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Childhood germ cell brain tumor

MedGen UID:
277987
Concept ID:
C1377598
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Brain germ cell tumor; Brain germ cell tumour; Childhood Brain Germ Cell Neoplasm; childhood brain germ cell neoplasm; Childhood Brain Germ Cell Tumor; childhood brain germ cell tumor; childhood brain germ cell tumour; Childhood Germ Cell Brain Neoplasm; childhood germ cell brain neoplasm; Childhood Germ Cell Brain Tumor; childhood germ cell brain tumor; Germ Cell Neoplasm of Childhood Brain; germ cell neoplasm of childhood brain; germ cell neoplasm of paediatric brain; Germ Cell Neoplasm of Pediatric Brain; germ cell neoplasm of pediatric brain; Germ Cell Neoplasm of the Childhood Brain; germ cell neoplasm of the childhood brain; germ cell neoplasm of the paediatric brain; Germ Cell Neoplasm of the Pediatric Brain; germ cell neoplasm of the pediatric brain; Germ Cell Tumor of Childhood Brain; germ cell tumor of childhood brain; Germ Cell Tumor of Pediatric Brain; germ cell tumor of pediatric brain; Germ Cell Tumor of the Childhood Brain; germ cell tumor of the childhood brain; Germ Cell Tumor of the Pediatric Brain; germ cell tumor of the pediatric brain; germ cell tumour of childhood brain; germ cell tumour of paediatric brain; germ cell tumour of the childhood brain; germ cell tumour of the paediatric brain; paediatric brain germ cell neoplasm; paediatric brain germ cell tumour; Pediatric Brain Germ Cell Neoplasm; pediatric brain germ cell neoplasm; Pediatric Brain Germ Cell Tumor; pediatric brain germ cell tumor
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0004218

Definition

A germ cell tumor arising from brain during childhood. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVChildhood germ cell brain tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Sin-Chan P, Li BK, Ho B, Fonseca A, Huang A
Curr Oncol Rep 2018 Jul 11;20(9):69. doi: 10.1007/s11912-018-0717-7. PMID: 29995179
Tabori U, Hansford JR, Achatz MI, Kratz CP, Plon SE, Frebourg T, Brugières L
Clin Cancer Res 2017 Jun 1;23(11):e32-e37. doi: 10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-0574. PMID: 28572265
Bouffet E
Paediatr Drugs 2000 Jan-Feb;2(1):57-66. doi: 10.2165/00148581-200002010-00005. PMID: 10937458

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

El Moukhtari SH, Garbayo E, Fernández-Teijeiro A, Rodríguez-Nogales C, Couvreur P, Blanco-Prieto MJ
J Control Release 2022 Aug;348:553-571. Epub 2022 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.06.010. PMID: 35705114
Callec L, Lardy-Cleaud A, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Alapetite C, Vignon L, Chastagner P, Frappaz D, Faure-Conter C
Eur J Cancer 2020 Sep;136:186-194. Epub 2020 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.06.012. PMID: 32711377
Mascarin M, Coassin E, Franceschi E, Gandola L, Carrabba G, Brandes AA, Massimino M
Childs Nerv Syst 2019 Dec;35(12):2279-2287. Epub 2019 Aug 14 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04340-8. PMID: 31414168
Waszak SM, Northcott PA, Buchhalter I, Robinson GW, Sutter C, Groebner S, Grund KB, Brugières L, Jones DTW, Pajtler KW, Morrissy AS, Kool M, Sturm D, Chavez L, Ernst A, Brabetz S, Hain M, Zichner T, Segura-Wang M, Weischenfeldt J, Rausch T, Mardin BR, Zhou X, Baciu C, Lawerenz C, Chan JA, Varlet P, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Fults DW, Grajkowska W, Hauser P, Jabado N, Ra YS, Zitterbart K, Shringarpure SS, De La Vega FM, Bustamante CD, Ng HK, Perry A, MacDonald TJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Bendel AE, Bowers DC, McCowage G, Chintagumpala MM, Cohn R, Hassall T, Fleischhack G, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Kjaerheim K, Monoranu CM, Archer TC, Duke E, Pomeroy SL, Shelagh R, Frank S, Sumerauer D, Scheurlen W, Ryzhova MV, Milde T, Kratz CP, Samuel D, Zhang J, Solomon DA, Marra M, Eils R, Bartram CR, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Ramaswamy V, Gilbertson RJ, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Lichter P, Malkin D, Gajjar A, Korbel JO, Pfister SM
Lancet Oncol 2018 Jun;19(6):785-798. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30242-0. PMID: 29753700Free PMC Article
Daniels JL, Olshan AF, Savitz DA
Environ Health Perspect 1997 Oct;105(10):1068-77. doi: 10.1289/ehp.971051068. PMID: 9349828Free PMC Article

Diagnosis

Dias SF, Richards O, Elliot M, Chumas P
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 2024;50:147-183. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53578-9_5. PMID: 38592530
Sin-Chan P, Li BK, Ho B, Fonseca A, Huang A
Curr Oncol Rep 2018 Jul 11;20(9):69. doi: 10.1007/s11912-018-0717-7. PMID: 29995179
Waszak SM, Northcott PA, Buchhalter I, Robinson GW, Sutter C, Groebner S, Grund KB, Brugières L, Jones DTW, Pajtler KW, Morrissy AS, Kool M, Sturm D, Chavez L, Ernst A, Brabetz S, Hain M, Zichner T, Segura-Wang M, Weischenfeldt J, Rausch T, Mardin BR, Zhou X, Baciu C, Lawerenz C, Chan JA, Varlet P, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Fults DW, Grajkowska W, Hauser P, Jabado N, Ra YS, Zitterbart K, Shringarpure SS, De La Vega FM, Bustamante CD, Ng HK, Perry A, MacDonald TJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Bendel AE, Bowers DC, McCowage G, Chintagumpala MM, Cohn R, Hassall T, Fleischhack G, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Kjaerheim K, Monoranu CM, Archer TC, Duke E, Pomeroy SL, Shelagh R, Frank S, Sumerauer D, Scheurlen W, Ryzhova MV, Milde T, Kratz CP, Samuel D, Zhang J, Solomon DA, Marra M, Eils R, Bartram CR, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Ramaswamy V, Gilbertson RJ, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Lichter P, Malkin D, Gajjar A, Korbel JO, Pfister SM
Lancet Oncol 2018 Jun;19(6):785-798. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30242-0. PMID: 29753700Free PMC Article
McCabe MG, Valteau-Couanet D
Prog Tumor Res 2016;43:74-86. Epub 2016 Sep 5 doi: 10.1159/000447075. PMID: 27595358
McCrea HJ, George E, Settler A, Schwartz TH, Greenfield JP
J Child Neurol 2016 Oct;31(12):1367-76. Epub 2015 Dec 15 doi: 10.1177/0883073815620671. PMID: 26676303

Therapy

Mascarin M, Coassin E, Franceschi E, Gandola L, Carrabba G, Brandes AA, Massimino M
Childs Nerv Syst 2019 Dec;35(12):2279-2287. Epub 2019 Aug 14 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04340-8. PMID: 31414168
Waszak SM, Northcott PA, Buchhalter I, Robinson GW, Sutter C, Groebner S, Grund KB, Brugières L, Jones DTW, Pajtler KW, Morrissy AS, Kool M, Sturm D, Chavez L, Ernst A, Brabetz S, Hain M, Zichner T, Segura-Wang M, Weischenfeldt J, Rausch T, Mardin BR, Zhou X, Baciu C, Lawerenz C, Chan JA, Varlet P, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Fults DW, Grajkowska W, Hauser P, Jabado N, Ra YS, Zitterbart K, Shringarpure SS, De La Vega FM, Bustamante CD, Ng HK, Perry A, MacDonald TJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Bendel AE, Bowers DC, McCowage G, Chintagumpala MM, Cohn R, Hassall T, Fleischhack G, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Kjaerheim K, Monoranu CM, Archer TC, Duke E, Pomeroy SL, Shelagh R, Frank S, Sumerauer D, Scheurlen W, Ryzhova MV, Milde T, Kratz CP, Samuel D, Zhang J, Solomon DA, Marra M, Eils R, Bartram CR, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Ramaswamy V, Gilbertson RJ, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Lichter P, Malkin D, Gajjar A, Korbel JO, Pfister SM
Lancet Oncol 2018 Jun;19(6):785-798. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30242-0. PMID: 29753700Free PMC Article
McCabe MG, Valteau-Couanet D
Prog Tumor Res 2016;43:74-86. Epub 2016 Sep 5 doi: 10.1159/000447075. PMID: 27595358
Aslan IR, Cheung CC
J Pediatr Rehabil Med 2014;7(4):281-94. doi: 10.3233/PRM-140299. PMID: 25547881
Daniels JL, Olshan AF, Savitz DA
Environ Health Perspect 1997 Oct;105(10):1068-77. doi: 10.1289/ehp.971051068. PMID: 9349828Free PMC Article

Prognosis

El Moukhtari SH, Garbayo E, Fernández-Teijeiro A, Rodríguez-Nogales C, Couvreur P, Blanco-Prieto MJ
J Control Release 2022 Aug;348:553-571. Epub 2022 Jun 17 doi: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.06.010. PMID: 35705114
Mascarin M, Coassin E, Franceschi E, Gandola L, Carrabba G, Brandes AA, Massimino M
Childs Nerv Syst 2019 Dec;35(12):2279-2287. Epub 2019 Aug 14 doi: 10.1007/s00381-019-04340-8. PMID: 31414168
Sin-Chan P, Li BK, Ho B, Fonseca A, Huang A
Curr Oncol Rep 2018 Jul 11;20(9):69. doi: 10.1007/s11912-018-0717-7. PMID: 29995179
Waszak SM, Northcott PA, Buchhalter I, Robinson GW, Sutter C, Groebner S, Grund KB, Brugières L, Jones DTW, Pajtler KW, Morrissy AS, Kool M, Sturm D, Chavez L, Ernst A, Brabetz S, Hain M, Zichner T, Segura-Wang M, Weischenfeldt J, Rausch T, Mardin BR, Zhou X, Baciu C, Lawerenz C, Chan JA, Varlet P, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Fults DW, Grajkowska W, Hauser P, Jabado N, Ra YS, Zitterbart K, Shringarpure SS, De La Vega FM, Bustamante CD, Ng HK, Perry A, MacDonald TJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Bendel AE, Bowers DC, McCowage G, Chintagumpala MM, Cohn R, Hassall T, Fleischhack G, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Kjaerheim K, Monoranu CM, Archer TC, Duke E, Pomeroy SL, Shelagh R, Frank S, Sumerauer D, Scheurlen W, Ryzhova MV, Milde T, Kratz CP, Samuel D, Zhang J, Solomon DA, Marra M, Eils R, Bartram CR, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Ramaswamy V, Gilbertson RJ, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Lichter P, Malkin D, Gajjar A, Korbel JO, Pfister SM
Lancet Oncol 2018 Jun;19(6):785-798. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30242-0. PMID: 29753700Free PMC Article
McCabe MG, Valteau-Couanet D
Prog Tumor Res 2016;43:74-86. Epub 2016 Sep 5 doi: 10.1159/000447075. PMID: 27595358

Clinical prediction guides

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Callec L, Lardy-Cleaud A, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Alapetite C, Vignon L, Chastagner P, Frappaz D, Faure-Conter C
Eur J Cancer 2020 Sep;136:186-194. Epub 2020 Jul 22 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.06.012. PMID: 32711377
Waszak SM, Northcott PA, Buchhalter I, Robinson GW, Sutter C, Groebner S, Grund KB, Brugières L, Jones DTW, Pajtler KW, Morrissy AS, Kool M, Sturm D, Chavez L, Ernst A, Brabetz S, Hain M, Zichner T, Segura-Wang M, Weischenfeldt J, Rausch T, Mardin BR, Zhou X, Baciu C, Lawerenz C, Chan JA, Varlet P, Guerrini-Rousseau L, Fults DW, Grajkowska W, Hauser P, Jabado N, Ra YS, Zitterbart K, Shringarpure SS, De La Vega FM, Bustamante CD, Ng HK, Perry A, MacDonald TJ, Hernáiz Driever P, Bendel AE, Bowers DC, McCowage G, Chintagumpala MM, Cohn R, Hassall T, Fleischhack G, Eggen T, Wesenberg F, Feychting M, Lannering B, Schüz J, Johansen C, Andersen TV, Röösli M, Kuehni CE, Grotzer M, Kjaerheim K, Monoranu CM, Archer TC, Duke E, Pomeroy SL, Shelagh R, Frank S, Sumerauer D, Scheurlen W, Ryzhova MV, Milde T, Kratz CP, Samuel D, Zhang J, Solomon DA, Marra M, Eils R, Bartram CR, von Hoff K, Rutkowski S, Ramaswamy V, Gilbertson RJ, Korshunov A, Taylor MD, Lichter P, Malkin D, Gajjar A, Korbel JO, Pfister SM
Lancet Oncol 2018 Jun;19(6):785-798. Epub 2018 May 9 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30242-0. PMID: 29753700Free PMC Article
Sin-Chan P, Huang A
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Recent systematic reviews

Wilson JS, Main C, Thorp N, Taylor RE, Majothi S, Kearns PR, English M, Dandapani M, Phillips R, Wheatley K, Pizer B
J Neurooncol 2024 Mar;167(1):1-34. Epub 2024 Jan 31 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04510-4. PMID: 38294638Free PMC Article
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