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Adult astrocytic tumor

MedGen UID:
272290
Concept ID:
C1332183
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Adult astrocytic tumour
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002503

Definition

An astrocytic tumor occurring during adulthood. Representative examples include diffuse astrocytoma, anaplastic astrocytoma, and glioblastoma. [from NCI]

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

Chen J, Han P, Dahiya S
Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2022 May;65(Supplement):S24-S32. doi: 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_1109_21. PMID: 35562131
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
Stupp R, Reni M, Gatta G, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007 Jul;63(1):72-80. Epub 2007 May 2 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.03.003. PMID: 17478095
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
Dong ZQ, Pang JC, Tong CY, Zhou LF, Ng HK
Hum Pathol 2002 May;33(5):528-35. doi: 10.1053/hupa.2002.124784. PMID: 12094379

Diagnosis

Rudà R, Capper D, Waldman AD, Pallud J, Minniti G, Kaley TJ, Bouffet E, Tabatabai G, Aronica E, Jakola AS, Pfister SM, Schiff D, Lassman AB, Solomon DA, Soffietti R, Weller M, Preusser M, Idbaih A, Wen PY, van den Bent MJ
Neuro Oncol 2022 Dec 1;24(12):2015-2034. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac188. PMID: 35908833Free 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
Nabors LB, Portnow J, Ahluwalia M, Baehring J, Brem H, Brem S, Butowski N, Campian JL, Clark SW, Fabiano AJ, Forsyth P, Hattangadi-Gluth J, Holdhoff M, Horbinski C, Junck L, Kaley T, Kumthekar P, Loeffler JS, Mrugala MM, Nagpal S, Pandey M, Parney I, Peters K, Puduvalli VK, Robins I, Rockhill J, Rusthoven C, Shonka N, Shrieve DC, Swinnen LJ, Weiss S, Wen PY, Willmarth NE, Bergman MA, Darlow SD
J Natl Compr Canc Netw 2020 Nov 2;18(11):1537-1570. doi: 10.6004/jnccn.2020.0052. PMID: 33152694
Bornhorst M, Frappaz D, Packer RJ
Handb Clin Neurol 2016;134:329-44. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-802997-8.00020-7. PMID: 26948364
Riemenschneider MJ, Reifenberger G
Recent Results Cancer Res 2009;171:3-24. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-31206-2_1. PMID: 19322535

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
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
Holdhoff M, Rothenberger R, Browner IE
Aging (Albany NY) 2018 Feb 1;10(2):154-155. doi: 10.18632/aging.101377. PMID: 29394496Free 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
Stupp R, Reni M, Gatta G, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007 Jul;63(1):72-80. Epub 2007 May 2 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.03.003. PMID: 17478095

Prognosis

Rudà R, Capper D, Waldman AD, Pallud J, Minniti G, Kaley TJ, Bouffet E, Tabatabai G, Aronica E, Jakola AS, Pfister SM, Schiff D, Lassman AB, Solomon DA, Soffietti R, Weller M, Preusser M, Idbaih A, Wen PY, van den Bent MJ
Neuro Oncol 2022 Dec 1;24(12):2015-2034. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac188. PMID: 35908833Free PMC Article
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
Riemenschneider MJ, Reifenberger G
Recent Results Cancer Res 2009;171:3-24. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-31206-2_1. PMID: 19322535
Stupp R, Reni M, Gatta G, Mazza E, Vecht C
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2007 Jul;63(1):72-80. Epub 2007 May 2 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2007.03.003. PMID: 17478095
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

Rudà R, Capper D, Waldman AD, Pallud J, Minniti G, Kaley TJ, Bouffet E, Tabatabai G, Aronica E, Jakola AS, Pfister SM, Schiff D, Lassman AB, Solomon DA, Soffietti R, Weller M, Preusser M, Idbaih A, Wen PY, van den Bent MJ
Neuro Oncol 2022 Dec 1;24(12):2015-2034. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noac188. PMID: 35908833Free 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
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
Riemenschneider MJ, Reifenberger G
Recent Results Cancer Res 2009;171:3-24. doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-31206-2_1. PMID: 19322535
Lacroix M, Abi-Said D, Fourney DR, Gokaslan ZL, Shi W, DeMonte F, Lang FF, McCutcheon IE, Hassenbusch SJ, Holland E, Hess K, Michael C, Miller D, Sawaya R
J Neurosurg 2001 Aug;95(2):190-8. doi: 10.3171/jns.2001.95.2.0190. PMID: 11780887

Recent systematic reviews

van T Hek R, Ortiz-Herrera JL, Salazar-Pigeon A, Ramirez-Loera C, Cacho-Díaz B, Wegman-Ostrosky T
J Neurooncol 2023 Sep;164(3):535-543. Epub 2023 Sep 29 doi: 10.1007/s11060-023-04448-7. PMID: 37773476
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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