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Nervous system benign neoplasm

MedGen UID:
99232
•Concept ID:
C0497550
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Benign neoplasm of nervous system; Benign Neoplasm of Nervous System; benign neoplasm of nervous system; Benign Neoplasm of the Nervous System; benign neoplasm of the nervous system; Benign Nervous System Neoplasm; benign nervous system neoplasm; Benign Nervous System Tumor; benign nervous system tumor; benign nervous system tumour; Benign tumor of nervous system; Benign Tumor of Nervous System; benign tumor of nervous system; Benign Tumor of the Nervous System; benign tumor of the nervous system; benign tumour of nervous system; benign tumour of the nervous system; nervous system benign neoplasm; Nervous System Neoplasm, Benign; nervous system neoplasm, benign
SNOMED CT: Benign tumor of nervous system (92247009); Benign neoplasm of nervous system (92247009)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0000648

Definition

A neoplasm that arises from the nervous system and is characterized by the absence of atypical or malignant cytological and architectural features, and absence of invasive features or metastatic potential. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVNervous system benign neoplasm

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Updated Diagnostic Criteria for Paraneoplastic Neurologic Syndromes.
Graus F, Vogrig A, Muñiz-Castrillo S, Antoine JG, Desestret V, Dubey D, Giometto B, Irani SR, Joubert B, Leypoldt F, McKeon A, Prüss H, Psimaras D, Thomas L, Titulaer MJ, Vedeler CA, Verschuuren JJ, Dalmau J, Honnorat J
Neurol Neuroimmunol Neuroinflamm 2021 Jul;8(4) Epub 2021 May 18 doi: 10.1212/NXI.0000000000001014. PMID: 34006622Free PMC Article
EANO guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of diffuse gliomas of adulthood.
Weller M, van den Bent M, Preusser M, Le Rhun E, Tonn JC, Minniti G, Bendszus M, Balana C, Chinot O, Dirven L, French P, Hegi ME, Jakola AS, Platten M, Roth P, Rudà R, Short S, Smits M, Taphoorn MJB, von Deimling A, Westphal M, Soffietti R, Reifenberger G, Wick W
Nat Rev Clin Oncol 2021 Mar;18(3):170-186. Epub 2020 Dec 8 doi: 10.1038/s41571-020-00447-z. PMID: 33293629Free PMC Article
Clinical practice guidelines on the evidence-based use of integrative therapies during and after breast cancer treatment.
Greenlee H, DuPont-Reyes MJ, Balneaves LG, Carlson LE, Cohen MR, Deng G, Johnson JA, Mumber M, Seely D, Zick SM, Boyce LM, Tripathy D
CA Cancer J Clin 2017 May 6;67(3):194-232. Epub 2017 Apr 24 doi: 10.3322/caac.21397. PMID: 28436999Free PMC Article

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Central Nervous System Lymphoma.
Shah T, Venur VA
Semin Neurol 2023 Dec;43(6):825-832. Epub 2023 Nov 23 doi: 10.1055/s-0043-1776783. PMID: 37995744
Benign Glioma.
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
How I prevent and treat central nervous system disease in adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Kopmar NE, Cassaday RD
Blood 2023 Mar 23;141(12):1379-1388. doi: 10.1182/blood.2022017035. PMID: 36548957Free PMC Article
Central Nervous System Involvement in Adults with Acute Leukemia: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Management.
Paul S, Short NJ
Curr Oncol Rep 2022 Apr;24(4):427-436. Epub 2022 Feb 10 doi: 10.1007/s11912-022-01220-4. PMID: 35141858
Diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic implications of the 2021 World Health Organization classification of tumors of the central nervous system.
Gritsch S, Batchelor TT, Gonzalez Castro LN
Cancer 2022 Jan 1;128(1):47-58. Epub 2021 Oct 11 doi: 10.1002/cncr.33918. PMID: 34633681

Diagnosis

Benign Glioma.
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
Primary sellar melanocytoma.
Claus M, Van Der Linden M, Van Dorpe J, Lapauw B, T'Sjoen G
Pituitary 2021 Dec;24(6):970-977. Epub 2021 Sep 13 doi: 10.1007/s11102-021-01186-9. PMID: 34518998
The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary.
Louis DN, Perry A, Wesseling P, Brat DJ, Cree IA, Figarella-Branger D, Hawkins C, Ng HK, Pfister SM, Reifenberger G, Soffietti R, von Deimling A, Ellison DW
Neuro Oncol 2021 Aug 2;23(8):1231-1251. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noab106. PMID: 34185076Free PMC Article
Plexus and peripheral nerve metastasis.
Gwathmey KG
Handb Clin Neurol 2018;149:257-279. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-811161-1.00017-7. PMID: 29307357
The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary.
Louis DN, Perry A, Reifenberger G, von Deimling A, Figarella-Branger D, Cavenee WK, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, Kleihues P, Ellison DW
Acta Neuropathol 2016 Jun;131(6):803-20. Epub 2016 May 9 doi: 10.1007/s00401-016-1545-1. PMID: 27157931

Therapy

Therapeutic avenues for cancer neuroscience: translational frontiers and clinical opportunities.
Shi DD, Guo JA, Hoffman HI, Su J, Mino-Kenudson M, Barth JL, Schenkel JM, Loeffler JS, Shih HA, Hong TS, Wo JY, Aguirre AJ, Jacks T, Zheng L, Wen PY, Wang TC, Hwang WL
Lancet Oncol 2022 Feb;23(2):e62-e74. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00596-9. PMID: 35114133Free PMC Article
Brain immunology and immunotherapy in brain tumours.
Sampson JH, Gunn MD, Fecci PE, Ashley DM
Nat Rev Cancer 2020 Jan;20(1):12-25. Epub 2019 Dec 5 doi: 10.1038/s41568-019-0224-7. PMID: 31806885Free PMC Article
Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology Clinical Trials.
Wen PY, Chang SM, Van den Bent MJ, Vogelbaum MA, Macdonald DR, Lee EQ
J Clin Oncol 2017 Jul 20;35(21):2439-2449. Epub 2017 Jun 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.72.7511. PMID: 28640707Free PMC Article
Primary CNS Lymphoma.
Grommes C, DeAngelis LM
J Clin Oncol 2017 Jul 20;35(21):2410-2418. Epub 2017 Jun 22 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2017.72.7602. PMID: 28640701Free PMC Article
Response assessment criteria for brain metastases: proposal from the RANO group.
Lin NU, Lee EQ, Aoyama H, Barani IJ, Barboriak DP, Baumert BG, Bendszus M, Brown PD, Camidge DR, Chang SM, Dancey J, de Vries EG, Gaspar LE, Harris GJ, Hodi FS, Kalkanis SN, Linskey ME, Macdonald DR, Margolin K, Mehta MP, Schiff D, Soffietti R, Suh JH, van den Bent MJ, Vogelbaum MA, Wen PY; Response Assessment in Neuro-Oncology (RANO) group
Lancet Oncol 2015 Jun;16(6):e270-8. Epub 2015 May 27 doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(15)70057-4. PMID: 26065612

Prognosis

CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2016-2020.
Ostrom QT, Price M, Neff C, Cioffi G, Waite KA, Kruchko C, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
Neuro Oncol 2023 Oct 4;25(12 Suppl 2):iv1-iv99. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noad149. PMID: 37793125Free PMC Article
Epidemiology of Brain and Other CNS Tumors.
Ostrom QT, Francis SS, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2021 Nov 24;21(12):68. doi: 10.1007/s11910-021-01152-9. PMID: 34817716Free PMC Article
Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor: an update.
Anyanwu CT, Robinson TM, Huang JH
Clin Transl Oncol 2020 May;22(5):623-630. Epub 2019 Jul 16 doi: 10.1007/s12094-019-02179-8. PMID: 31313067
CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2012-2016.
Ostrom QT, Cioffi G, Gittleman H, Patil N, Waite K, Kruchko C, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
Neuro Oncol 2019 Nov 1;21(Suppl 5):v1-v100. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noz150. PMID: 31675094Free PMC Article
CBTRUS Statistical Report: Primary Brain and Other Central Nervous System Tumors Diagnosed in the United States in 2011-2015.
Ostrom QT, Gittleman H, Truitt G, Boscia A, Kruchko C, Barnholtz-Sloan JS
Neuro Oncol 2018 Oct 1;20(suppl_4):iv1-iv86. doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noy131. PMID: 30445539Free PMC Article

Clinical prediction guides

Entirely noninvasive outcome prediction in central nervous system lymphomas using circulating tumor DNA.
Heger JM, Mattlener J, Schneider J, Gödel P, Sieg N, Ullrich F, Lewis R, Bucaciuc-Mracica T, Schwarz RF, Rueß D, Ruge MI, Montesinos-Rongen M, Deckert M, Blau T, Kutsch N, Balke-Want H, Weiss J, Becker K, Reinhardt HC, Hallek M, Borchmann P, von Tresckow B, Borchmann S
Blood 2024 Feb 8;143(6):522-534. doi: 10.1182/blood.2023022020. PMID: 37946299
A novel histopathological grading system for ganglioglioma.
Lisievici AC, Pasov D, Georgescu TA, Lisievici MG, Sajin M
J Med Life 2021 Mar-Apr;14(2):170-175. doi: 10.25122/jml-2021-0054. PMID: 34104239Free PMC Article
Chemotherapy and Radiation-Associated Cardiac Autonomic Dysfunction.
Teng AE, Noor B, Ajijola OA, Yang EH
Curr Oncol Rep 2021 Jan 8;23(2):14. doi: 10.1007/s11912-020-01013-7. PMID: 33417078
Response assessment in paediatric high-grade glioma: recommendations from the Response Assessment in Pediatric Neuro-Oncology (RAPNO) working group.
Erker C, Tamrazi B, Poussaint TY, Mueller S, Mata-Mbemba D, Franceschi E, Brandes AA, Rao A, Haworth KB, Wen PY, Goldman S, Vezina G, MacDonald TJ, Dunkel IJ, Morgan PS, Jaspan T, Prados MD, Warren KE
Lancet Oncol 2020 Jun;21(6):e317-e329. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(20)30173-X. PMID: 32502458
AEG-1/MTDH/LYRIC: clinical significance.
Sarkar D, Fisher PB
Adv Cancer Res 2013;120:39-74. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-401676-7.00002-4. PMID: 23889987Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Ultra-processed food consumption and cancer risk: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Isaksen IM, Dankel SN
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Appraising the causal role of smoking in multiple diseases: A systematic review and meta-analysis of Mendelian randomization studies.
Larsson SC, Burgess S
EBioMedicine 2022 Aug;82:104154. Epub 2022 Jul 8 doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104154. PMID: 35816897Free PMC Article
Rehabilitation, exercise, and related non-pharmacological interventions for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity: Systematic review and evidence-based recommendations.
Tamburin S, Park SB, Schenone A, Mantovani E, Hamedani M, Alberti P, Yildiz-Kabak V, Kleckner IR, Kolb N, Mazzucchelli M, McNeish BL, Argyriou AA, Cavaletti G, Hoke A; Toxic Neuropathy Consortium
Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2022 Mar;171:103575. Epub 2021 Dec 28 doi: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2021.103575. PMID: 34968623Free PMC Article
Clinical practice guidelines on the evidence-based use of integrative therapies during and after breast cancer treatment.
Greenlee H, DuPont-Reyes MJ, Balneaves LG, Carlson LE, Cohen MR, Deng G, Johnson JA, Mumber M, Seely D, Zick SM, Boyce LM, Tripathy D
CA Cancer J Clin 2017 May 6;67(3):194-232. Epub 2017 Apr 24 doi: 10.3322/caac.21397. PMID: 28436999Free PMC Article
Synopsis of Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Cerebral Cavernous Malformations: Consensus Recommendations Based on Systematic Literature Review by the Angioma Alliance Scientific Advisory Board Clinical Experts Panel.
Akers A, Al-Shahi Salman R, A Awad I, Dahlem K, Flemming K, Hart B, Kim H, Jusue-Torres I, Kondziolka D, Lee C, Morrison L, Rigamonti D, Rebeiz T, Tournier-Lasserve E, Waggoner D, Whitehead K
Neurosurgery 2017 May 1;80(5):665-680. doi: 10.1093/neuros/nyx091. PMID: 28387823Free PMC Article

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