhout FD, Mathews M, Paré LS, Armstrong WB, Tully P, Linskey ME. Recognizing Schwannomatosis and Distinguishing it From Neurofibromatosis Type 1 or 2. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 20:329-32. [PMID: 17538359 DOI: 10.1097/bsd.0b013e318033ee0f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND DATA Schwannomatosis has become a newly recognized classification of neurofibromatosis. Although the genetic loci are on chromosome 22, it lacks the classic bilateral vestibular schwannomas as seen in NF-2. We present the surgical treatment of 4 patients with schwannomatosis, including a brother and sister. METHOD Case 1 presented with multiple progressively enlarging peripheral nerve sheath tumors. Case 4 presented with a trigeminal schwannoma and a vagal nerve schwannoma. Three of 4 patients had spinal intradural, extramedullary nerve sheath tumors. Surgery in all was multistaged and consisted of spinal laminectomies, site-specific explorations, and microsurgical tumor dissection and resection, with intraoperative neurophysiologic monitoring (including somatosensory-evoked and motor-evoked potentials, upper extremity electromyography and intraoperative nerve action potential monitoring, as appropriate). RESULTS Intraoperatively the schwannomas had cystic and solid features and in all surgical cases the tumors arose from discrete fascicles of sensory nerve roots or sensory peripheral nerve branches. None of the patients experienced neurologic worsening as a result of their resections. Pathologic analysis of specimens from all cases demonstrated schwannoma. CONCLUSIONS Not all patients with multiple schwannomas of cranial nerve, spinal nerve root, or peripheral nerve origin have NF-1 or NF-2. In schwannomatosis, these lesions are present in the absence of cutaneous stigmata, neurofibromas, vestibular schwannomas, or parenchymal brain tumors. Schwannomas in schwannomatosis can be large, cystic, and multiple. However, the predominant nerve involvement seems to be sensory and discrete fascicular in origin, facilitating microsurgical resection with minimal deficit.
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- Franklin D Westhout
- Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California Irvine, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868, USA
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We describe an unusual case of neuropathic pain of the left face and shoulder accompanied by ipsilateral hyperhidrosis caused by a schwannoma of the cervical sympathetic chain. Additional signs of associated sympathetic hyperactivity included left-sided lacrimation, conjunctival injection, and nasal congestion. Autonomic testing demonstrated signs of increased vasomotor and sudomotor activity in the left palm. The pain was refractory to analgesic and antimigraine medications but resolved following surgical resection of the T2 schwannoma.
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Temporal paragangliomas (PGL) are usually limited to the paraganglionar system with a sporadic or familial origin. Familial PGL have recently been shown to be associated with germline alterations in SDH group of genes, and occasionally are associated with a variety of genetic multisystemic disorders (von Hippel-Lindau disease, multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 and neurofibromatosis type 1). Temporal bone PGL are normally located in the region of the jugular foramen and on the promontory along the Jacobson nerve. Occasionally, vagal PGL may reach the jugular foramen and behave as jugular PGL. Treatment of temporal PGL must be based on the biological behavior of the tumour, age and medical condition of the patient, location and size of the PGL, and potential for treatment induced morbidity. The main treatment modalities for PGL are surgery and radiation therapy. Patients with large temporal PGL whose resection would result in potentially disabling morbidity are often selected for radiation therapy or wait and scan policy. Small tympanic PGL where resection may be carried out with a low morbidity risk can be removed through an endomeatal tympanotomy. Jugular PGL limited to the infralabyrinthine region involving only the vertical segment of the ICA, can benefit of an extended facial recess approach, which allows a postoperative normal hearing and facial nerve function. For more extensive disease in the middle ear or around the ICA, external auditory canal preservation is not possible and some kind of facial nerve mobilization is required. Preservation of lower cranial nerves is facilitated by intrabulbar dissection, previous extradural ligation of the sigmoid sinus. Management of large intracranial involvement is controversial, although most authors advocate resection of the tumour in a single stage. Surgical control of the tumour can be expected in 70-85% of the patients and is clearly dependent on the tumour stage. Tumour size determines success in hearing and lower cranial nerves preservation.
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- Carlos Suárez
- Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain.
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Wippold FJ, Perry A. Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: fluorescence in situ hybridization. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2007; 28:406-10. [PMID: 17353304 PMCID: PMC7977815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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SUMMARY Fluorescence in situ hybridization is a molecular cytogenetic technique that localizes segments of DNA within tumor cells by using dyes that are visible with a fluorescent microscope. The technique has proved useful in typing a variety of tumors such as oligodendrogliomas and in understanding the genetic forces driving oncogenesis.
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- F J Wippold
- Neuroradiology Section, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
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OBJECTIVE To estimate the effect of the number of siblings on the risk of histopathologic subtypes of tumors of the nervous system using large population-based data. METHODS The Swedish Family-Cancer Database comprises 13,613 diagnoses of nervous system tumors with histopathologic information. We analyzed the data using Poisson regression models taking into account potential confounding effects of age, birth cohort, socioeconomic status, and family history of cancer. RESULTS The rate ratios (RR) for having four or more siblings vs none were significantly increased for hemangioblastoma (RR = 1.68), childhood neuroblastoma (RR = 2.01), and ependymoma (RR = 1.83, p trend < 0.01). For age at diagnosis < or =15 years, the RRs for individuals with three or more younger siblings compared to none were 1.34 for astrocytoma, 2.30 for medulloblastoma, 2.61 for ependymoma, 3.71 for meningioma, and 2.13 for neuroblastoma, with significant trends in risk. Non-significant decreased risks were found between the number of older siblings and nervous system tumors. CONCLUSIONS We provide the first reliable quantification of the effects of number of siblings on the risk of nervous system tumors. Sibship size and number of younger siblings correlate with the incidence of childhood nervous system tumors, suggesting a role of infectious agents in the etiology of the disease.
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- Andrea Altieri
- Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, Im Neuenheimer Feld 580, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Hiyama E, Yamaoka H, Kamimatsuse A, Onitake Y, Hiyama K, Nishiyama M, Sueda T. Single nucleotide polymorphism array analysis to predict clinical outcome in neuroblastoma patients. J Pediatr Surg 2006; 41:2032-6. [PMID: 17161199 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Neuroblastoma (NB) is a heterogeneous tumor and demonstrates favorable or unfavorable outcomes. In Japan, a nationwide NB mass screening (MS) had been performed on 6-month-old infants for approximately 20 years, which might have detected almost all NB including regressing/maturing tumors. To clarify the heterogeneity of this tumor, we examined genetic alterations in the representative cases using genomewide microarrays. METHODS Genomic DNA was extracted from 198 NB tissue samples and paired blood samples including 76 MS-detected cases and analyzed by single nucleotide polymorphism arrays. RESULTS The single nucleotide polymorphism array classified the genetic aberrations into 4 types: whole gain/loss type, partial gain/loss type, MYCN-amplified type, and silent type. Most MS-detecting cases belonged to the whole gain/loss type, whereas unfavorable cases who died of disease showed partial gain/loss, MYCN-amplified, or silent types. CONCLUSIONS Genomewide genetic analysis is useful to predict the outcome of patients. Although the cases whose tumors showed whole gain/loss may respond well to contemporary therapy, sparing intensive surgery, current therapeutic strategy may be insufficient for the subgroups with partial gain/loss, MYCN-amplified, or silent type. Validation of these results would provide new tools to predict clinical outcome of children with NB.
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- Eiso Hiyama
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, 734-8551, Japan.
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De Luca G, Griffo S, Cecere C, Cicalese M, Di Tommaso L, Monaco M, Stassano P. Solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura mimicking neurogenic tumor. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006; 132:1241-2. [PMID: 17059959 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.06.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2006] [Accepted: 06/15/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Ceschel S, Casotto V, Valsecchi MG, Tamaro P, Jankovic M, Hanau G, Fossati F, Pillon M, Rondelli R, Sandri A, Silvestri D, Haupt R, Cuttini M. Survival after relapse in children with solid tumors: a follow-up study from the Italian off-therapy registry. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2006; 47:560-6. [PMID: 16395684 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.20726] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Despite the increased survival of children with solid tumors, a significant proportion of cases still relapse following treatment discontinuation, and knowledge about the long-term outcome of this selected group of patients remains incomplete. OBJECTIVE To describe the long-term outcome of children treated for a solid tumor who relapsed after the elective end of therapy, and to explore factors associated with survival. METHODS All patients with the selected diagnoses-Hodgkin disease (HD), neuroblastoma (NB), tumor of the central nervous system (CNS), Wilms tumor (WT), or soft tissue sarcoma (STS)-enrolled in the Italian Pediatric Off-Therapy Registry in the period 1980-1998 were evaluated. Out of 3,927 patients, 694 had relapsed after treatment suspension; 639 were available for analysis. Survival and event-free survival were estimated by the Kaplan-Meier method. The log-rank test was used to assess differences in survival among the various types of cancer considered. Multivariate Cox proportional hazards analysis was adopted to explore possible prognostic factors. RESULTS There were 335 deaths: most of them (93%) were related to the primary cancer. The overall survival rate after relapse was 38% (95% CI 33-42) at 5 years, and 32% (95% CI 27-36%) at 15 years, while event free survival was 31% (95% CI 26-35) and 26% (95% CI 22-30%), respectively. There were significant differences according to the original diagnosis, with patients with HD doing better, and those with NB, CNS, and STS worse. No improvement of prognosis was evident over time. Post-relapse stem cell transplantation was associated with decreased risk of death only in the first year, not thereafter. CONCLUSIONS Overall, patients with solid tumors who relapse after treatment discontinuation have a poor outcome, but significant differences exist according to the tumor types.
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Kochbati L, Bouaouina N, Hentati D, Nasr C, Besbes M, Benna F, Boussen H, Maalej M. [Medulloblastoma with extracentral nervous system metastases: clinical presentation and risk factors]. Cancer Radiother 2006; 10:107-11. [PMID: 16600659 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2006.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2005] [Revised: 02/13/2006] [Accepted: 02/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE Extra-central nervous system (extra-CNS) metastases are relatively unknown failure patterns in medulloblastoma. The aim of this study was to analyse epidemiological, clinical and aetiopathological aspects of these extra-CNS localisations. PATIENTS AND METHODS Extra-CNS metastases were retrospectively identified in patients treated in the department of radiation therapy at Salah-Azaïz institute (ISA) for medulloblastoma. These metastases were diagnosed as extra-CNS for all secondary localisations not related to other tumour aetiology. Aetiopathological aspects are discussed with a literature review. RESULTS Among 103 patients treated and followed-up in the department of radiation therapy of ISA from 1970 to 1992, 8 developed extra-CNS metastases (7.7%). Age at diagnosis of primitive tumour varied from 3 to 23 years. Sex ratio was 1. Primitive tumour treatment was: complete surgical resection in 4 patients with preoperative cerebrospinal fluid shunting in two, cerebrospinal axis irradiation in 7 patients and a cerebral-limited irradiation in 1. Two patients received chemotherapy for their initial treatment (systemic in one case and intrathecal in the other). The mean free-interval from diagnosis of primitive tumour to extra-CNS metastases was 23 months, varying from 8 to 53 months. These metastases were located in the liver (1 case), cervical lymph nodes (2 cases), bone marrow (1 case) and bone (2 cases). Two patients had multiple metastases: bone and bone marrow (in one), lung, pleura, cervical lymph node and bone localisations (in one). Treatment of these metastases was: chemotherapy in 5 cases, chemotherapy and radiation in one, radiation therapy in one and 2 patients were given only supportive care treatment. All patients died or are in progressive disease in less than one year from the diagnosis of extra-CNS metastases. CONCLUSION Extra-CNS metastases are not rare and have a poor prognosis. The most commonly involved sites are bone, cervical lymph nodes and bone marrow. A complete work-up at initial diagnosis is recommended to screen early metastases. Literature review showed that histopathologic grading might help to identify groups at risk.
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- Lotfi Kochbati
- Radiotherapy department, Salah-Azaïz institute, boulevard Bab-Saadoun, Tunis, Tunisia. lotfi@
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Conte M, Parodi S, De Bernardi B, Milanaccio C, Mazzocco K, Angelini P, Viscardi E, Di Cataldo A, Luksch R, Haupt R. Neuroblastoma in adolescents. Cancer 2006; 106:1409-17. [PMID: 16475209 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.21751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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BACKGROUND Neuroblastoma (NB) occurs rarely during adolescence, and information is scarce on its characteristics and clinical course in this age group. METHODS Patients with NB who were included in the Italian Neuroblastoma Registry were considered for the current study. The clinical characteristics and survival of adolescents (age at diagnosis between 10 yrs and 18 yrs) were compared with those of children (ages 1-9 yrs). Infants (age < 1 yr) were excluded because of their well known favorable clinical course. RESULTS Between 1116 children and 53 adolescents who were evaluated, no differences were documented with regard to the primary tumor site and the prevalence of advanced stage at diagnosis. If only patients with Stage IV NB were considered, then adolescents were less likely to be diagnosed with bone/bone marrow metastases (77%) compared with children (94%; P = 0.038), but adolescents were more likely to have metastases at unusual sites, such as the lung parenchyma or the central nervous system (23% vs. 7%, respectively; P = 0.005). With regard to biologic characteristics, adolescents did not differ significantly from children, although they always had a lower prevalence of unfavorable markers. In particular, MYCN amplification was documented in 21% of children and in 11% of adolescents (P = 0.173). At age 10 years, adolescents had a 20% overall survival rate and a 22% event-free survival rate. Adolescents who had resectable disease had a 73% overall survival rate, which was worse compared with the rate among children with the same disease stage (89%), although the difference did not reach statistical significance (P = 0.159). No differences in survival were observed among patients with Stage IV NB, and adolescents had a probability of survival almost identical to that among children (6% vs. 16%, respectively; P = 0.481). However, when the analysis was restricted to events that occurred after patients developed a recurrence, even if the final outcome was poor for both groups, the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.022) mostly because of the more indolent disease course observed among the adolescents. This effect was even more evident for patients with Stage IV NB. When the 6-year cut-off point was used to separate children from adolescents, a significantly worse overall survival rate (P = 0.036) was documented for adolescents who had resectable disease (81% vs. 93% in children). CONCLUSIONS NB in adolescents had clinical and biologic characteristics similar to those observed among children. The clinical course of NB probably is correlated significantly with age at diagnosis, but information is scarce on the role of the biologic risk factors in this age group. The authors were able to identify a group of patients with a cut-off age between 6 years and 10 years that had a more indolent course but a worse prognosis.
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- Massimo Conte
- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital, 16148 Genoa, Italy.
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This review article provides guidelines for the diagnosis, staging, and management of primary nervous system lymphoma based on the results of clinical trials conducted during the last decade. Recent progress in our understanding of the pathogenesis of primary nervous system lymphoma is summarized, and implications of these findings for the development of diagnostic tools and new therapeutic strategies are outlined. We performed a search of the PubMed database (National Center for Biotechnology Information) for articles on primary nervous system lymphoma published between 1970 and May 2005. Primary nervous system lymphoma affects the brain, eye, and meninges as well as cranial, spinal, and peripheral nerves. Although important lessons have been learned from the pathogenesis of extraneural non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the unique organotropism of primary nervous system lymphoma remains poorly understood. Diagnosis is facilitated by modern imaging techniques and molecular markers. Clinically recognizable "precursors" may exist but frequently elude specific diagnosis. Insight into the peculiar pharmacokinetics of chemotherapy aimed at tumors within the nervous system has led to the development of methotrexate-based regimens that can achieve prolonged progression-free survival without the use of radiation. Long-term survival and, in selected cases, even a cure are possible in primary nervous system lymphoma. Treatment should be provided in specialized multidisciplinary centers. In spite of remarkable progress through methotrexate-based chemotherapy, the majority of patients experience relapse within a few years. Better diagnostic tools are required for earlier diagnosis and monitoring of treatment response. A deeper understanding of the pathogenesis of primary nervous system lymphoma may reveal new therapeutic targets.
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- Joachim M Baehring
- Department of Neurology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
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Sauvat F, Brisse H, Magdeleinat P, Lopez M, Philippe-Chomette P, Orbach D, Aerts I, Brugieres L, Revillon Y, Sarnacki S. The transmanubrial approach: A new operative approach to cervicothoracic neuroblastoma in children. Surgery 2006; 139:109-14. [PMID: 16364724 DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2005.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2004] [Revised: 06/27/2005] [Accepted: 07/03/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Cervicothoracic neuroblastoma originates from the cervical sympathetic nerves and ganglia and thus presents a problem when dissecting the vascular and nervous elements of the subclavian region. The standard operation is based on thoracotomy or dual cervicotomy/thoracotomy, but these approaches do not provide optimal control of the subclavian vessels. We report our experience in children with cervicothoracic neuroblastoma by using a technique usually performed for apical lung cancer. METHODS Four patients with localized cervicothoracic neuroblastoma with no N-myc amplification were resected after chemotherapy by this approach. The anatomic evaluation was performed preoperatively with angio-magnetic resonance imaging. This transmanubrial approach, performed through a manubrial L-shaped transection and first costal cartilage resection, affords excellent access to the subclavian region with safe control of the vessels and nerves and exposure of the first 4 thoracic intervertebral foramina. RESULTS Removal of more than 90% of the tumor was possible in all cases. The postoperative course was uneventful in 3 cases, and the fourth patient with a left-sided tumor had a transient chylothorax. No recurrence occurred with a follow-up period of 8 to 32 months. CONCLUSIONS The transmanubrial approach is an osteomuscular-sparing technique that seems particularly suitable for the treatment of these tumors, which require a resection that is as complete as possible to avoid postoperative chemotherapy and tumor relapse.
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- Frédérique Sauvat
- Department of Pediatric Surgery, Necker Enfants-Malades Hospital, 149 rue de Sèvres, 75015 Paris, France.
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A number of advances in the molecular imaging field have led to the sensing of specific molecular targets and pathways in living animals. In the optical imaging field, these include the designing of biocompatible near-infrared fluorochromes, development of targeted and activatable "smart" imaging probes, and engineering of activatable fluorescent and bioluminescent proteins. The current advances in molecular optical imaging will help in early disease diagnoses, functioning of a number of pathways and finally help speed drug discovery. In this review, we will describe the near infrared fluorescent and bioluminescence imaging modalities and how these techniques have been employed in current research. Furthermore, we will also shed some light on the use of these imaging modalities in neurotherapeutics, for example imaging different parameters of vector-mediated gene expression in glioma tumors and stem cell tracking in vivo.
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- Khalid Shah
- Center for Molecular Imaging Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, MA 02129, USA.
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Kurtz KA, Hoffman HT, Zimmerman MB, Robinson RA. Perineural and vascular invasion in oral cavity squamous carcinoma: increased incidence on re-review of slides and by using immunohistochemical enhancement. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2005; 129:354-9. [PMID: 15737030 DOI: 10.5858/2005-129-354-paviio] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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CONTEXT Perineural invasion and vascular invasion may be adverse prognostic factors in patients with oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma. However, the incidence of perineural and vascular invasion varies in the literature, and the use of immunohistochemistry to enhance their detection has not been evaluated in oral cavity squamous cell carcinomas. OBJECTIVE To determine if the previously assessed incidence of perineural and vascular invasion in cases of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma would be increased by re-review of the original routinely hematoxylin-eosin-stained sections as well as review of slides stained immunohistochemically with S100 and CD31 to enhance visualization of nerves and vessels. DESIGN Forty cases of oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in which the status of perineural and vascular invasion had been part of the original pathology report were reviewed. All original routinely stained slides were reviewed as well as S100- and CD31-stained sections of each case's tissue blocks that contained tumor. RESULTS Perineural invasion was identified in 30% (12/ 40) of tumors in the original reports, 62% (25/40) of the authors' re-review of the same slides, and 82% (33/40) when cases were stained with S100. Vascular invasion was identified in 30% (12/40) of tumors in the original reports, 35% (14/40) of the authors' re-review of the same slides, and 42% (17/40) when cases were stained with CD31. False-positive and false-negative results were common in the original reports. The number of foci of both types of invasion was related to its discovery in the original reports. Vascular invasion, but not perineural invasion, was significantly associated with death at 5-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS Although careful re-review of routinely stained slides will detect a significant number of cases of perineural and vascular invasion, immunohistochemical enhancement further improves the accuracy of the determination.
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- Kevin A Kurtz
- Department of Pathology, the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Odagiri E. [Neuron specific enolase]. Nihon Rinsho 2005; 63 Suppl 8:717-9. [PMID: 16149621] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- Emi Odagiri
- Department of Clinical Laboratory, Central Clinical Laboratories, Tokyo Women's Medical University
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Yatabe J, Sanada H. [3,4-Dihydroxyphenyl alanine (DOPA)]. Nihon Rinsho 2005; 63 Suppl 8:380-3. [PMID: 16149534] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- Junichi Yatabe
- Internal Medicine III, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical University
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Miyoshi T, Tomita K. [Metanephrine (M), normetanephrine (NM) and fractionated metanephrines]. Nihon Rinsho 2005; 63 Suppl 8:395-8. [PMID: 16149538] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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- Taku Miyoshi
- Department of Nephrology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University
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OBJECT The role of radiosurgery has become increasingly important in the treatment of intracranial lesions. In this study the authors evaluated the efficacy of the Novalis shaped beam radiosurgery system (dedicated linear accelerator) for various brain and spinal lesions. METHODS Between November 2000 and October 2003 the authors treated 356 cases of various intracranial and extracranial lesions with Novalis shaped beam radiosurgery. Of these 356 cases, 109 cases were followed for more than a 2-year period. Fifty patients underwent fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery. Twenty patients (40%) harbored benign tumors (two acoustic neuromas, seven meningiomas, five pituitary adenomas, four optic gliomas, and two craniopharyngiomas), 18 patients (36%) harbored malignant tumors (16 glioblastoma multiforme [GBM], and two metastases), and the others included five with brainstem gliomas, one chordoma, five gliomas, and one with an arteriovenous malformation (AVM). Eighteen of 20 patients with benign tumors had good tumor control. Of 59 patients treated with single-dose stereotactic radiosurgery, 24 had benign intracranial tumors (12 acoustic neuromas, 11 meningiomas, and one pituitary adenoma), 20 had malignant tumors (two GBMs and 18 metastases), and the others were eight AVMs, two glomus jugulare tumors, three lymphomas, one pineal tumor, and one spinal tumor. CONCLUSIONS Stereotactic radiosurgery and fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery using the Novalis shaped beam radiosurgery system are effective and safe noninvasive treatment modalities for various intracranial and extracranial lesions.
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- Choong Jin Whang
- Department of Neurosurgery, Ilsan Paik Hospital, and College of Medicine, Inje University, Gyoung gi, Korea
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Nervous system tumors represent unique neoplasms that arise within the central and peripheral nervous system. While the vast majority of nervous system neoplasm occur sporadically, most of the adult and pediatric forms have a hereditary equivalent. In a little over a decade, we have seen a tremendous increase in knowledge of the primary genetic basis of many of the familial cancer syndromes that involve the nervous system, syndromes that are mostly inherited as autosomal dominant traits. In this review, we discuss the most recent findings on the genetic basis of hereditary nervous system tumors. The identification of genes associated with familial cancer syndromes has in some families enabled a "molecular diagnosis" that complements clinical assessment and allows directed cancer surveillance for those individuals determined to be at-risk for disease.
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- German Melean
- Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Clinical Physiology, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy
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Pavlakis G, Sakorafas GH, Anagnostopoulos GK, Grigoriadis K, Symeonidis G. Lateral cervical cyst with unsuspected metastasis from an occult tonsillar carcinoma. J Postgrad Med 2004; 50:202-4. [PMID: 15377807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023] Open
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Lateral cervical cysts containing squamous cell carcinoma is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge for the clinician since they usually represent a cystic metastasis from an occult carcinoma. Various imaging modalities or even blind biopsies will help identify the primary tumour. If the primary tumour is identified, an appropriate treatment decision can be made that incorporates both the primary tumour and the cervical node. If the primary remains unidentified, the neck is treated with a modified or radical neck dissection, depending on the extent of metastatic disease, and radiation therapy is administered to Waldeyer's ring and both necks. We present in this paper, a case with a large cervical cyst where histology showed the presence of a poorly differentiated squamous cell carcinoma in the wall of the cyst. A diagnostic evaluation of the patient was negative. Blind biopsies of the right tonsil revealed occult squamous cell carcinoma. The patient was treated by combined chemo/radiotherapy and she is doing well nine months following excision of the mass. The relevant literature is briefly reviewed.
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- G Pavlakis
- Department of Oncology, Veterans General Hospital, Athens, Greece
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We present a rare case of a schwannoma in a pre/para-aortic position resembling a thrombosed saccular abdominal aortic aneurysm.
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- P W H Collins
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
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The natural history of bronchogenic carcinoma shows that 42% of patients are diagnosed with cancer-related neurological complications either at initial presentation or at follow-up that can be separated in 3 different categories: - locoregional involvement of cervicothoracic nerves (recurrent laryngeal nerves, phrenic and vagus nerves, brachial plexus and sympathetic cervical chains), - metastatic disease characterized by intracranial lesions (brain, meningeal, ependymal and pituitary metastases) and spinal (extradural, subarachnoid and medullary metastases) lesions, - paraneoplastic syndromes including limbic encephalitis, Lambert-Eaton syndrome and paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration. These neurological disorders usually are associated with advanced cancer for which radical surgical management seldom is indicated. All imaging studies performed at the time of initial staging for bronchogenic carcinoma should therefore be carefully reviewed in order to detect signs that could suggest the presence of one or several neurological complications. The goals of this paper are to describe the clinical signs and to illustrate the imaging features of neurological complications related to bronchogenic carcinoma at conventional radiography, CT and MRI.
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- V Adjenou
- Services de radiologie adultes et neuroradiologie
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate the value and impact on management of FDG PET imaging in patients with biopsy-proved neuroendocrine and neural crest tumors, as well as thyroid carcinoma of various types. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective review of imaging and clinical data of 60 consecutive patients presenting for evaluation of suspected recurrence who underwent FDG PET imaging between August 1993 and February 2002. All patients were referred for PET because of equivocal findings on conventional evaluation (most often increasing tumor markers and negative conventional workup) or for restaging. The final diagnosis was established with pathology (n = 19) or at least 6 months of follow-up (n = 41). The FDG images were acquired 1 hour after the intravenous administration of 10 mCi FDG with 1 of 2 dedicated PET tomographs (Siemens ECAT 933, CTI, Knoxville, TN; and GE Advance, General Electric Medical Systems, Milwaukee, WI). RESULTS Thirty-four patients had recurrent disease and 26 had no evidence of recurrence. FDG PET imaging revealed at least as many focal abnormalities as concurrent CT, magnetic resonance, or other nuclear imaging modalities in 46 of 60 patients (77%). There were 17 patients (28%) in whom FDG PET found abnormalities not seen with other modalities. In the small group (n = 18) of cases of carcinoid, pheochromocytoma, Merkel cell tumor, and neuroblastoma, all cases were true positive (T+) or true negative (T-). In the group of 42 cases of thyroid carcinoma, the sensitivity was 67%. There were 16 T+, 18 T-, and 8 false-negative (F-) cases. Six F- cases presented with increasing thyroglobulin levels and negative whole-body I-131 scans. Four of these 6 F- cases were proved by surgery, 1 by a positive post I-131 therapy scan, and 1 by normalization of thyroglobulin levels after I-131 therapy. Two of the 8 F- PET cases had a positive I-131 scan. FDG PET imaging had an impact on the management of 13 of 60 of these patients (22%) by demonstrating extensive metastases and cancelling surgery (n = 2), and by detecting recurrence and guiding surgery (n = 5) or radiation therapy (n = 6). CONCLUSIONS FDG PET is helpful in the evaluation of thyroid, neuroendocrine, and neural crest tumors. Although the sensitivity was only 76%, there were no false-positive findings, and FDG PET findings changed the management of 22% of the patients.
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- Daniel R Scanga
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee 37232, USA
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Fraguela Mariña JA, Ares Farpón F, Fernández Blanco CM, Rosales Juega D, López García S, Gómez Freijoso C. [Intestinal invagination in adult patients due to jejunal tumor with neural differentiation of autonome system (GAN)]. An Med Interna 2003; 20:621-3. [PMID: 14697082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/27/2023]
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We report two clinical cases of intestinal invagination due to jejunal GAN tumors that were operated on because of an intestinal obstruction. Diagnostic methods, differential diagnosis and therapeutic approach were analysed.
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- J A Fraguela Mariña
- Servicio de Cirugía General A, Complejo Hospitalario Juan Canalejo, A Coruña.
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Pang KK, Hughes T. MR imaging of the musculoskeletal soft tissue mass: is heterogeneity a sign of malignancy? J Chin Med Assoc 2003; 66:655-61. [PMID: 14768852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Magnetic resonance (MR) is considered the imaging modality of choice to evaluate soft tissue lesions. Whether MR imaging can be used to differentiate benign from malignant soft tissue lesions is still controversial. To elucidate this controversy, MR images of 37 patients with soft tissue masses of the musculoskeletal system were reviewed at Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand. METHODS There were 19 benign and 18 malignant lesions. MR images were evaluated with regard to lesion size, border definition, homogeneity, changes in pattern of homogeneity, signal characteristic (signal intensity on T1-weighted, T2-weighted), and demonstration of relation to neurovascular bundle and bone as well as edema in or around the lesion. RESULTS Statistically significant imaging features favoring a diagnosis of malignancy included inhomogeneity at T2-weighted images (p = 0.002) and a change in pattern from homogeneity on T1-weighted images to inhomogeneity at T2-weighted images (p = 0.003). Malignant tumors also had neurovascular or bone involvement in 28% of cases, which was not seen in their benign counterparts. Size, border definition, and edema of surrounding tissues were generally not helpful in distinguishing benign from malignant soft tissue masses. CONCLUSIONS The inhomogeneity of lesions on T2, the change from homogeneity on T1 to inhomogeneity on T2 sequence, and involvement of bone or neurovascular structures are features that may be helpful in differentiating benign from malignant soft tissue masses.
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- Kwok Kuen Pang
- Department of Radiology, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taitung Branch, Taiwan.
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- Karin M Muraszko
- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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- Costas S Bizekis
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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A retroperitoneal bronchopulmonary foregut malformation in a 62-year-old man is reported. The lesion was composed of mature lung tissue with randomly distributed bronchial structures and ciliated epithelium-lined cysts, some of which were lined with gastric mucosa. The histological features of this lesion were of both pulmonary sequestration and a bronchogenic, or foregut, cyst, and thus were a unique example of bronchopulmonary foregut malformation with pulmonary differentiation. This case is important in understanding the pathogenesis of foregut anomalies (i.e. bronchopulmonary foregut malformations), which range from pulmonary sequestrations to bronchogenic cysts and foregut duplication cysts.
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- Jun Matsubayashi
- First Department of Pathology, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan
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Ochoa-Carrillo FJ, Chávez-Mac Gregor M, Green-Renner D, Green-Schneeweiss L. [Paraneoplastic syndromes. Associated with lung cancer]. CIR CIR 2003; 71:150-161. [PMID: 19764144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Paraneoplastic syndromes are disorders of host organ function occurring at a site remote from the primary tumor and its metastases. Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with primary lung cancer are not uncommon, have diverse initial manifestations, and epitomize the systemic nature of human malignant disease. The spectrum of clinical features in patients with paraneoplastic syndromes is very wide. Although diagnosis is often one of exclusion, improved understanding of the pathogenesis involved in some of these syndromes has provided another means of recognizing these disorders and perhaps treating affected patients. In this update, we review paraneoplastic syndromes associated with lung cancer, potential mechanisms, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and treatment.
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Bibliography. Current world literature. Neoplasms. Curr Opin Neurol 2002; 15:747-53. [PMID: 12501833] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2023]
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Schwannomas are benign, encapsulated nerve sheath cell neoplasms. Cervical sympathetic chain (CSC) schwannomas are rare, with less than 50 cited cases in the literature. CSC schwannomas may mimic a number of parapharyngeal masses. We report a rare variant, "ancient" schwannoma, which presented cytologically and radiologically as a thyroid mass. This is the first report of a CSC schwannoma mimicking a thyroid mass and the first report of an ancient schwannoma of the CSC.
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- R A Badawi
- Department of Endocrine Surgery, King's College Hospital, London, UK
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A report on the British Society for Cell Biology (BSCB) meeting on 'Cell Biology and Neurobiology: A Meeting for Martin Raff', London, UK, 3-5 July 2002.
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