Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors: challenges and search for solutions

A Biswas, L Kashyap, A Kakkar, C Sarkar… - Cancer management …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a highly malignant embryonal central nervous
system tumor commonly affecting children< 3 years of age. It roughly constitutes 1%–2% of …

Epidemiology of nervous system tumors in children: a survey of 1,485 cases in Beijing Tiantan Hospital from 2001 to 2005

D Zhou, Y Zhang, H Liu, S Luo, L Luo, K Dai - Pediatric neurosurgery, 2008 - karger.com
Objective: The purpose of the present retrospective study was to describe the epidemiology
of nervous system tumors in children based on the clinical data obtained from a …

Incidence of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors in children: a population‐based study by the Austrian Brain Tumor Registry, 1996‐2006

A Woehrer, I Slavc, T Waldhoer, H Heinzl, N Zielonke… - Cancer, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND: Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors are highly malignant embryonal central
nervous system (CNS) tumors that were defined as an entity in 1996. As compared with …

Population-based epidemiological study of primary intracranial tumors in childhood

K Makino, H Nakamura, S Yano, J Kuratsu… - Child's Nervous …, 2010 - Springer
Object Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors in children and their prognosis is
poor. Epidemiologic data from a population-based cancer registry provide the information …

Clinical epidemiology for childhood primary central nervous system tumors

L Bauchet, V Rigau, H Mathieu-Daudé… - Journal of neuro …, 2009 - Springer
This work was conducted by the French Brain Tumor Data Bank (FBTDB) and aims to
prospectively record all primary central nervous system tumors (PCNST), in France, for …

Incidence patterns of central nervous system germ cell tumors: a SEER Study

TL Goodwin, K Sainani, PG Fisher - Journal of pediatric …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
Background Incidence patterns of central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumors (GCTs)
have been reported, but the influence of underlying host risk factors has not been rigorously …

[HTML][HTML] Downregulation of miR-137 and miR-6500-3p promotes cell proliferation in pediatric high-grade gliomas

ML Liang, TH Hsieh, KH Ng, YN Tsai, CF Tsai… - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Pediatric high-grade gliomas (pHGGs) are aggressive brain tumors affecting children, and
outcomes have remained dismal, even with access to new multimodal therapies. In this …

Identification of CD133-positive radioresistant cells in atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor

SH Chiou, CL Kao, YW Chen, CS Chien, SC Hung… - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is an extremely malignant neoplasm in the central
nervous system (CNS) which occurs in infancy and childhood. Recent studies suggested …

Hydrocephalus with brain tumors in children

TT Wong, ML Liang, HH Chen, FC Chang - Child's Nervous System, 2011 - Springer
Background Tumor-associated hydrocephalus is common in primary pediatric brain tumors.
The managements involve radical tumor resection, temporary external ventricular drainage …

Central nervous system tumors: a single center pathology review of 34,140 cases over 60 years

L Chen, X Zou, Y Wang, Y Mao, L Zhou - BMC clinical pathology, 2013 - Springer
Background Tumor epidemiology is a significant part of CNS (central nervous system) tumor
studies. Reassessment of original sections can update our knowledge of tumor spectrum …