Medulloblastomics: the end of the beginning

PA Northcott, DTW Jones, M Kool, GW Robinson… - Nature Reviews …, 2012 - nature.com
The division of medulloblastoma into different subgroups by microarray expression profiling
has dramatically changed our perspective of this malignant childhood brain tumour. Now …

Medulloblastoma—translating discoveries from the bench to the bedside

AJ Gajjar, GW Robinson - Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 2014 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma is a form of brain cancer that mainly arises during infancy and childhood.
Our understanding of this disease has transitioned rapidly; what was once thought of as a …

Subgroup-specific structural variation across 1,000 medulloblastoma genomes

PA Northcott, DJH Shih, J Peacock, L Garzia… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma, the most common malignant paediatric brain tumour, is currently treated
with nonspecific cytotoxic therapies including surgery, whole-brain radiation, and aggressive …

Clonal selection drives genetic divergence of metastatic medulloblastoma

X Wu, PA Northcott, A Dubuc, AJ Dupuy, DJH Shih… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Medulloblastoma, the most common malignant paediatric brain tumour, arises in the
cerebellum and disseminates through the cerebrospinal fluid in the leptomeningeal space to …

Therapeutic impact of cytoreductive surgery and irradiation of posterior fossa ependymoma in the molecular era: a retrospective multicohort analysis

V Ramaswamy, T Hielscher, SC Mack… - Journal of clinical …, 2016 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Posterior fossa ependymoma comprises two distinct molecular variants termed
EPN_PFA and EPN_PFB that have a distinct biology and natural history. The therapeutic …

Behavioral and social outcomes in adolescent survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the childhood cancer survivor study

KAP Schultz, KK Ness, J Whitton, C Recklitis… - Journal of clinical …, 2007 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Adolescents, regardless of medical history, may face behavioral and social
challenges. Cancer and related treatments represent additional challenges for teens …

Impact of craniospinal dose, boost volume, and neurologic complications on intellectual outcome in patients with medulloblastoma

I Moxon-Emre, E Bouffet, MD Taylor… - Journal of Clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose To examine the impact of radiation (ie, craniospinal irradiation [CSR] dose and
boost volume) and complications (ie, hydrocephalus and other neurologic complications …

A pilot study of an online cognitive rehabilitation program for executive function skills in children with cancer-related brain injury

SR Kesler, NJ Lacayo, B Jo - Brain injury, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Primary objectives: Children with a history of cancer are at increased risk for cognitive
impairments, particularly in executive and memory domains. Traditional, in-person cognitive …

Cognitive changes in cancer survivors

SJ Hardy, KR Krull, JS Wefel… - American society of clinical …, 2018 - ascopubs.org
Advances in cancer treatments have led to substantially improved survival for patients with
cancer. However, many patients experience changes in cognition as a side effect of both …

Neurocognitive and psychosocial outcomes in pediatric brain tumor survivors

PL Stavinoha, MA Askins, SK Powell, N Pillay Smiley… - Bioengineering, 2018 - mdpi.com
The late neurocognitive and psychosocial effects of treatment for pediatric brain tumor (PBT)
represent important areas of clinical focus and ongoing research. Neurocognitive sequelae …