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Supratentorial cancer

MedGen UID:
155589
•Concept ID:
C0751589
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cancer, Supratentorial; Cancers, Supratentorial; Malignant Supratentorial Neoplasm; Malignant Supratentorial Neoplasms; Neoplasm, Malignant Supratentorial; Neoplasms, Malignant Supratentorial; Supratentorial Cancer; Supratentorial Cancers; Supratentorial Neoplasm, Malignant; Supratentorial Neoplasms, Malignant
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002071

Definition

A malignant neoplasm that affects the various anatomic sites of the supratentorial brain. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSupratentorial cancer

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Adenomas: A Review.
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Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Updates in the classification of ependymal neoplasms: The 2021 WHO Classification and beyond.
Kresbach C, Neyazi S, Schüller U
Brain Pathol 2022 Jul;32(4):e13068. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/bpa.13068. PMID: 35307892Free PMC Article
Supratentorial Extraventricular Ependymomas: Imaging Features and the Added Value of Apparent Diffusion Coefficient.
Wang X, Han F, Lv Y, Gao J, Du Z, Zhang J
J Comput Assist Tomogr 2021 May-Jun 01;45(3):463-471. doi: 10.1097/RCT.0000000000001164. PMID: 34297516
Cross-Species Genomics Reveals Oncogenic Dependencies in ZFTA/C11orf95 Fusion-Positive Supratentorial Ependymomas.
Zheng T, Ghasemi DR, Okonechnikov K, Korshunov A, Sill M, Maass KK, Benites Goncalves da Silva P, Ryzhova M, Gojo J, Stichel D, Arabzade A, Kupp R, Benzel J, Taya S, Adachi T, Shiraishi R, Gerber NU, Sturm D, Ecker J, Sievers P, Selt F, Chapman R, Haberler C, Figarella-Branger D, Reifenberger G, Fleischhack G, Rutkowski S, Donson AM, Ramaswamy V, Capper D, Ellison DW, Herold-Mende CC, Schüller U, Brandner S, Driever PH, Kros JM, Snuderl M, Milde T, Grundy RG, Hoshino M, Mack SC, Gilbertson RJ, Jones DTW, Kool M, von Deimling A, Pfister SM, Sahm F, Kawauchi D, Pajtler KW
Cancer Discov 2021 Sep;11(9):2230-2247. Epub 2021 Apr 20 doi: 10.1158/2159-8290.CD-20-0963. PMID: 33879448
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Low-grade gliomas.
Recht LD, Bernstein M
Neurol Clin 1995 Nov;13(4):847-59. PMID: 8584000

Diagnosis

Differentiation between supratentorial pilocytic astrocytoma and extraventricular ependymoma using multiparametric MRI.
Zhou X, Su Y, Huang W, Lin X, Xing Z, Cao D
Acta Radiol 2022 Dec;63(12):1661-1668. Epub 2021 Oct 28 doi: 10.1177/02841851211054195. PMID: 34709088
Dural-Based Frontal Lobe Hemangioblastoma.
Vicente Lacerda RA, Teixeira Júnior AG, Sauaia Filho EN, de Macêdo Filho LJM, Antônio AS, Cabral JA, Ramos Júnior F, Valença Júnior JT
World Neurosurg 2019 Sep;129:18-23. Epub 2019 May 29 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.175. PMID: 31150863
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Supratentorial Tumors in Pediatric Patients.
Zamora C, Huisman TA, Izbudak I
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2017 Feb;27(1):39-67. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2016.08.003. PMID: 27889023
Supratentorial paraventricular schwannoma.
Glikstein R, Biswas A, Mohr G, Albrecht S
Neuroradiol J 2015 Feb;28(1):46-50. doi: 10.15274/NRJ-2014-10104. PMID: 25924172Free PMC Article

Therapy

Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Stereotactic Cryodestruction of Gliomas.
Martynov BV, Kholyavin AI, Nizkovolos VB, Parfenov VE, Trufanov GE, Svistov DV
Prog Neurol Surg 2018;32:27-38. Epub 2018 Jul 10 doi: 10.1159/000469677. PMID: 29990971
Diagnosis and management of craniopharyngiomas in the era of genomics and targeted therapy.
Martinez-Gutierrez JC, D'Andrea MR, Cahill DP, Santagata S, Barker FG 2nd, Brastianos PK
Neurosurg Focus 2016 Dec;41(6):E2. doi: 10.3171/2016.9.FOCUS16325. PMID: 27903124
Randomized trial of radiation therapy plus procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine chemotherapy for supratentorial adult low-grade glioma: initial results of RTOG 9802.
Shaw EG, Wang M, Coons SW, Brachman DG, Buckner JC, Stelzer KJ, Barger GR, Brown PD, Gilbert MR, Mehta MP
J Clin Oncol 2012 Sep 1;30(25):3065-70. Epub 2012 Jul 30 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.35.8598. PMID: 22851558Free PMC Article
Treatment of prolactinomas.
Colao A, Annunziato L, Lombardi G
Ann Med 1998 Oct;30(5):452-9. doi: 10.3109/07853899809002486. PMID: 9814831

Prognosis

Updates in the classification of ependymal neoplasms: The 2021 WHO Classification and beyond.
Kresbach C, Neyazi S, Schüller U
Brain Pathol 2022 Jul;32(4):e13068. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/bpa.13068. PMID: 35307892Free PMC Article
Differentiation between supratentorial pilocytic astrocytoma and extraventricular ependymoma using multiparametric MRI.
Zhou X, Su Y, Huang W, Lin X, Xing Z, Cao D
Acta Radiol 2022 Dec;63(12):1661-1668. Epub 2021 Oct 28 doi: 10.1177/02841851211054195. PMID: 34709088
Supratentorial pediatric cortical ependymomas: a comprehensive retrospective study.
Wang Q, Cheng J, Zhang S, Li Q, Hui X, Ju Y
Neurosurg Rev 2021 Jun;44(3):1543-1551. Epub 2020 Jun 30 doi: 10.1007/s10143-020-01336-w. PMID: 32607870
Pineal and nonpineal supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors.
Jakacki RI
Childs Nerv Syst 1999 Oct;15(10):586-91. doi: 10.1007/s003810050547. PMID: 10550590
Low-grade gliomas.
Recht LD, Bernstein M
Neurol Clin 1995 Nov;13(4):847-59. PMID: 8584000

Clinical prediction guides

Updates in the classification of ependymal neoplasms: The 2021 WHO Classification and beyond.
Kresbach C, Neyazi S, Schüller U
Brain Pathol 2022 Jul;32(4):e13068. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/bpa.13068. PMID: 35307892Free PMC Article
Clinicopathological and Genetic Features of Supratentorial Cortical Ependymomas.
Matsumoto Y, Ichikawa T, Kurozumi K, Otani Y, Date I
World Neurosurg 2019 Sep;129:e417-e428. Epub 2019 May 28 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.05.166. PMID: 31150846
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Molecular genetics of ependymomas and pediatric diffuse gliomas: a short review.
Nobusawa S, Hirato J, Yokoo H
Brain Tumor Pathol 2014 Oct;31(4):229-33. Epub 2014 Sep 3 doi: 10.1007/s10014-014-0200-6. PMID: 25182241
Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma.
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Recent systematic reviews

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Supratentorial Hemangioblastoma in Adults: A Systematic Review and Comparison of Infratentorial and Spinal Cord Locations.
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Prolactin in headache and migraine: A systematic review of clinical studies.
Al-Karagholi MA, Kalatharan V, Ghanizada H, Gram C, Dussor G, Ashina M
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Pituitary incidentalomas.
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