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Adult Diffuse Astrocytoma

MedGen UID:
272295
Concept ID:
C1332200
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: WHO Grade 2 Astrocytoma; WHO Grade II Astrocytoma

Definition

A low grade (WHO grade II) astrocytoma occurring during adulthood. It is characterized by a high degree of cellular differentiation, slow growth, and diffuse infiltration of neighboring brain structures. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Ma R, Taphoorn MJB, Plaha P
J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2021 Oct;92(10):1103-1111. Epub 2021 Jun 23 doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2020-325334. PMID: 34162730
Morshed RA, Young JS, Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS
J Neurosurg Sci 2019 Aug;63(4):450-457. Epub 2019 Mar 27 doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.19.04701-5. PMID: 30916536
Davis ME
Clin J Oncol Nurs 2016 Oct 1;20(5 Suppl):S2-8. doi: 10.1188/16.CJON.S1.2-8. PMID: 27668386Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Wu PB, Filley AC, Miller ML, Bruce JN
Adv Exp Med Biol 2023;1405:31-71. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23705-8_2. PMID: 37452934
Berger TR, Wen PY, Lang-Orsini M, Chukwueke UN
JAMA Oncol 2022 Oct 1;8(10):1493-1501. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.2844. PMID: 36006639
Morshed RA, Young JS, Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS
J Neurosurg Sci 2019 Aug;63(4):450-457. Epub 2019 Mar 27 doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.19.04701-5. PMID: 30916536
Stichel D, Ebrahimi A, Reuss D, Schrimpf D, Ono T, Shirahata M, Reifenberger G, Weller M, Hänggi D, Wick W, Herold-Mende C, Westphal M, Brandner S, Pfister SM, Capper D, Sahm F, von Deimling A
Acta Neuropathol 2018 Nov;136(5):793-803. Epub 2018 Sep 5 doi: 10.1007/s00401-018-1905-0. PMID: 30187121
Shirahata M, Ono T, Stichel D, Schrimpf D, Reuss DE, Sahm F, Koelsche C, Wefers A, Reinhardt A, Huang K, Sievers P, Shimizu H, Nanjo H, Kobayashi Y, Miyake Y, Suzuki T, Adachi JI, Mishima K, Sasaki A, Nishikawa R, Bewerunge-Hudler M, Ryzhova M, Absalyamova O, Golanov A, Sinn P, Platten M, Jungk C, Winkler F, Wick A, Hänggi D, Unterberg A, Pfister SM, Jones DTW, van den Bent M, Hegi M, French P, Baumert BG, Stupp R, Gorlia T, Weller M, Capper D, Korshunov A, Herold-Mende C, Wick W, Louis DN, von Deimling A
Acta Neuropathol 2018 Jul;136(1):153-166. Epub 2018 Apr 23 doi: 10.1007/s00401-018-1849-4. PMID: 29687258

Diagnosis

Wu PB, Filley AC, Miller ML, Bruce JN
Adv Exp Med Biol 2023;1405:31-71. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23705-8_2. PMID: 37452934
Berger TR, Wen PY, Lang-Orsini M, Chukwueke UN
JAMA Oncol 2022 Oct 1;8(10):1493-1501. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.2844. PMID: 36006639
Mohile NA, Messersmith H, Gatson NT, Hottinger AF, Lassman A, Morton J, Ney D, Nghiemphu PL, Olar A, Olson J, Perry J, Portnow J, Schiff D, Shannon A, Shih HA, Strowd R, van den Bent M, Ziu M, Blakeley J
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 1;40(4):403-426. Epub 2021 Dec 13 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02036. PMID: 34898238
Colman H
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2020 Dec;26(6):1452-1475. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000935. PMID: 33273168
Morshed RA, Young JS, Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS
J Neurosurg Sci 2019 Aug;63(4):450-457. Epub 2019 Mar 27 doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.19.04701-5. PMID: 30916536

Therapy

Mohile NA, Messersmith H, Gatson NT, Hottinger AF, Lassman A, Morton J, Ney D, Nghiemphu PL, Olar A, Olson J, Perry J, Portnow J, Schiff D, Shannon A, Shih HA, Strowd R, van den Bent M, Ziu M, Blakeley J
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 1;40(4):403-426. Epub 2021 Dec 13 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02036. PMID: 34898238
Smith-Cohn MA, Celiku O, Gilbert MR
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2021 Apr;32(2):191-210. Epub 2021 Feb 18 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2020.12.002. PMID: 33781502
Rominiyi O, Vanderlinden A, Clenton SJ, Bridgewater C, Al-Tamimi Y, Collis SJ
Br J Cancer 2021 Feb;124(4):697-709. Epub 2020 Nov 4 doi: 10.1038/s41416-020-01136-5. PMID: 33144698Free PMC Article
Weller M, van den Bent M, Tonn JC, Stupp R, Preusser M, Cohen-Jonathan-Moyal E, Henriksson R, Le Rhun E, Balana C, Chinot O, Bendszus M, Reijneveld JC, Dhermain F, French P, Marosi C, Watts C, Oberg I, Pilkington G, Baumert BG, Taphoorn MJB, Hegi M, Westphal M, Reifenberger G, Soffietti R, Wick W; European Association for Neuro-Oncology (EANO) Task Force on Gliomas
Lancet Oncol 2017 Jun;18(6):e315-e329. Epub 2017 May 5 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(17)30194-8. PMID: 28483413
van den Bent MJ, Afra D, de Witte O, Ben Hassel M, Schraub S, Hoang-Xuan K, Malmström PO, Collette L, Piérart M, Mirimanoff R, Karim AB; EORTC Radiotherapy and Brain Tumor Groups and the UK Medical Research Council
Lancet 2005 Sep 17-23;366(9490):985-90. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67070-5. PMID: 16168780

Prognosis

Wu PB, Filley AC, Miller ML, Bruce JN
Adv Exp Med Biol 2023;1405:31-71. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-23705-8_2. PMID: 37452934
Mohile NA, Messersmith H, Gatson NT, Hottinger AF, Lassman A, Morton J, Ney D, Nghiemphu PL, Olar A, Olson J, Perry J, Portnow J, Schiff D, Shannon A, Shih HA, Strowd R, van den Bent M, Ziu M, Blakeley J
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 1;40(4):403-426. Epub 2021 Dec 13 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02036. PMID: 34898238
Morshed RA, Young JS, Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS
J Neurosurg Sci 2019 Aug;63(4):450-457. Epub 2019 Mar 27 doi: 10.23736/S0390-5616.19.04701-5. PMID: 30916536
Shirahata M, Ono T, Stichel D, Schrimpf D, Reuss DE, Sahm F, Koelsche C, Wefers A, Reinhardt A, Huang K, Sievers P, Shimizu H, Nanjo H, Kobayashi Y, Miyake Y, Suzuki T, Adachi JI, Mishima K, Sasaki A, Nishikawa R, Bewerunge-Hudler M, Ryzhova M, Absalyamova O, Golanov A, Sinn P, Platten M, Jungk C, Winkler F, Wick A, Hänggi D, Unterberg A, Pfister SM, Jones DTW, van den Bent M, Hegi M, French P, Baumert BG, Stupp R, Gorlia T, Weller M, Capper D, Korshunov A, Herold-Mende C, Wick W, Louis DN, von Deimling A
Acta Neuropathol 2018 Jul;136(1):153-166. Epub 2018 Apr 23 doi: 10.1007/s00401-018-1849-4. PMID: 29687258
van den Bent MJ, Afra D, de Witte O, Ben Hassel M, Schraub S, Hoang-Xuan K, Malmström PO, Collette L, Piérart M, Mirimanoff R, Karim AB; EORTC Radiotherapy and Brain Tumor Groups and the UK Medical Research Council
Lancet 2005 Sep 17-23;366(9490):985-90. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67070-5. PMID: 16168780

Clinical prediction guides

Berger TR, Wen PY, Lang-Orsini M, Chukwueke UN
JAMA Oncol 2022 Oct 1;8(10):1493-1501. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.2844. PMID: 36006639
Mohile NA, Messersmith H, Gatson NT, Hottinger AF, Lassman A, Morton J, Ney D, Nghiemphu PL, Olar A, Olson J, Perry J, Portnow J, Schiff D, Shannon A, Shih HA, Strowd R, van den Bent M, Ziu M, Blakeley J
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 1;40(4):403-426. Epub 2021 Dec 13 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02036. PMID: 34898238
Gregory TA, Chumbley LB, Henson JW, Theeler BJ
CNS Oncol 2021 Mar 1;10(1):CNS68. Epub 2021 Jan 15 doi: 10.2217/cns-2020-0027. PMID: 33448230Free PMC Article
Stichel D, Ebrahimi A, Reuss D, Schrimpf D, Ono T, Shirahata M, Reifenberger G, Weller M, Hänggi D, Wick W, Herold-Mende C, Westphal M, Brandner S, Pfister SM, Capper D, Sahm F, von Deimling A
Acta Neuropathol 2018 Nov;136(5):793-803. Epub 2018 Sep 5 doi: 10.1007/s00401-018-1905-0. PMID: 30187121
Shirahata M, Ono T, Stichel D, Schrimpf D, Reuss DE, Sahm F, Koelsche C, Wefers A, Reinhardt A, Huang K, Sievers P, Shimizu H, Nanjo H, Kobayashi Y, Miyake Y, Suzuki T, Adachi JI, Mishima K, Sasaki A, Nishikawa R, Bewerunge-Hudler M, Ryzhova M, Absalyamova O, Golanov A, Sinn P, Platten M, Jungk C, Winkler F, Wick A, Hänggi D, Unterberg A, Pfister SM, Jones DTW, van den Bent M, Hegi M, French P, Baumert BG, Stupp R, Gorlia T, Weller M, Capper D, Korshunov A, Herold-Mende C, Wick W, Louis DN, von Deimling A
Acta Neuropathol 2018 Jul;136(1):153-166. Epub 2018 Apr 23 doi: 10.1007/s00401-018-1849-4. PMID: 29687258

Recent systematic reviews

Muzyka L, Goff NK, Choudhary N, Koltz MT
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Jun 21;24(13) doi: 10.3390/ijms241310456. PMID: 37445633Free PMC Article
Mohile NA, Messersmith H, Gatson NT, Hottinger AF, Lassman A, Morton J, Ney D, Nghiemphu PL, Olar A, Olson J, Perry J, Portnow J, Schiff D, Shannon A, Shih HA, Strowd R, van den Bent M, Ziu M, Blakeley J
J Clin Oncol 2022 Feb 1;40(4):403-426. Epub 2021 Dec 13 doi: 10.1200/JCO.21.02036. PMID: 34898238
Freixo C, Hermouet S, Neves AM
Crit Rev Oncog 2019;24(4):339-347. doi: 10.1615/CritRevOncog.2020032954. PMID: 32421989
Bond KM, Hughes JD, Porter AL, Orina J, Fang S, Parney IF
World Neurosurg 2018 Feb;110:276-283. Epub 2017 Nov 24 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2017.11.102. PMID: 29180079
Brown TJ, Brennan MC, Li M, Church EW, Brandmeir NJ, Rakszawski KL, Patel AS, Rizk EB, Suki D, Sawaya R, Glantz M
JAMA Oncol 2016 Nov 1;2(11):1460-1469. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.1373. PMID: 27310651Free PMC Article

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