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Localized Cerebral Neoplasm

MedGen UID:
1658483
•Concept ID:
C4725842
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Non-Metastatic Cerebral Neoplasm

Definition

A cerebral neoplasm that is confined to a specific site without evidence of spread to other anatomic sites. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVLocalized Cerebral Neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Primary central nervous system lymphoma.
Ferreri AJM, Calimeri T, Cwynarski K, Dietrich J, Grommes C, Hoang-Xuan K, Hu LS, Illerhaus G, Nayak L, Ponzoni M, Batchelor TT
Nat Rev Dis Primers 2023 Jun 15;9(1):29. doi: 10.1038/s41572-023-00439-0. PMID: 37322012Free PMC Article
European consensus-based interdisciplinary guideline for melanoma. Part 1: Diagnostics: Update 2022.
Garbe C, Amaral T, Peris K, Hauschild A, Arenberger P, Basset-Seguin N, Bastholt L, Bataille V, Del Marmol V, Dréno B, Fargnoli MC, Forsea AM, Grob JJ, Höller C, Kaufmann R, Kelleners-Smeets N, Lallas A, Lebbé C, Lytvynenko B, Malvehy J, Moreno-Ramirez D, Nathan P, Pellacani G, Saiag P, Stratigos AJ, Van Akkooi ACJ, Vieira R, Zalaudek I, Lorigan P; European Dermatology Forum (EDF), the European Association of Dermato-Oncology (EADO), and the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC)
Eur J Cancer 2022 Jul;170:236-255. Epub 2022 May 12 doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2022.03.008. PMID: 35570085
Management of glioblastoma: State of the art and future directions.
Tan AC, Ashley DM, López GY, Malinzak M, Friedman HS, Khasraw M
CA Cancer J Clin 2020 Jul;70(4):299-312. Epub 2020 Jun 1 doi: 10.3322/caac.21613. PMID: 32478924

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.
Blumcke I, Spreafico R, Haaker G, Coras R, Kobow K, Bien CG, Pfäfflin M, Elger C, Widman G, Schramm J, Becker A, Braun KP, Leijten F, Baayen JC, Aronica E, Chassoux F, Hamer H, Stefan H, Rössler K, Thom M, Walker MC, Sisodiya SM, Duncan JS, McEvoy AW, Pieper T, Holthausen H, Kudernatsch M, Meencke HJ, Kahane P, Schulze-Bonhage A, Zentner J, Heiland DH, Urbach H, Steinhoff BJ, Bast T, Tassi L, Lo Russo G, Özkara C, Oz B, Krsek P, Vogelgesang S, Runge U, Lerche H, Weber Y, Honavar M, Pimentel J, Arzimanoglou A, Ulate-Campos A, Noachtar S, Hartl E, Schijns O, Guerrini R, Barba C, Jacques TS, Cross JH, Feucht M, Mühlebner A, Grunwald T, Trinka E, Winkler PA, Gil-Nagel A, Toledano Delgado R, Mayer T, Lutz M, Zountsas B, Garganis K, Rosenow F, Hermsen A, von Oertzen TJ, Diepgen TL, Avanzini G; EEBB Consortium
N Engl J Med 2017 Oct 26;377(17):1648-1656. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1703784. PMID: 29069555
Multicentric Low-Grade Gliomas.
Sridharan V, Urbanski LM, Bi WL, Thistle K, Miller MB, Ramkissoon S, Reardon DA, Dunn IF
World Neurosurg 2015 Oct;84(4):1045-50. Epub 2015 May 22 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.05.021. PMID: 26004698
Long-term epilepsy-associated tumors.
Thom M, Blümcke I, Aronica E
Brain Pathol 2012 May;22(3):350-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00582.x. PMID: 22497610Free PMC Article
Post-treatment imaging appearances in head and neck cancer patients.
Offiah C, Hall E
Clin Radiol 2011 Jan;66(1):13-24. Epub 2010 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2010.09.004. PMID: 21147294
Gangliogliomas in childhood.
Smith NM, Carli MM, Hanieh A, Clark B, Bourne AJ, Byard RW
Childs Nerv Syst 1992 Aug;8(5):258-62. doi: 10.1007/BF00300792. PMID: 1394264

Diagnosis

Histopathological Findings in Brain Tissue Obtained during Epilepsy Surgery.
Blumcke I, Spreafico R, Haaker G, Coras R, Kobow K, Bien CG, Pfäfflin M, Elger C, Widman G, Schramm J, Becker A, Braun KP, Leijten F, Baayen JC, Aronica E, Chassoux F, Hamer H, Stefan H, Rössler K, Thom M, Walker MC, Sisodiya SM, Duncan JS, McEvoy AW, Pieper T, Holthausen H, Kudernatsch M, Meencke HJ, Kahane P, Schulze-Bonhage A, Zentner J, Heiland DH, Urbach H, Steinhoff BJ, Bast T, Tassi L, Lo Russo G, Özkara C, Oz B, Krsek P, Vogelgesang S, Runge U, Lerche H, Weber Y, Honavar M, Pimentel J, Arzimanoglou A, Ulate-Campos A, Noachtar S, Hartl E, Schijns O, Guerrini R, Barba C, Jacques TS, Cross JH, Feucht M, Mühlebner A, Grunwald T, Trinka E, Winkler PA, Gil-Nagel A, Toledano Delgado R, Mayer T, Lutz M, Zountsas B, Garganis K, Rosenow F, Hermsen A, von Oertzen TJ, Diepgen TL, Avanzini G; EEBB Consortium
N Engl J Med 2017 Oct 26;377(17):1648-1656. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1703784. PMID: 29069555
Imaging of oligodendroglioma.
Smits M
Br J Radiol 2016;89(1060):20150857. Epub 2016 Feb 5 doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150857. PMID: 26849038Free PMC Article
Cystic meningioma.
Amin OS, Shwani SS, Khalifa F
BMJ Case Rep 2015 Feb 10;2015 doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-207690. PMID: 25670784Free PMC Article
Cerebral cavernous malformations and epilepsy.
Awad I, Jabbour P
Neurosurg Focus 2006 Jul 15;21(1):e7. doi: 10.3171/foc.2006.21.1.8. PMID: 16859260
Imaging and epilepsy.
Duncan JS
Brain 1997 Feb;120 ( Pt 2):339-77. doi: 10.1093/brain/120.2.339. PMID: 9117380

Therapy

Liposomal irinotecan (Onivyde): Exemplifying the benefits of nanotherapeutic drugs.
Milano G, Innocenti F, Minami H
Cancer Sci 2022 Jul;113(7):2224-2231. Epub 2022 May 26 doi: 10.1111/cas.15377. PMID: 35445479Free PMC Article
Management of glioblastoma: State of the art and future directions.
Tan AC, Ashley DM, López GY, Malinzak M, Friedman HS, Khasraw M
CA Cancer J Clin 2020 Jul;70(4):299-312. Epub 2020 Jun 1 doi: 10.3322/caac.21613. PMID: 32478924
How did lomustine become standard of care in recurrent glioblastoma?
Weller M, Le Rhun E
Cancer Treat Rev 2020 Jul;87:102029. Epub 2020 May 4 doi: 10.1016/j.ctrv.2020.102029. PMID: 32408220
Craniopharyngioma.
Müller HL
Handb Clin Neurol 2014;124:235-53. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-59602-4.00016-2. PMID: 25248591
Palliative radiation therapy.
Konski A, Feigenberg S, Chow E
Semin Oncol 2005 Apr;32(2):156-64. doi: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2004.11.013. PMID: 15815960

Prognosis

Management of glioblastoma: State of the art and future directions.
Tan AC, Ashley DM, López GY, Malinzak M, Friedman HS, Khasraw M
CA Cancer J Clin 2020 Jul;70(4):299-312. Epub 2020 Jun 1 doi: 10.3322/caac.21613. PMID: 32478924
Imaging of oligodendroglioma.
Smits M
Br J Radiol 2016;89(1060):20150857. Epub 2016 Feb 5 doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150857. PMID: 26849038Free PMC Article
Brainstem tumors: where are we today?
Recinos PF, Sciubba DM, Jallo GI
Pediatr Neurosurg 2007;43(3):192-201. doi: 10.1159/000098831. PMID: 17409788
Cerebral cavernous malformations and epilepsy.
Awad I, Jabbour P
Neurosurg Focus 2006 Jul 15;21(1):e7. doi: 10.3171/foc.2006.21.1.8. PMID: 16859260
Brainstem gliomas.
Packer RJ, Nicholson HS, Vezina LG, Johnson DL
Neurosurg Clin N Am 1992 Oct;3(4):863-79. PMID: 1392581

Clinical prediction guides

Imaging of oligodendroglioma.
Smits M
Br J Radiol 2016;89(1060):20150857. Epub 2016 Feb 5 doi: 10.1259/bjr.20150857. PMID: 26849038Free PMC Article
Clinical, radiological, and pathological features of 16 papillary glioneuronal tumors.
Li D, Wang JM, Li GL, Hao SY, Yang Y, Wu Z, Zhang LW, Zhang JT
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2014 Apr;156(4):627-39. Epub 2014 Feb 20 doi: 10.1007/s00701-014-2023-y. PMID: 24553727
Long-term epilepsy-associated tumors.
Thom M, Blümcke I, Aronica E
Brain Pathol 2012 May;22(3):350-79. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2012.00582.x. PMID: 22497610Free PMC Article
Brainstem tumors: where are we today?
Recinos PF, Sciubba DM, Jallo GI
Pediatr Neurosurg 2007;43(3):192-201. doi: 10.1159/000098831. PMID: 17409788
Radiation injury of the brain.
Valk PE, Dillon WP
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 1991 Jan;12(1):45-62. PMID: 7502957Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Glioblastoma Immunotherapy: A Systematic Review of the Present Strategies and Prospects for Advancements.
Agosti E, Zeppieri M, De Maria L, Tedeschi C, Fontanella MM, Panciani PP, Ius T
Int J Mol Sci 2023 Oct 10;24(20) doi: 10.3390/ijms242015037. PMID: 37894718Free PMC Article
Radiation Therapy for Brain Metastases: An ASTRO Clinical Practice Guideline.
Gondi V, Bauman G, Bradfield L, Burri SH, Cabrera AR, Cunningham DA, Eaton BR, Hattangadi-Gluth JA, Kim MM, Kotecha R, Kraemer L, Li J, Nagpal S, Rusthoven CG, Suh JH, Tomé WA, Wang TJC, Zimmer AS, Ziu M, Brown PD
Pract Radiat Oncol 2022 Jul-Aug;12(4):265-282. Epub 2022 May 6 doi: 10.1016/j.prro.2022.02.003. PMID: 35534352
Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019: A Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.
Global Burden of Disease 2019 Cancer Collaboration, Kocarnik JM, Compton K, Dean FE, Fu W, Gaw BL, Harvey JD, Henrikson HJ, Lu D, Pennini A, Xu R, Ababneh E, Abbasi-Kangevari M, Abbastabar H, Abd-Elsalam SM, Abdoli A, Abedi A, Abidi H, Abolhassani H, Adedeji IA, Adnani QES, Advani SM, Afzal MS, Aghaali M, Ahinkorah BO, Ahmad S, Ahmad T, Ahmadi A, Ahmadi S, Ahmed Rashid T, Ahmed Salih Y, Akalu GT, Aklilu A, Akram T, Akunna CJ, Al Hamad H, Alahdab F, Al-Aly Z, Ali S, Alimohamadi Y, Alipour V, Aljunid SM, Alkhayyat M, Almasi-Hashiani A, Almasri NA, Al-Maweri SAA, Almustanyir S, Alonso N, Alvis-Guzman N, Amu H, Anbesu EW, Ancuceanu R, Ansari F, Ansari-Moghaddam A, Antwi MH, Anvari D, Anyasodor AE, Aqeel M, Arabloo J, Arab-Zozani M, Aremu O, Ariffin H, Aripov T, Arshad M, Artaman A, Arulappan J, Asemi Z, Asghari Jafarabadi M, Ashraf T, Atorkey P, Aujayeb A, Ausloos M, Awedew AF, Ayala Quintanilla BP, Ayenew T, Azab MA, Azadnajafabad S, Azari Jafari A, Azarian G, Azzam AY, Badiye AD, Bahadory S, Baig AA, Baker JL, Balakrishnan S, Banach M, Bärnighausen TW, Barone-Adesi F, Barra F, Barrow A, Behzadifar M, Belgaumi UI, Bezabhe WMM, Bezabih YM, Bhagat DS, Bhagavathula AS, Bhardwaj N, Bhardwaj P, Bhaskar S, Bhattacharyya K, Bhojaraja VS, Bibi S, Bijani A, Biondi A, Bisignano C, Bjørge T, Bleyer A, Blyuss O, Bolarinwa OA, Bolla SR, Braithwaite D, Brar A, Brenner H, Bustamante-Teixeira MT, Butt NS, Butt ZA, Caetano Dos Santos FL, Cao Y, Carreras G, Catalá-López F, Cembranel F, Cerin E, Cernigliaro A, Chakinala RC, Chattu SK, Chattu VK, Chaturvedi P, Chimed-Ochir O, Cho DY, Christopher DJ, Chu DT, Chung MT, Conde J, Cortés S, Cortesi PA, Costa VM, Cunha AR, Dadras O, Dagnew AB, Dahlawi SMA, Dai X, Dandona L, Dandona R, Darwesh AM, das Neves J, De la Hoz FP, Demis AB, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Dhamnetiya D, Dhimal ML, Dhimal M, Dianatinasab M, Diaz D, Djalalinia S, Do HP, Doaei S, Dorostkar F, Dos Santos Figueiredo FW, Driscoll TR, Ebrahimi H, Eftekharzadeh S, El Tantawi M, El-Abid H, Elbarazi I, Elhabashy HR, Elhadi M, El-Jaafary SI, Eshrati B, Eskandarieh S, Esmaeilzadeh F, Etemadi A, Ezzikouri S, Faisaluddin M, Faraon EJA, Fares J, Farzadfar F, Feroze AH, Ferrero S, Ferro Desideri L, Filip I, Fischer F, Fisher JL, Foroutan M, Fukumoto T, Gaal PA, Gad MM, Gadanya MA, Gallus S, Gaspar Fonseca M, Getachew Obsa A, Ghafourifard M, Ghashghaee A, Ghith N, Gholamalizadeh M, Gilani SA, Ginindza TG, Gizaw ATT, Glasbey JC, Golechha M, Goleij P, Gomez RS, Gopalani SV, Gorini G, Goudarzi H, Grosso G, Gubari MIM, Guerra MR, Guha A, Gunasekera DS, Gupta B, Gupta VB, Gupta VK, Gutiérrez RA, Hafezi-Nejad N, Haider MR, Haj-Mirzaian A, Halwani R, Hamadeh RR, Hameed S, Hamidi S, Hanif A, Haque S, Harlianto NI, Haro JM, Hasaballah AI, Hassanipour S, Hay RJ, Hay SI, Hayat K, Heidari G, Heidari M, Herrera-Serna BY, Herteliu C, Hezam K, Holla R, Hossain MM, Hossain MBH, Hosseini MS, Hosseini M, Hosseinzadeh M, Hostiuc M, Hostiuc S, Househ M, Hsairi M, Huang J, Hugo FN, Hussain R, Hussein NR, Hwang BF, Iavicoli I, Ibitoye SE, Ida F, Ikuta KS, Ilesanmi OS, Ilic IM, Ilic MD, Irham LM, Islam JY, Islam RM, Islam SMS, Ismail NE, Isola G, Iwagami M, Jacob L, Jain V, Jakovljevic MB, Javaheri T, Jayaram S, Jazayeri SB, Jha RP, Jonas JB, Joo T, Joseph N, Joukar F, Jürisson M, Kabir A, Kahrizi D, Kalankesh LR, Kalhor R, Kaliyadan F, Kalkonde Y, Kamath A, Kameran Al-Salihi N, Kandel H, Kapoor N, Karch A, Kasa AS, Katikireddi SV, Kauppila JH, Kavetskyy T, Kebede SA, Keshavarz P, Keykhaei M, Khader YS, Khalilov R, Khan G, Khan M, Khan MN, Khan MAB, Khang YH, Khater AM, Khayamzadeh M, Kim GR, Kim YJ, Kisa A, Kisa S, Kissimova-Skarbek K, Kopec JA, Koteeswaran R, Koul PA, Koulmane Laxminarayana SL, Koyanagi A, Kucuk Bicer B, Kugbey N, Kumar GA, Kumar N, Kumar N, Kurmi OP, Kutluk T, La Vecchia C, Lami FH, Landires I, Lauriola P, Lee SW, Lee SWH, Lee WC, Lee YH, Leigh J, Leong E, Li J, Li MC, Liu X, Loureiro JA, Lunevicius R, Magdy Abd El Razek M, Majeed A, Makki A, Male S, Malik AA, Mansournia MA, Martini S, Masoumi SZ, Mathur P, McKee M, Mehrotra R, Mendoza W, Menezes RG, Mengesha EW, Mesregah MK, Mestrovic T, Miao Jonasson J, Miazgowski B, Miazgowski T, Michalek IM, Miller TR, Mirzaei H, Mirzaei HR, Misra S, Mithra P, Moghadaszadeh M, Mohammad KA, Mohammad Y, Mohammadi M, Mohammadi SM, Mohammadian-Hafshejani A, Mohammed S, Moka N, Mokdad AH, Molokhia M, Monasta L, Moni MA, Moosavi MA, Moradi Y, Moraga P, Morgado-da-Costa J, Morrison SD, Mosapour A, Mubarik S, Mwanri L, Nagarajan AJ, Nagaraju SP, Nagata C, Naimzada MD, Nangia V, Naqvi AA, Narasimha Swamy S, Ndejjo R, Nduaguba SO, Negoi I, Negru SM, Neupane Kandel S, Nguyen CT, Nguyen HLT, Niazi RK, Nnaji CA, Noor NM, Nuñez-Samudio V, Nzoputam CI, Oancea B, Ochir C, Odukoya OO, Ogbo FA, Olagunju AT, Olakunde BO, Omar E, Omar Bali A, Omonisi AEE, Ong S, Onwujekwe OE, Orru H, Ortega-Altamirano DV, Otstavnov N, Otstavnov SS, Owolabi MO, P A M, Padubidri JR, Pakshir K, Pana A, Panagiotakos D, Panda-Jonas S, Pardhan S, Park EC, Park EK, Pashazadeh Kan F, Patel HK, Patel JR, Pati S, Pattanshetty SM, Paudel U, Pereira DM, Pereira RB, Perianayagam A, Pillay JD, Pirouzpanah S, Pishgar F, Podder I, Postma MJ, Pourjafar H, Prashant A, Preotescu L, Rabiee M, Rabiee N, Radfar A, Radhakrishnan RA, Radhakrishnan V, Rafiee A, Rahim F, Rahimzadeh S, Rahman M, Rahman MA, Rahmani AM, Rajai N, Rajesh A, Rakovac I, Ram P, Ramezanzadeh K, Ranabhat K, Ranasinghe P, Rao CR, Rao SJ, Rawassizadeh R, Razeghinia MS, Renzaho AMN, Rezaei N, Rezaei N, Rezapour A, Roberts TJ, Rodriguez JAB, Rohloff P, Romoli M, Ronfani L, Roshandel G, Rwegerera GM, S M, Sabour S, Saddik B, Saeed U, Sahebkar A, Sahoo H, Salehi S, Salem MR, Salimzadeh H, Samaei M, Samy AM, Sanabria J, Sankararaman S, Santric-Milicevic MM, Sardiwalla Y, Sarveazad A, Sathian B, Sawhney M, Saylan M, Schneider IJC, Sekerija M, Seylani A, Shafaat O, Shaghaghi Z, Shaikh MA, Shamsoddin E, Shannawaz M, Sharma R, Sheikh A, Sheikhbahaei S, Shetty 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Treatment for Brain Metastases: ASCO-SNO-ASTRO Guideline.
Vogelbaum MA, Brown PD, Messersmith H, Brastianos PK, Burri S, Cahill D, Dunn IF, Gaspar LE, Gatson NTN, Gondi V, Jordan JT, Lassman AB, Maues J, Mohile N, Redjal N, Stevens G, Sulman E, van den Bent M, Wallace HJ, Weinberg JS, Zadeh G, Schiff D
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Radiother Oncol 2020 Jul;148:157-166. Epub 2020 Apr 22 doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2020.04.003. PMID: 32388150

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