Pediatric ependymoma: an overview of a complex disease

ST Jünger, B Timmermann, T Pietsch - Child's Nervous System, 2021 - Springer
Pediatric ependymomas comprise biologically distinct tumor entities with different (epi)
genetics, age distribution and localization, as well as a different prognosis. Regarding risk …

Ependymomas

L Bertero, AA Ricci, C Tampieri, P Cassoni… - …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Ependymal neoplasms are a heterogenous group of neoplasms arising from the progenitors
of the cells lining the ventricular system and the spinal central canal. During the last few …

CBTRUS statistical report: American brain tumor association & NCI neuro-oncology branch adolescent and young adult primary brain and other central nervous …

M Price, C Neff, N Nagarajan, C Kruchko… - Neuro …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Recent analyses have shown that, whereas cancer survival overall has been improving, it
has not improved for adolescents and young adults ages 15–39 years (AYA). The clinical …

Profiling spatiotemporal gene expression of the develo** human spinal cord and implications for ependymoma origin

X Li, Z Andrusivova, P Czarnewski, CM Langseth… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The spatiotemporal regulation of cell fate specification in the human develo** spinal cord
remains largely unknown. In this study, by performing integrated analysis of single-cell and …

[HTML][HTML] Essential management of pediatric brain tumors

K Lutz, ST Jünger, M Messing-Jünger - Children, 2022 - mdpi.com
Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children and are associated with high
mortality. The most common childhood brain tumors are grouped as low-grade gliomas …

Spinal ependymoma in adults: from molecular advances to new treatment perspectives

G Cerretti, F Pessina, E Franceschi, V Barresi… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ependymomas are rare glial tumors with clinical and biological heterogeneity, categorized
into supratentorial ependymoma, posterior fossa ependymoma, and spinal cord …

[HTML][HTML] Why haven't we solved intracranial pediatric ependymoma? Current questions and barriers to treatment advances.

EI Hwang, D Hanson, MG Filbin, SC Mack - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Pediatric intracranial ependymoma has seen a recent exponential expansion of biological
findings, rapidly dividing the diagnosis into several subgroups, each with specific molecular …

Epidemiology and comparative analysis of outcomes of intramedullary spinal cord tumor between pediatric and adult patients

D Umebayashi, K Naito, R Kurokawa, T Endo… - Spine, 2024 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. This was as clinical retrospective study. Objectives. We sought to evaluate the
characteristics of Pediatric intramedullary spinal cord tumors (PISCTs) and to identify …

Pediatric CNS tumors and 2021 WHO classification: what do oncologists need from pathologists?

A d'Amati, L Bargiacchi, S Rossi, A Carai… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The fifth edition of the WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System (CNS),
published in 2021, established new approaches to both CNS tumor nomenclature and …

A radiologist's guide to the 2021 WHO central nervous system tumor classification: part 2—newly described and revised tumor types

JB Guerin, TJ Kaufmann, LJ Eckel, JM Morris… - Radiology, 2023 - pubs.rsna.org
The fifth edition of the World Health Organization classification of tumors of the central
nervous system (CNS), published in 2021, introduces major shifts in the classification of …