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ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2018

The incidence of brainstem primitive neuroectodermal tumors of childhood based on SEER data.

Omar Chamdine, Ghada Ahmad Saad Elhawary, Ahmad Samir Alfaar, Ibrahim Qaddoumi

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Article in Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Contemporary Management of Pediatric Brainstem Tumors.Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Omar ChamdineKing Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Ghada Ahmad Saad ElhawaryAin Shams University Hospitals, Cairo, Egypt.
Ahmad Samir AlfaarCharite Medical University, Berlin, Germany.
Ibrahim QaddoumiDepartment of Oncology, Saint Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS 260, Memphis, TN, 38105-3678, USA. ibrahim.qaddoumi@stjude.org.
Ain Shams University Hospital · EGCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEKing Fahad Specialist Hospital · SASt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIncidence of BS primitive neuroectodermal tumors (BS-PNET) in children is not reported to date. Our main objectives were to estimate the incidence and report the outcome of BS-PNET in children.

methodsData were collected using the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results cancer registry.

resultsFrom 1973 to 2013, we identified 83 pediatric patients (aged 0-21 years). Patients were divided into two age groups (0-3 years and 4-21 years). Median overall survival was 53 months. Patients in the older age group had a significant survival advantage (P < 0.001), as did those who received three modalities of therapy (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy) (P < 0.001) and patients with gross or subtotal tumor resection (P < 0.001).

conclusionsThis study presents the first estimate of incidence and the largest cohort of pediatric BS-PNETs to date. A high index of suspicion of BS-PNET in similar cases is crucial for diagnosis, treatment, and outcome.

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Data AnalysisAdolescentBrain Stem NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesFemaleHumansIncidenceInfantInfant, NewbornMaleNeuroectodermal Tumors, PrimitiveSEER ProgramYoung AdultBiopsyBrainstem tumorEmbryonal tumorOutcome

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PMID29299687
PMCPMC5878086
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