Long-term recurrence of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: Clinical case report.
CONCLUSIONS: This patient's 24-year disease-free interval prior to radiologic recurrence demonstrates the longest interval to relapse in the literature for a DNET. This case illustrates the possibility of late recurrence of DNETs decades after radiographical complete resection to emphasize the necessity of thoughtful clinical judgment in adult survivors of low grade pediatric neoplasms who present with seizures after a prolonged seizure-free interval.
PMID: 28781917 [PubMed]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research
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ConclusionCT exposure in childhood appears to be associated with increased risk of cancer while no significant association was observed with diagnostic radiographs.
Source: Pediatric Radiology - Category: Radiology Source Type: research
Conclusions: The CSF-PLAP level is a useful biomarker during the initial diagnosis of IGCTs and at the time of recurrence. It may be associated with the volume of germinomatous components of tumors.Oncology
Source: Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Most types of intracranial germ cell tumors (IGCTs) are sensitive to chemoradiation. However, biopsy specimens are usually small and thus cannot be used for obtaining an accurate pathological diagnosis. Recently, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) placental alkaline phosphatase (PLAP) value has been considered a new biomarker of IGCTs. The present study aimed to evaluate the discriminatory characteristics of the CSF-PLAP value upon diagnosis and at the time of recurrence in patients with IGCTs.
METHODS: Between 2015 and 2019, this study included 37 patients with tumors located in the intraventr...
Source: Oncology - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Okamoto M, Yamaguchi S, Ishi Y, Motegi H, Mori T, Hashimoto T, Terashita Y, Hirabayashi S, Sugiyama M, Iguchi A, Cho Y, Manabe A, Houkin K Tags: Oncology Source Type: research
To investigate if radiographic imaging changes defined as necrosis correlate with regions in the brain with elevated linear energy transfer (LET) for proton radiation therapy treatments with partial brain involvement in central nervous system (CNS) and head and neck (H&N) cancer patients.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - Category: Radiology Authors: Andrzej Niemierko, Jan Schuemann, Maximilian Niyazi, Drosoula Giantsoudi, Genevieve Maquilan, Helen A. Shih, Harald Paganetti Source Type: research
Conclusion: The studies discussed in this review have helped define the role of LITT in neurosurgical oncology and delineate optimal patient selection and tumor characteristics most suitable to this intervention.
PMID: 32874734 [PubMed]
Source: Surgical Neurology International - Category: Neurosurgery Tags: Surg Neurol Int Source Type: research
ConclusionSRS provides an alternative treatment approach for sellar/suprasellar metastases with excellent local control, symptom improvement and maintenance of systemic therapy as desired. As such, CNS failure is rarely the proximate cause of demise in pituitary metastases provided that endocrinopathies are recognized and managed appropriately.
Source: Pituitary - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: research
Conclusions: ctDNA sequencing is clinically relevant for the detection of BRAF-activating mutations and the identification of alterations potentially related to resistance to BRAF-TT in BRAF-mutant NSCLC.
PMID: 32859654 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Cancer Research - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Ortiz-Cuaran S, Mezquita L, Swalduz A, Aldea M, Mazieres J, Leonce C, Jovelet C, Pradines A, Avrillon V, Chumbi Flores WR, Lacroix L, Loriot Y, Westeel V, Ngo-Camus M, Tissot C, Raynaud C, Gervais R, Brain E, Monnet I, Giroux Leprieur E, Caramella C, Mahi Tags: Clin Cancer Res Source Type: research
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Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and devastating type of primary brain tumor, with a median survival time of only 15 months. Having a clinically applicable genetic biomarker would lead to a paradigm shift in precise diagnosis, personalized therapeutic decisions, and prognostic prediction for GBM. Radiogenomic profiling connecting radiological imaging features with molecular alterations will offer a noninvasive method for genomic studies of GBM. To this end, we analyzed over 3800 glioma and GBM cases across four independent datasets. The Chinese Glioma Genome Atlas (CGGA) and The Cancer Genome Atlas ...
Source: Cancers - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Shuhua Zheng Wensi Tao Tags: Article Source Type: research
Authors: Hong CS, Beckta JM, Kundishora AJ, Elsamadicy AA, Chiang VL
Abstract
Radiation necrosis is a well described complication after radiosurgical treatment of intracranial pathologies - best recognized after the treatment of patients with arteriovenous malformations and brain metastases but possibly also affecting patients treated with radiosurgery for meningioma. The pathophysiology of radiation necrosis is still not well understood but is most likely a secondary local tissue inflammatory response to brain tissue injured by radiation. Radiation necrosis in brain metastases patients may present radiographically...
Source: International Journal of Hyperthermia - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Int J Hyperthermia Source Type: research
Radiation therapy for head neck cancers (HNCs) at the skull base can result in high doses of radiation delivered to the brain, potentially leading to radiation-associated image changes (RAIC) (1). Often the diagnosis of RAIC is based solely on radiographic findings on post-treatment MRIs obtained for routine cancer surveillance purposes. For HNCs, information on RAIC stems largely from studies in patients with nasopharyngeal cancers (NPC) treated with Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), with reported incidences of temporal lobe RAIC ranging between 2% and 14% (2 –12).
Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology - Category: Radiology Authors: Grete May Engeseth, Sonja Stieb, Abdallah Sherif Radwan Mohamed, Renjie He, Camilla Hanquist Stokkev åg, Marianne Brydøy, Clifton Dave Fuller, Adam S Garden, David I Rosenthal, Jack Phan, William H Morrison, Jay P Reddy, Richard Wu, Xiaodong Zhang, Stev Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
