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Childhood neoplasm

MedGen UID:
237153
•Concept ID:
C1368871
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Childhood Neoplasm; childhood neoplasm; childhood neoplasm (disease); Childhood Tumor; childhood tumor; childhood tumour; neoplasm (disease) of childhood; paediatric neoplasm; paediatric neoplasm (disease); paediatric tumour; Pediatric Neoplasm; pediatric neoplasm; pediatric neoplasm (disease); Pediatric Tumor; pediatric tumor
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0021079

Definition

A benign or malignant neoplasm that occurs during childhood. [from NCI]

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  • Childhood neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma.
Weinstein JL, Katzenstein HM, Cohn SL
Oncologist 2003;8(3):278-92. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.8-3-278. PMID: 12773750
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma.
Katzenstein HM, Cohn SL
Curr Opin Oncol 1998 Jan;10(1):43-51. doi: 10.1097/00001622-199801000-00008. PMID: 9466484
Current issues in the diagnosis and management of Wilms' tumor.
Paulino AC
Oncology (Williston Park) 1996 Oct;10(10):1553-65; discussion 1565-71. PMID: 8905846

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Lipoblastoma of the extremities.
Rajput S, Alsubaie SA, Singh K, Huang TC, Moran SL
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2022 Oct;75(10):3761-3767. Epub 2022 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.06.077. PMID: 36041974
Association Between Neonatal Phototherapy Exposure and Childhood Neoplasm.
Bugaiski-Shaked A, Shany E, Mesner O, Sergienko R, Wainstock T
J Pediatr 2022 Jun;245:111-116. Epub 2022 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.01.046. PMID: 35120988
Impact of interpregnancy interval on long-term childhood neoplasm of the offspring.
Toledano R, Wainstock T, Sheiner E, Kessous R
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2022 Dec;35(25):8611-8617. Epub 2021 Oct 18 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2021.1989406. PMID: 34662535
Family and parent-child relationship correlates of pediatric cancer survivors' substance use.
Tillery R, Willard VW, Gordon ML, Adams K, Long A, Phipps S
J Cancer Surviv 2022 Apr;16(2):329-337. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01026-6. PMID: 33733380Free PMC Article
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma.
Weinstein JL, Katzenstein HM, Cohn SL
Oncologist 2003;8(3):278-92. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.8-3-278. PMID: 12773750

Diagnosis

Lipoblastoma of the extremities.
Rajput S, Alsubaie SA, Singh K, Huang TC, Moran SL
J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 2022 Oct;75(10):3761-3767. Epub 2022 Jun 25 doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2022.06.077. PMID: 36041974
Impact of interpregnancy interval on long-term childhood neoplasm of the offspring.
Toledano R, Wainstock T, Sheiner E, Kessous R
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 2022 Dec;35(25):8611-8617. Epub 2021 Oct 18 doi: 10.1080/14767058.2021.1989406. PMID: 34662535
Comprehensive Overview of Gene Rearrangements in Childhood T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Mroczek A, Zawitkowska J, Kowalczyk J, Lejman M
Int J Mol Sci 2021 Jan 15;22(2) doi: 10.3390/ijms22020808. PMID: 33467425Free PMC Article
Seasonal trends of diagnosis of childhood malignant diseases and viral prevalence in South Korea.
Shim KS, Kim MH, Shim CN, Han M, Lim IS, Chae SA, Yun SW, Lee NM, Yi DY, Kim H
Cancer Epidemiol 2017 Dec;51:118-124. Epub 2017 Nov 8 doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2017.11.003. PMID: 29127946Free PMC Article
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma.
Weinstein JL, Katzenstein HM, Cohn SL
Oncologist 2003;8(3):278-92. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.8-3-278. PMID: 12773750

Therapy

Association Between Neonatal Phototherapy Exposure and Childhood Neoplasm.
Bugaiski-Shaked A, Shany E, Mesner O, Sergienko R, Wainstock T
J Pediatr 2022 Jun;245:111-116. Epub 2022 Feb 1 doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.01.046. PMID: 35120988
Possible association between in vitro fertilization technologies and offspring neoplasm.
Bal MH, Harlev A, Sergienko R, Levitas E, Har-Vardi I, Zeadna A, Mark-Reich A, Becker H, Ben-David N, Naggan L, Wainstock T
Fertil Steril 2021 Jul;116(1):105-113. Epub 2021 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.12.013. PMID: 33597091
SETIL: Italian multicentric epidemiological case-control study on risk factors for childhood leukaemia, non hodgkin lymphoma and neuroblastoma: study population and prevalence of risk factors in Italy.
Magnani C, Mattioli S, Miligi L, Ranucci A, Rondelli R, Salvan A, Bisanti L, Masera G, Rizzari C, Zambon P, Cannizzaro S, Gafà L, Luzzatto LL, Benvenuti A, Michelozzi P, Kirchmayer U, Cocco P, Biddau P, Galassi C, Celentano E, Guarino E, Assennato G, de Nichilo G, Merlo DF, Bocchini V, Pannelli F, Mosciatti P, Minelli L, Chiavarini M, Cuttini M, Casotto V, Torregrossa MV, Valenti RM, Forastiere F, Haupt R, Lagorio S, Risica S, Polichetti A
Ital J Pediatr 2014 Dec 24;40:103. doi: 10.1186/s13052-014-0103-5. PMID: 25539823Free PMC Article
A population-based case-control study of radiofrequency exposure in relation to childhood neoplasm.
Li CY, Liu CC, Chang YH, Chou LP, Ko MC
Sci Total Environ 2012 Oct 1;435-436:472-8. Epub 2012 Aug 9 doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.06.078. PMID: 22885353
Pediatric adrenal cortical carcinoma: brain metastases and relationship to NF-1, case reports and review of the literature.
Wagner AS, Fleitz JM, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK
J Neurooncol 2005 Nov;75(2):127-33. doi: 10.1007/s11060-005-0376-z. PMID: 16132517

Prognosis

Family and parent-child relationship correlates of pediatric cancer survivors' substance use.
Tillery R, Willard VW, Gordon ML, Adams K, Long A, Phipps S
J Cancer Surviv 2022 Apr;16(2):329-337. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01026-6. PMID: 33733380Free PMC Article
Possible association between in vitro fertilization technologies and offspring neoplasm.
Bal MH, Harlev A, Sergienko R, Levitas E, Har-Vardi I, Zeadna A, Mark-Reich A, Becker H, Ben-David N, Naggan L, Wainstock T
Fertil Steril 2021 Jul;116(1):105-113. Epub 2021 Feb 14 doi: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.12.013. PMID: 33597091
Comprehensive Overview of Gene Rearrangements in Childhood T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Mroczek A, Zawitkowska J, Kowalczyk J, Lejman M
Int J Mol Sci 2021 Jan 15;22(2) doi: 10.3390/ijms22020808. PMID: 33467425Free PMC Article
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma.
Weinstein JL, Katzenstein HM, Cohn SL
Oncologist 2003;8(3):278-92. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.8-3-278. PMID: 12773750
Current issues in the diagnosis and management of Wilms' tumor.
Paulino AC
Oncology (Williston Park) 1996 Oct;10(10):1553-65; discussion 1565-71. PMID: 8905846

Clinical prediction guides

Family and parent-child relationship correlates of pediatric cancer survivors' substance use.
Tillery R, Willard VW, Gordon ML, Adams K, Long A, Phipps S
J Cancer Surviv 2022 Apr;16(2):329-337. Epub 2021 Mar 17 doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01026-6. PMID: 33733380Free PMC Article
Programmed Death Ligand 1 Expression and Related Markers in Pleuropulmonary Blastoma.
Alipour Z, Schultz KAP, Chen L, Harris AK, Gonzalez IA, Pfeifer J, Hill DA, He M, Dehner LP
Pediatr Dev Pathol 2021 Nov-Dec;24(6):523-530. Epub 2021 Jul 15 doi: 10.1177/10935266211027417. PMID: 34266329Free PMC Article
Comprehensive Overview of Gene Rearrangements in Childhood T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
Mroczek A, Zawitkowska J, Kowalczyk J, Lejman M
Int J Mol Sci 2021 Jan 15;22(2) doi: 10.3390/ijms22020808. PMID: 33467425Free PMC Article
HOXB13 controls cell state through super-enhancers.
Aspuria PJ, Cheon DJ, Gozo MC, Beach JA, Recouvreux MS, Walts AE, Karlan BY, Orsulic S
Exp Cell Res 2020 Aug 1;393(1):112039. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2020.112039. PMID: 32376288
Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of neuroblastoma.
Weinstein JL, Katzenstein HM, Cohn SL
Oncologist 2003;8(3):278-92. doi: 10.1634/theoncologist.8-3-278. PMID: 12773750

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