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Malignant gliomas in children

J H Johnson1, P C Phillips

  • 1Neuro-Oncology Service, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.

Cancer Investigation
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Childhood supratentorial malignant gliomas are aggressive brain tumors. Research is exploring neuroimaging, pathology, and chemotherapy to improve diagnosis, prognosis, and survival rates for these challenging pediatric cancers.

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Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Oncology
  • Neuro-oncology
  • Medical Imaging

Background:

  • Childhood supratentorial malignant gliomas cause significant morbidity and mortality.
  • Advances in neuroimaging aid tumor diagnosis.
  • Correlating pathology and biology with outcomes provides prognostic information.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review diagnostic and prognostic factors in childhood supratentorial gliomas.
  • To evaluate the role of chemotherapy in treating these pediatric brain tumors.

Main Methods:

  • Review of noninvasive neuroimaging techniques for diagnosis.
  • Correlation of pathological and biological features with clinical outcomes.
  • Analysis of chemotherapy regimens, including high-dose chemotherapy and ABMR (autologous bone marrow rescue), in clinical trials.

Main Results:

  • Neuroimaging and tissue prognostic factors influence clinical management.
  • Chemotherapy shows significant responses in infants with malignant gliomas.
  • High-dose chemotherapy and ABMR regimens yield encouraging response rates.

Conclusions:

  • Surgery and radiation are key treatments for childhood supratentorial gliomas.
  • The role of chemotherapy requires further investigation.
  • Current trials aim to determine if chemotherapy improves survival and identify patient subgroups benefiting from adjuvant therapy.

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