Cancer rehabilitation in the pediatric and adolescent/young adult population

L Tanner, K Keppner, D Lesmeister, K Lyons… - Seminars in oncology …, 2020 - Elsevier
Objectives To identify body impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions in
children, adolescents, and young adults with cancer amenable to rehabilitation, and provide …

Application of apparent diffusion coefficient histogram metrics for differentiation of pediatric posterior fossa tumors: a large retrospective study and brief review of …

FG Gonçalves, A Zandifar, JD Ub Kim… - Clinical …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose This study aimed to evaluate the application of apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC)
histogram analysis to differentiate posterior fossa tumors (PFTs) in children. Methods A total …

Neuropsychological profile in children with posterior fossa tumors with or without postoperative cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS)

S Cámara, MC Fournier, P Cordero, J Melero, F Robles… - The cerebellum, 2020 - Springer
Cerebellar mutism syndrome (CMS) is a common surgical sequela in children following
posterior fossa tumor (PFT) resection. Here, we analyze the neuropsychological features …

Comparison of neuropsychological functioning in pediatric posterior fossa tumor survivors: medulloblastoma, low‐grade astrocytoma, and healthy controls

CF Levitch, AA Holland, J Bledsoe… - Pediatric blood & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Neuropsychological comparison of medulloblastoma (MB) and cerebellar low‐
grade astrocytoma (LGA) survivors to controls can clarify treatment‐related neurocognitive …

Radiation induces progenitor cell death, microglia activation, and blood-brain barrier damage in the juvenile rat cerebellum

K Zhou, M Boström, CJ Ek, T Li, C Xie, Y Xu, Y Sun… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Posterior fossa tumors are the most common childhood intracranial tumors, and
radiotherapy is one of the most effective treatments. However, irradiation induces long-term …

Ependymoma and pilocytic astrocytoma: Differentiation using radiomics approach based on machine learning

M Li, H Wang, Z Shang, Z Yang, Y Zhang… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Elsevier
Mandatory accurate and specific diagnosis demands have brought about increased
challenges for radiologists in pediatric posterior fossa tumor prediction and prognosis. With …

Impact of COVID‐19 on adolescent and emerging adult brain tumor survivors and their parents

AP Fisher, J Patronick, CA Gerhardt… - Pediatric Blood & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background The COVID‐19 pandemic has prompted unprecedented challenges,
contributing to greater difficulties among families of children with special health care needs …

Long-term cognitive deficits in pediatric low-grade glioma (LGG) survivors reflect pretreatment conditions—report from the German LGG studies

T Traunwieser, D Kandels, F Pauls… - Neuro-oncology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Disease and treatment contribute to cognitive late effects following pediatric low-
grade glioma (LGG). We analyzed prospectively collected neuropsychological data of …

Neuropsychological phenotypes of 76 individuals with Joubert syndrome evaluated at a single center

AC Summers, J Snow, E Wiggs, AG Liu… - American journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Joubert syndrome (JS) is a genetically heterogeneous ciliopathy characterized by hypo‐
dysplasia of the cerebellar vermis, a distinct hindbrain/midbrain malformation (molar tooth …

Medulloblastoma: an old diagnosis with new promises

L Szalontay, Y Khakoo - Current oncology reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Molecular subtyping in medulloblastoma (MB) has diagnostic
and prognostic values which impact therapy. This paper provides guidance for the clinician …