Amar Gajjar, Anita Mahajan, Mohamed Abdelbaki, Clarke Anderson, Reuben Antony, Tejus Bale, Ranjit Bindra, Daniel C Bowers, Kenneth Cohen, Bonnie Cole, Kathleen Dorris, Ralph Ermoian, Andrea Franson, Jeffrey Helgager, Daniel Landi, Chi Lin, Laura Metrock, Ronica Nanda, Joshua Palmer, Sonia Partap, Ashley Plant, Sumit Pruthi, Renee Reynolds, Paul Ruggieri, Duncan Stearns, Phillip Storm, Anthony Wang, Katherine Warren, Nicholas Whipple, Wafik Zaky, Nicole R McMillian, Lenora A Pluchino
Central nervous system (CNS) cancers account for approximately one quarter of all pediatric tumors and are the leading cause of cancer-related death in children. More than 4,000 brain and CNS tumors are diagnosed each year in children and teens, and the incidence rate has remained stagnant in recent years. The most common malignant pediatric CNS tumors are gliomas, embryonal tumors consisting of predominately medulloblastomas, and germ cell tumors. The inaugural version of the NCCN Guidelines for Pediatric Central Nervous System Cancers focuses on the diagnosis and management of patients with pediatric diffuse high-grade gliomas...
December 2022: Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network: JNCCN