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Arranz Arija JA, Del Muro XG, Caro RL, Méndez-Vidal MJ, Pérez-Valderrama B, Aparicio J, Climent Durán MÁ, Caballero Díaz C, Durán I, González-Billalabeitia E. SEOM-GG clinical guidelines for the management of germ-cell testicular cancer (2023). Clin Transl Oncol 2024; 26:2783-2799. [PMID: 38958901 DOI: 10.1007/s12094-024-03532-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/21/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
Abstract
Testicular germ cell tumors are the most common tumors in adolescent and young men. They are curable malignancies that should be treated with curative intent, minimizing acute and long-term side effects. Inguinal orchiectomy is the main diagnostic procedure, and is also curative for most localized tumors, while patients with unfavorable risk factors for recurrence, or those who are unable or unwilling to undergo close follow-up, may require adjuvant treatment. Patients with persistent markers after orchiectomy or advanced disease at diagnosis should be staged and classified according to the IGCCCG prognostic classification. BEP is the most recommended chemotherapy, but other schedules such as EP or VIP may be used to avoid bleomycin in some patients. Efforts should be made to avoid unnecessary delays and dose reductions wherever possible. Insufficient marker decline after each cycle is associated with poor prognosis. Management of residual masses after chemotherapy differs between patients with seminoma and non-seminoma tumors. Patients at high risk of relapse, those with refractory tumors, or those who relapse after chemotherapy should be managed by multidisciplinary teams in experienced centers. Salvage treatment for these patients includes conventional-dose chemotherapy (TIP) and/or high-dose chemotherapy, although the best regimen and strategy for each subgroup of patients is not yet well established. In late recurrences, early complete surgical resection should be performed when feasible. Given the high cure rate of TGCT, oncologists should work with patients to prevent and identify potential long-term side effects of the treatment. The above recommendations also apply to extragonadal retroperitoneal and mediastinal tumors.
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- Hospital Duran I Reynals, Institut Català D'Oncologia L'Hospitalet (ICO), Barcelona, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Virgen de Las Nieves, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Ibs, Granada, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario I Politècnic La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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Meijer AJ, Diepstraten FA, Ansari M, Bouffet E, Bleyer A, Fresneau B, Geller JI, Huitema AD, Kogner P, Maibach R, O'Neill AF, Papadakis V, Rajput KM, Veal GJ, Sullivan M, van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, Brock PR. Use of Sodium Thiosulfate as an Otoprotectant in Patients With Cancer Treated With Platinum Compounds: A Review of the Literature. J Clin Oncol 2024; 42:2219-2232. [PMID: 38648563 PMCID: PMC11191063 DOI: 10.1200/jco.23.02353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2023] [Revised: 01/05/2024] [Accepted: 02/07/2024] [Indexed: 04/25/2024] Open
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PURPOSE Hearing loss occurs in 50%-70% of children treated with cisplatin. Scientific efforts have led to the recent approval of a pediatric formula of intravenous sodium thiosulfate (STS) for otoprotection by the US Food and Drug Administration, the European Medicines Agency, and the Medicines and Health Regulatory Authority in the United Kingdom. To inform stakeholders regarding the clinical utility of STS, the current review summarizes available literature on the efficacy, pharmacokinetics (PK), and safety of systemic STS to minimize cisplatin-induced hearing loss (CIHL). DESIGN A comprehensive narrative review is presented. RESULTS Thirty-one articles were summarized. Overall, systemic STS effectively reduces CIHL in the preclinical and controlled clinical study settings, in both adults and children with cancer. The extent of CIHL reduction depends on the timing and dosing of STS in relation to cisplatin. Both preclinical and clinical data suggest that systemic STS may affect plasma platinum levels, but studies are inconclusive. Delayed systemic administration of STS, at 6 hours after the cisplatin infusion, does not affect cisplatin-induced inhibition of tumor growth or cellular cytotoxicity in the preclinical setting, nor affect cisplatin efficacy and survival in children with localized disease in the clinical setting. CONCLUSION Systemic administration of STS effectively reduces the development and degree of CIHL in both the preclinical and clinical settings. More studies are needed on the PK of STS and cisplatin drug combinations, the efficacy and safety of STS in patients with disseminated disease, and the ability of STS to prevent further deterioration of pre-established hearing loss.
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- Cansearch Research Platform for Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Geneva, Division of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Department of Women, Child and Adolescent, University Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Division of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, Canada
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- Department of Children and Adolescents Oncology, Gustave Roussy, University Paris Saclay and Radiation Epidemiology Team, CESO, Inserm U1018, Villejuif, France
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- Division of Oncology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Childhood Cancer Research Unit, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology (TAO), Agia Sofia Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Audiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Newcastle University Centre for Cancer, Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Children's Cancer Centre and Department of Pediatric Oncology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Wilhelmina Childrens' Hospital, Division of Child Health, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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McHugh DJ, Gleeson JP, Feldman DR. Testicular cancer in 2023: Current status and recent progress. CA Cancer J Clin 2024; 74:167-186. [PMID: 37947355 DOI: 10.3322/caac.21819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2023] [Revised: 09/25/2023] [Accepted: 09/29/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023] Open
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Testicular germ cell tumor (GCT) is the most common solid tumor in adolescent and young adult men. Progress in the management of GCT has been made in the last 50 years, with a substantial improvement in cure rates for advanced disease, from 25% in the 1970s to nearly 80%. However, relapsed or platinum-refractory disease occurs in a proportion, 20% of whom will die from disease progression. This article reviews the current evidence-based treatments for extracranial GCT, the acute and chronic toxic effects that may result, and highlights contemporary advances and progress in the field.
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- Deaglan J McHugh
- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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- Cancer Research, College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- Medical Oncology Department, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA
- Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA
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Travis LB, Feldman DR, Fung C, Poynter JN, Lockley M, Frazier AL. Adolescent and Young Adult Germ Cell Tumors: Epidemiology, Genomics, Treatment, and Survivorship. J Clin Oncol 2024; 42:696-706. [PMID: 37820296 DOI: 10.1200/jco.23.01099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2023] [Revised: 07/05/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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Innovations in the care of adolescent and young adult (AYA) germ cell tumors (GCTs) are needed for one of the most common AYA cancers for which treatment has not significantly changed for several decades. Testicular GCTs (TGCTs) are the most common cancers in 15- to 39-year-old men, and ovarian GCTs (OvGCTs) are the leading gynecologic malignancies in women younger than 25 years. Excellent outcomes, even in widely metastatic disease using cisplatin-based chemotherapy, can be achieved since Einhorn and Donohue's landmark 1977 study in TGCT. However, as the severity of accompanying late effects (ototoxicity, neurotoxicity, cardiovascular disease, second malignant neoplasms, nephrotoxicity, and others) has emerged, efforts to deintensity treatment and find alternatives to cisplatin have taken on new urgency. Current innovations include the collaborative design of clinical trials that accrue GCTs across all ages and both sexes, including adolescents (previously on pediatric trials), and OvGCT (previously on gynecologic-only trials). Joint trials accrue larger sample sizes at a faster rate and therefore evaluate new approaches more rapidly. These joint trials also allow for biospecimen collection to further probe GCT etiology and underlying mechanisms of tumor growth, thus providing new therapeutic options. This AYA approach has been fostered by The Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium, which includes over 115 GCT disease experts from pediatric, gynecologic, and genitourinary oncologies in 16 countries. Trials in development incorporate, to our knowledge, for the first time, molecular risk stratification and precision oncology approaches on the basis of specific GCT biology. This collaborative AYA approach pioneering successfully in GCT could serve as a model for impactful research for other AYA cancer types.
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- Lois B Travis
- Department of Medical Oncology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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- J.P. Wilmot Cancer Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Centre for Cancer Genomics and Computational Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Dana Farber-Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA
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Wood GE, Chamberlain F, Tran B, Conduit C, Liow E, Nicol DL, Shamash J, Alifrangis C, Rajan P. Treatment de-escalation for stage II seminoma. Nat Rev Urol 2023:10.1038/s41585-023-00727-0. [PMID: 36882564 DOI: 10.1038/s41585-023-00727-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/31/2023] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
Abstract
International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group good-risk metastatic seminoma has cure rates of >95%. Within this risk group, patients with stage II disease exhibit the best oncological outcomes with the standard-of-care treatment strategies of radiotherapy or combination chemotherapy. However, these treatments can be associated with substantial early and late toxic effects. Therapy de-escalation aims to reduce treatment morbidity whilst preserving oncological outcomes. The evidence supporting such approaches is largely from non-randomized institutional data, and therefore this strategy is not recognized as standard of care. Current de-escalation approaches for stage II seminoma include single-agent chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery based on early data from clinical studies. Increased recognition of emerging data on treatment modification to reduce morbidity whilst maintaining cure rates and consideration of therapy de-escalation could improve patient survivorship outcomes.
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- Georgina E Wood
- Department of Medical Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.,Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Division of Personalized Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.,Division of Personalized Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Personalized Medicine, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Urology, The Royal Marsden Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. .,National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Centre for Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. .,Division of Surgery and Interventional Science, University College London, London, UK. .,Department of Urology, Barts Health NHS Trust, London, UK. .,Department of Urology, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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Alifrangis C, Sharma A, Chowdhury S, Duncan S, Milic M, Gogbashian A, Agarwal S, Sahdev A, Wilson P, Harland S, Stoneham S, Lockley M, Rustin G, Oliver T, Berney D, Shamash J. Single-agent carboplatin AUC10 in metastatic seminoma: A multi-centre UK study of 216 patients. Eur J Cancer 2022; 164:105-113. [PMID: 33041185 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2020.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 07/10/2020] [Accepted: 08/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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BACKGROUND Radiotherapy and cisplatin-based combination chemotherapy are accepted standard-of-care treatments for metastatic seminoma with excellent survival outcomes but with established short- and long-term morbidity. Carboplatin monotherapy may be a less toxic alternative; however early historic studies at AUC7 showed inferior outcomes. OBJECTIVES To evaluate multi-institutional data on and toxicity and longer-term survival for metastatic seminoma patients treated with the single-agent carboplatin AUC10. METHODS We undertook a multi-institutional analysis incorporating all men with the International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group good-prognosis metastatic seminoma treated until 2018. Carboplatin AUC10 was given every 21 days. Toxicity, progression-free survival (PFS), disease-specific survival (DSS) and overall survival were noted. Variables predictive of progression were identified. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS 216 patients were treated. The three-year PFS rate was 96.5%, and five-year DSS was 98.3%. There were seven relapses, of which 5 were successfully salvaged with further chemotherapy ± surgery, and three non-seminoma-related deaths. There were no treatment-related deaths. Of 148/216 evaluable patients for toxicity, 37% and 27% suffered >/ = grade III neutropenia and thrombocytopenia, respectively. Twelve percent of patients needed a platelet or blood transfusion (or both). The incidence of febrile neutropenia was 5%. CONCLUSION For metastatic seminoma, carboplatin AUC10 harbours a similar oncological efficacy to established therapies, with a low failure risk. The major acute toxicity was myelosuppression. Our study establishes carboplatin AUC10 as another standard-of-care treatment option for good-prognosis metastatic seminoma, with a potentially lower toxicity profile than other therapies.
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- Constantine Alifrangis
- University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, NW1 2BU, UK; Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, HA6 2RN, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, HA6 2RN, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Paul Strickland Scanner Centre, Northwood, HA6 2RN, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, East and North Herts NHS Trust, Lister Hospital Stevenage, SG1 4AB, UK
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- Department of Radiology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, NW1 2BU, UK
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- University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, NW1 2BU, UK; Centre for Molecular Oncology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Mount Vernon Cancer Centre, Northwood, HA6 2RN, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Histopathology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE, UK.
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Mercieca-Bebber R, Naher SK, Rincones O, Smith AB, Stockler MR. Patient-Reported Outcomes Associated with Treatments for Testicular Cancer: A Systematic Review. PATIENT-RELATED OUTCOME MEASURES 2021; 12:129-171. [PMID: 34135651 PMCID: PMC8197618 DOI: 10.2147/prom.s242754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Background Testicular cancer and its treatment can have major short- and long-term effects on the health-related quality of life of those affected. This systematic review aims to summarise patient-reported outcome (PRO) data concerning health-related quality of life, functional impacts and common side-effects of treatments for testicular cancer. Methods We systematically searched Medline OVID, CINAHL, PubMed, Embase and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Over Time In Oncology (PROMOTION) databases from inception to 25 March 2020, using "testicular cancer" and "PRO" search terms developed in conjunction with a medical librarian. Two authors screened abstracts and full-text articles for studies that reported primary PRO data related to the treatment of testicular cancer including at least 50 participants. We excluded psychosocial data as this was included in our companion review. Data were extracted by three reviewers, and quality was assessed by two reviewers using QUAL-SYST. Studies with a quality of score over 65% were included in our narrative synthesis. Results A total of 1831 records were identified via our database searches and 41 met inclusion criteria. Of these, 35 included participants who had chemotherapy. Twenty-eight different PRO measures were used across the 41 studies. Of the 41 studies, 29 had quality scores over 65% and were included in our narrative synthesis. We found that chemotherapy was generally associated with a higher side-effect burden than other treatments, and higher burden was associated with higher doses of chemotherapy. Hearing problems, peripheral neuropathy, and Raynaud's phenomena were particularly common side-effects. Problems with sexual functioning were associated with chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. Discussion While many studies found that between-treatment differences resolved within the first 12 months since diagnosis, there were many long-term and dose-dependent impacts associated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy across PRO domains. Offering information about these aspects, and information about expected survival outcomes, will help inform, prepare, and empower patients to make decisions about treatment aligned with their preferences and personal situations.
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Oncology Education and Research Translation (CONCERT), Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research & University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
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- Centre for Oncology Education and Research Translation (CONCERT), Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research & University of New South Wales, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia
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- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
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Funt SA, McHugh DJ, Tsai S, Knezevic A, O'Donnell D, Patil S, Silber D, Bromberg M, Carousso M, Reuter VE, Carver BS, Sheinfeld J, Motzer RJ, Bajorin DF, Bosl GJ, Feldman DR. Four Cycles of Etoposide plus Cisplatin for Patients with Good-Risk Advanced Germ Cell Tumors. Oncologist 2021; 26:483-491. [PMID: 33586274 PMCID: PMC8176973 DOI: 10.1002/onco.13719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Background The National Comprehensive Cancer Network recommends either three cycles of bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin or four cycles of etoposide and cisplatin (EPx4) as initial chemotherapy for the treatment of good‐risk germ cell tumors (GCTs). To assess the response, toxicity, and survival outcomes of EPx4, we analyzed our experience. Material and Methods Response and survival outcomes, selected toxicities, and adherence to chemotherapy dose and schedule were assessed in patients with good‐risk GCT who received EPx4 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center between 1982 and 2016. The results were compared with our past results and published data. Results Between 1982 and 2016, 944 patients with GCT were treated with EPx4, 289 who were previously reported plus 655 treated between January 2000 and August 2016. A favorable response was achieved in 928 of 944 patients (98.3%). Five‐year progression‐free, disease‐specific, and overall survival rates were 93.9%, 98.6%, and 97.9%, respectively. Median follow‐up was 7.3 years (range, 2.8 months to 35.5 years). Viable, nonteratomatous malignant GCT was present in 3.5% of 432 postchemotherapy retroperitoneal lymph node dissection specimens from patients with nonseminomatous GCT. Febrile neutropenia and thromboembolic events occurred in 16.0% and 8.9%, respectively, with one treatment‐related death. In the more recent 655‐patient cohort, full‐dose EPx4 was administered to 631 (96.3%), with deviations from planned treatment driven mainly by vascular (n = 13), hematologic (n = 11), renal (n = 7), or infectious (n = 5) events. Conclusion EPx4 is highly effective and well tolerated in patients with good‐risk GCTs and remains a standard of care. Implications for Practice Four cycles of etoposide and cisplatin (EPx4) is a standard‐of‐care regimen for all patients with good‐risk germ cell tumors with a favorable response rate and disease‐specific survival of 98%. Full‐dose administration of etoposide and cisplatin and complete resection of residual disease lead to optimal outcomes. EPx4 should be the recommended regimen in active smokers, patients with reduced or borderline kidney function, and patients aged 50 years or older, which are patient groups at increased risk for bleomycin pulmonary toxicity. Because of a risk of acquired severe pulmonary illness, EPx4 may also be favored for patients who vape or use e‐cigarettes and during ongoing transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The NCCN recommends either three cycles of bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEPx3) or four cycles of etoposide and cisplatin (EPx4) as initial chemotherapy for the treatment of good‐risk germ cell tumors. This article assesses outcomes specific to EPx4 treatment.
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- Samuel A Funt
- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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- Genitourinary Oncology Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA.,Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA
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Impact of Non-guideline-directed Care on Quality of Life in Testicular Cancer Survivors. Eur Urol Focus 2020; 7:1137-1142. [PMID: 33121935 DOI: 10.1016/j.euf.2020.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2020] [Revised: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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BACKGROUND Non-guideline-directed care (NGDC) is seen in ∼30% of testicular cancer patients and has been identified as a significant predictor of relapse. However, the potential impact of mismanagement on patient quality of life (QoL) is yet to be established. OBJECTIVE To explore the impact of NGDC on long-term QoL in testicular cancer survivors (TCSs). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective review of TCSs, who completed the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire (EORTC QLQ-C30) in person or via mail ≥6 mo after completion of treatment, was conducted. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS The validated questionnaire evaluates global health status (GHS); cognitive, social, physical, emotional, and role functioning; financial burden; and treatment-specific side effects. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS A total of 120 men with a median age of 31.5 (interquartile range: 24-42) yr completed the questionnaire. Thirty-four (28%) men received NGDC: overtreatment (44%), improper imaging (32%), and undertreatment (29%). Men with NGDC presented with a more advanced clinical stage (≥IIA: 64% vs 32%, p = 0.007) and were less likely to undergo surveillance (19% vs 37%, p = 0.016). Patients receiving guideline-directed care reported higher GHS (84.1 vs 77.5, p = 0.015), higher physical function scores (98.5 vs 91.2, p = 0.013), and fewer financial difficulties (5.8 vs 18.6, p = 0.006) than those receiving NGDC. Multivariable linear regression showed a significant association between NGDC and poorer GHS (p = 0.002). Limitations of the study include its retrospective nature, modest sample size due to a 21% response rate, and quality-of-life assessment at a single time point rather than serially over time. CONCLUSIONS In addition to treatment delay, avoidable morbidity, and higher rates of relapse, NGDC leads to inferior global QoL, worse physical functioning, and more financial stress. PATIENT SUMMARY We have previously shown how mismanagement of testicular cancer results in a higher rate of disease relapse. In this study, we emphasize how the lack of adherence to standard treatment guidelines can lead to worse quality of life outcomes and financial stress in testicular cancer survivors.
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Shaikh F, Stark D, Fonseca A, Dang H, Xia C, Krailo M, Pashankar F, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Olson TA, Nicholson JC, Murray MJ, Amatruda JF, Billmire D, Stoneham S, Frazier AL. Outcomes of adolescent males with extracranial metastatic germ cell tumors: A report from the Malignant Germ Cell Tumor International Consortium. Cancer 2020; 127:193-202. [PMID: 33079404 DOI: 10.1002/cncr.33273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2020] [Revised: 08/13/2020] [Accepted: 09/21/2020] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adolescents with extracranial metastatic germ cell tumors (GCTs) are often treated with regimens developed for children, but their clinical characteristics more closely resemble those of young adult patients. This study was designed to determine event-free survival (EFS) for adolescents with GCTs and compared them with children and young adults. METHODS An individual patient database of 11 GCT trials was assembled: 8 conducted by pediatric cooperative groups and 3 conducted by an adult group. Male patients aged 0 to 30 years with metastatic, nonseminomatous, malignant GCTs of the testis, retroperitoneum, or mediastinum who were treated with platinum-based chemotherapy were included. The age groups were categorized as children (0 to <11 years), adolescents (11 to <18 years), and young adults (18 to ≤30 years). The study compared EFS and adjusted for risk group by using Cox proportional hazards analysis. RESULTS From a total of 2024 individual records, 593 patients met the inclusion criteria: 90 were children, 109 were adolescents, and 394 were young adults. The 5-year EFS rate was lower for adolescents (72%; 95% confidence interval [CI], 62%-79%) than children (90%; 95% CI, 81%-95%; P = .003) or young adults (88%; 95% CI, 84%-91%; P = .0002). The International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group risk group was associated with EFS in the adolescent age group (P = .0020). After adjustments for risk group, the difference in EFS between adolescents and children remained significant (hazard ratio, 0.30; P = .001). CONCLUSIONS EFS for adolescent patients with metastatic GCTs was similar to that for young adults but significantly worse than for that children. This finding highlights the importance of coordinating initiatives across clinical trial organizations to improve outcomes for adolescents and young adults. LAY SUMMARY Adolescent males with metastatic germ cell tumors (GCTs) are frequently treated with regimens developed for children. In this study, a large data set of male patients with metastatic GCTs across different age groups has been built to understand the outcomes of adolescent patients in comparison with children and young adults. The results suggest that adolescent males with metastatic GCTs have worse results than children and are more similar to young adults with GCTs. Therefore, the treatment of adolescents with GCTs should resemble therapeutic approaches for young adults.
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- Furqan Shaikh
- Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Institute for Medical Research, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California
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- Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia, California
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Children's Hospital Los Angeles, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Children's and Young Persons Cancer Services, University College London Hospital Trusts, London, United Kingdom
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.,Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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Fonseca A, Frazier AL, Shaikh F. Germ Cell Tumors in Adolescents and Young Adults. J Oncol Pract 2020; 15:433-441. [PMID: 31404512 DOI: 10.1200/jop.19.00190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare in childhood, representing only 3.5% of childhood cancers, but a common malignancy in adolescents and young adults (AYAs), accounting for 13.9% of neoplasms in adolescents between age 15 and 19 years. The overall outcomes of patients treated for GCTs are excellent. However, as seen in other cancers, outcomes for AYA patients are significantly worse. Understanding the reasons for this observation has led to different approaches to diagnosis, staging, and treatment. The Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium was created to bring together pediatric, gynecologic, and testicular cancer specialists to promote research initiatives and provide evidence-based approaches in the management of GCTs across different age groups. Collaboration between multiple subspecialties is essential to further understand the disease continuum, the underlying biologic characteristics, and the development of appropriate therapeutic approaches. This review focuses on the unique characteristics of patients with extracranial GCTs in the AYA group.
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- Adriana Fonseca
- 1The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 2Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- 1The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Slawinski CGV, Barriuso J, Guo H, Renehan AG. Obesity and Cancer Treatment Outcomes: Interpreting the Complex Evidence. Clin Oncol (R Coll Radiol) 2020; 32:591-608. [PMID: 32595101 DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2020.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2019] [Revised: 03/17/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A wealth of epidemiological evidence, combined with plausible biological mechanisms, present a convincing argument for a causal relationship between excess adiposity, commonly approximated as body mass index (BMI, kg/m2), and incident cancer risk. Beyond this relationship, there are a number of challenges posed in the context of interpreting whether being overweight (BMI 25.0-29.9 kg/m2) or obese (BMI ≥ 30.0 kg/m2) adversely influences disease progression, cancer mortality and survival. Elevated BMI (≥ 25.0 kg/m2) may influence treatment selection of, for example, the approach to surgery; the choice of chemotherapy dosing; the inclusion of patients into randomised clinical trials. Furthermore, the technical challenges posed by an elevated BMI may adversely affect surgical outcomes, for example, morbidity (increasing the risk of surgical site infections), reduced lymph node harvest (and subsequent risk of under-staging and under-treatment) and increased risk of margin positivity. Suboptimal chemotherapy dosing, associated with capping chemotherapy in obese patients as an attempt to avoid excess toxicity, might be a driver of poor prognostic outcomes. By contrast, the efficacy of immune checkpoint inhibition may be enhanced in patients who are obese, although in turn, this observation might be due to reverse causality. So, a central research question is whether being overweight or obese adversely affects outcomes either directly through effects of cancer biology or whether adverse outcomes are mediated through indirect pathways. A further dimension to this complex relationship is the obesity paradox, a phenomenon where being overweight or obese is associated with improved survival where the reverse is expected. In this overview, we describe a framework for evaluating methodological problems such as selection bias, confounding and reverse causality, which may contribute to spurious interpretations. Future studies will need to focus on prospective studies with well-considered methodology in order to improve the interpretation of causality.
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- C G V Slawinski
- Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Centre for Biostatistics, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Division of Cancer Sciences, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Colorectal and Peritoneal Oncology Centre, Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
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Jin SM, Wei JM, Wu JL, Wang BH, Gan HL, Xu PH, Wan FN, Gu WJ, Wei Y, Yang C, Shen YJ, Ye DW. Prognostic value of primary tumor surgery in seminoma patients with distant metastasis at diagnosis: a population-based study. Asian J Androl 2020; 22:602-607. [PMID: 32031084 PMCID: PMC7705971 DOI: 10.4103/aja.aja_140_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The aims of this study were to determine the prognostic value of primary tumor surgery and identify optimal candidates for such surgery among patients with seminoma and distant metastasis at diagnosis. We identified 521 patients with seminoma and distant metastasis at diagnosis between 2004 and 2014 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Among these patients, 434 had undergone surgery, whereas 87 had not. The prognostic value of primary tumor surgery was assessed by Kaplan–Meier methods, log-rank analyses, and multivariate Cox's proportional hazards model. Survival curves and forest plots were also plotted. Survival analysis indicated that patients who underwent surgery had a better 5-year overall survival and cancer-specific survival than those who did not. Multivariate analyses demonstrated that primary tumor surgery is an independent prognostic factor for overall survival and cancer-specific survival, along with age at diagnosis, M stage, and marital status. In addition, primary tumor surgery still had considerable prognostic value in the subgroup of patients with lymph node metastasis. Further, forest plots demonstrated that patients with M1a stage, N1 or N2–3 stage, and a younger age at diagnosis (<60 years) may benefit from primary tumor surgery. In conclusion, our findings indicate that primary tumor surgery is correlated with improved survival in patients with seminoma and distant metastasis. Furthermore, primary tumor surgery is an independent prognostic indicator for patients with seminoma and distant metastasis.
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- Sheng-Ming Jin
- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Pathology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai 200040, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Department of Urology, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai 200032, China.,Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Zong X, Yang JX, Zhang Y. Persistently elevated alpha-fetoprotein associated with chronic hepatitis B during chemotherapy for malignant ovarian germ cell tumors: a case series and a review of the literature. J Ovarian Res 2019; 12:124. [PMID: 31836006 PMCID: PMC6911275 DOI: 10.1186/s13048-019-0598-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 12/04/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Background Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) plays a crucial role in the management of malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (MOGCTs) and is an important reference index for chemotherapy termination. However, a high level of AFP can also be caused by several benign diseases, causing confusion and impacting treatment decisions. Case presentation We described four patients who were diagnosed with MOGCTs; the histologic subtype in two of them was mixed MOGCTs (yolk sac tumor with mature teratoma), while the rest was immature teratoma. The serum AFP level of each patient was abnormal before surgery, but it was still persistently elevated around 300 ng/ml even after additional cycles of chemotherapy. All patients were thoroughly evaluated, but we did not find any evidence of disease progression or residual tumors. Liver function tests were normal, whereas serum assays revealed positive of hepatitis B surface antigen, and two patients had a high level of HBV-DNA. They were chronic carriers of hepatitis B virus and never received relevant treatments. Then they were managed with tumor surveillance and the antiviral treatment. Thereafter, the AFP levels presented a slowly decreasing trend. Conclusions False elevation of AFP in MOGCTs is a rare condition and should be assessed with a comprehensive evaluation to avoid unnecessary treatments.
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- Xuan Zong
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No. 1 Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, 100730, China
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Lavoie JM, Kollmannsberger CK. Current Management of Disseminated Germ Cell Tumors. Urol Clin North Am 2019; 46:377-388. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Karim S, Wei X, Leveridge MJ, Siemens DR, Robinson AG, Bedard PL, Booth CM. Delivery of chemotherapy for testicular cancer in routine practice: A population-based study. Urol Oncol 2019; 37:183.e17-183.e24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2018.10.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Revised: 10/15/2018] [Accepted: 10/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Tjokrowidjaja A, Hovey E, Lewis CR. Let's talk about cytotoxic chemotherapy dosing: unravelling adjustments and off-protocol prescribing. Med J Aust 2019; 210:65-66. [PMID: 30712300 DOI: 10.5694/mja2.12072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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- Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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- Prince of Wales Hospital and Community Health Services, Sydney, NSW.,Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW
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The state of the art management of germ cell tumors (GCT) in 2018 does not include novel agents targeting genomic alterations or exciting immunologic-based approaches but rather the avoidance of pitfalls in everyday practice. The relative rarity of GCT and high curability with correct management create the "perfect storm" for high-stakes errors to occur. This review focuses on several common pitfalls that should be avoided in staging and management of early-stage and advanced GCT in order to maximize patient outcomes. A particularly frequent misstep is to base treatment decisions on pre- rather than postorchiectomy tumor markers that, depending on marker directionality, can lead to either undertreatment with potentially inferior outcomes or overtreatment with excess toxicity. Another common mistake is the failure to consider the unique ability of GCT to differentiate and the distinct biology of teratoma (chemoresistance and lack of increased glucose uptake compared with normal tissue), which exerts a pervasive influence on nonseminoma management. This may lead to inappropriate use of PET scan to evaluate the postchemotherapy residual mass and, if negative, the conclusion that surgery is not needed whereas (FDG-negative) teratoma should be removed. It could also result in administration of additional unnecessary chemotherapy to patients with marker normalization but without robust radiographic response after 3 to 4 cycles of BEP. Finally, oncologists should strive to maintain standard chemotherapy doses, not substitute carboplatin for cisplatin, and refer to expert centers when expertise (e.g., RPLND) is not available locally in order to achieve optimal cure rates in advanced disease.
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- Darren R Feldman
- From the Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
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Terenziani M, De Pasquale MD, Bisogno G, Biasoni D, Boldrini R, Collini P, Conte M, Dall'Igna P, Inserra A, Melchionda F, Siracusa F, Spreafico F, Barretta F, D'Angelo P. Malignant testicular germ cell tumors in children and adolescents: The AIEOP (Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica) protocol. Urol Oncol 2018; 36:502.e7-502.e13. [PMID: 30249520 DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2018.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Revised: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/02/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We report the results of an Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica (AIEOP) study on the treatment of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) with a pediatric PEB (pPEB) regimen (cisplatin 25 mg/m2 daily on days 1-4; etoposide 100 mg/m2 daily on days 1-4; bleomycin 15 mg/m2 on day 2, once per cycle). METHODS AND MATERIALS Male patients under 18 years old with malignant TGCT were enrolled for a second national prospective protocol. All patients underwent orchiectomy at diagnosis. Those with Stage I received no chemotherapy; those with Stage II-III disease received three cycles of pPEB; and those with Stage IV received four cycles. After chemotherapy, resection of radiologically-evident residual disease was recommended. The main study end-points were overall survival and relapse-free survival. RESULTS Ninety-nine boys from 0.5 to 17.8 years old (median 15.4 years) were evaluable, and staged as follows: 58 Stage I (59%), 7 Stage II (7%), 14 Stage III (14%), and 20 Stage IV (20%). With a median follow-up of 59 months (range 4-165 months), 5-year relapse-free survival (95% CI) was 73% (65%-83%) for the whole sample, 65% (53%-79%) for Stage I patients, and 86% (75%-98%) for Stage II-IV patients. Five-year overall survival (95% CI) was 99% (97%-100%). CONCLUSIONS We confirmed a good prognosis for malignant TGCT in children and adolescents. Reducing the number of chemotherapy cycles for Stage II-III disease does not seem to negatively affect survival outcomes.
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- Monica Terenziani
- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
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- Hematology/Oncology Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, University-Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Pediatric Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, University-Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Trial Organization, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy
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- Hematology/Oncology Unit, A.R.N.A.S Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy
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Frazier AL, Stoneham S, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Dang H, Xia C, Olson TA, Murray MJ, Amatruda JF, Shaikh F, Pashankar F, Billmire D, Krailo M, Stark D, Brougham MFH, Nicholson JC, Hale JP. Comparison of carboplatin versus cisplatin in the treatment of paediatric extracranial malignant germ cell tumours: A report of the Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium. Eur J Cancer 2018; 98:30-37. [PMID: 29859339 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2017] [Revised: 02/22/2018] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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PURPOSE To compare the outcomes of paediatric and adolescent extracranial malignant germ cell tumour (GCT) patients treated with either carboplatin or cisplatin on clinical trials conducted by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) and the Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG). METHODS The Malignant Germ Cell International Consortium (MaGIC) has created a database of the GCT clinical trials conducted since 1983 by COG (United States, Canada and Australia), which used cisplatin-based regimens, and by CCLG (United Kingdom), which used carboplatin-based regimens. Using the parametric cure model, this study compared the overall 4-year event-free survival (EFS), stratified by age, stage, site and the a-priori defined MaGIC 'risk' groups: standard risk ((SR) 1 (EFS >80%; age <11 years), SR2 (EFS >80%, age ≥ 11y) and poor risk (PR) (EFS ≤ 70%, age ≥ 11y). RESULTS Cisplatin-based therapy was used in 620 patients; carboplatin was used in 163 patients. In the overall multivariate cure model, the two regimens did not differ significantly (cisplatin: 4-year EFS 86%; 95% confidence interval (CI) 83-89% versus carboplatin 4-year EFS 86%; 95% CI 79-90%; p = 0.87). No significant differences were noted in stratified analyses by site, stage, age and MaGIC risk groups: SR1 (p = 0.20), SR2 (p = 0.55) or PR (p = 0.72) patients. CONCLUSIONS In these trials conducted contemporaneously, there is no significant difference in outcome observed overall, or any subset of patients, who were treated with regimens containing cisplatin versus carboplatin These results suggested sufficient equipoise to justify a randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of carboplatin versus cisplatin in the treatment of children, adolescents and young adults with standard risk GCT, which is currently underway.
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- A Lindsay Frazier
- Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 450 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA, 02215, USA.
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- University College London Hospital Trusts, 235 Euston Road, London, NW1 2BU, UK
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- Children's Oncology Group, 222 East Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA, 91016, USA; Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Children's Oncology Group, 222 East Huntington Drive, Monrovia, CA, 91016, USA
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- Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Emory University, 1405 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA, 30322, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QP, UK; Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, 5323 Harry Hines Boulevard, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Hospital for Sick Children, Haematology/Oncology, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X8, Canada
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- Yale University School of Medicine, LMP 2073, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT, 06520, USA
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- Riley Hospital for Children, 705 Riley Hospital Drive Indianapolis, IN, 46202, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- St James's Institute of Oncology, St. James University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, UK
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- Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Sciennes Road, Edinburgh, EH9 1LF, UK
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- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Rd, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 4LP, UK
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Maruyama Y, Sadahira T, Mitsui Y, Araki M, Wada K, Tanimoto R, Kobayashi Y, Watanabe M, Watanabe T, Nasu Y. Prognostic impact of bleomycin pulmonary toxicity on the outcomes of patients with germ cell tumors. Med Oncol 2018; 35:80. [DOI: 10.1007/s12032-018-1140-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2018] [Accepted: 04/18/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Terenziani M, Bisogno G, Boldrini R, Cecchetto G, Conte M, Boschetti L, De Pasquale MD, Biasoni D, Inserra A, Siracusa F, Basso ME, De Leonardis F, Di Pinto D, Barretta F, Spreafico F, D'Angelo P. Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors in pediatric patients: The AIEOP (Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica) study. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2017; 64. [PMID: 28449306 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26568] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 11/30/2016] [Accepted: 03/06/2017] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Malignant ovarian germ cell tumors (MOGCT) carry an excellent prognosis, and the treatment aims to achieve results with the least possible treatment-related morbidity. The aim of this study was to assess the outcomes of pediatric patients with MOGCT. METHODS Patients were treated according to their stage: surgery and surveillance for stage I; a modified bleomycin-etoposide-cisplatin (BEP) regimen for stages II (three cycles), III, and IV (three cycles) with surgery on residual disease. RESULTS Seventy-seven patients were enrolled (median age 11.8 years), 26 with dysgerminoma (Dysg), 13 with immature teratoma and elevated serum alpha-fetoprotein levels (IT + AFP), and 38 with nondysgeminoma (Non-Dysg) staged as follows: 27 stage I, 13 stage II, 32 stage III, 5 stage IV. Among evaluable patients in stage I (5-year event-free survival [EFS] 72.1% [95% CI: 56.4-92.1%]; 5-year overall survival [OS] 100%), seven relapsed (three patients with Dysg and four patients with Non-Dysg) and were rescued with chemotherapy (plus surgery in three patients). Among the evaluable patients with stages II-IV, 48 (98%) achieved complete remission after chemotherapy ± surgery, one (IT + AFP, stage IV) had progressive disease. In the whole series (median follow-up 80 months), the 5-year OS and EFS were 98.5% (95% CI: 95.6-100%) and 84.5% (95% CI: 76.5-93.5%). CONCLUSIONS We confirm the excellent outcome for MOGCT. Robust data are lacking on surgical staging, surveillance for Non-Dysg with stage I, the management of IT + AFP, and the most appropriate BEP regimen. As pediatric oncologists, we support the role of surveillance after proper surgical staging providing cases are managed by experts at specialized pediatric centers.
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- M Terenziani
- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Italy
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- Pediatric Unit, University-Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Pathology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS. Roma, Italy
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- Pediatric Surgery Unit, University-Hospital of Padua, Padova, Italy
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- Oncology Unit, Ospedale Pediatrico G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Italy
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- Hematology/Oncology Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Pediatric Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Italy
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù-IRCCS, Roma, Italy
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- Pediatric Surgery Department, Università of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Hematology/Oncology Unit, Ospedale Infantile Regina Margherita, Torino, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University of Bari, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Seconda Università, Napoli, Italy
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- Unit of Clinical Epidemiology and Trial Organization, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Italy
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- Pediatric Oncology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori di Milano, Italy
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- Hematology/Oncology Unit, A.R.N.A.S Civico Di Cristina e Benfratelli, Palermo, Italy
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Kwan EM, Beck S, Amir E, Jewett MA, Sturgeon JF, Anson-Cartwright L, Chung PW, Warde PR, Moore MJ, Bedard PL, Tran B. Impact of Granulocyte-colony Stimulating Factor on Bleomycin-induced Pneumonitis in Chemotherapy-treated Germ Cell Tumors. Clin Genitourin Cancer 2017; 16:S1558-7673(17)30267-7. [PMID: 28943331 DOI: 10.1016/j.clgc.2017.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2017] [Revised: 08/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/28/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To examine the impact of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) use on the incidence and severity of bleomycin-induced pneumonitis (BIP) in patients with germ cell tumor (GCT) receiving first-line chemotherapy. PATIENTS AND METHODS Clinical data from our institutional GCT database was complemented by review of radiology, pharmacy, and medical records. All patients receiving first line chemotherapy between January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2010 were included. Patients receiving at least 1 dose of G-CSF were identified. BIP was graded using Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events criteria. Logistic regression was used to explore predictors for risk and severity of BIP. Statistical significance was defined as P < .05. RESULTS Data on 212 patients with GCT treated with a bleomycin-containing chemotherapy regimen were available. The median age was 31 years. The median follow-up period was 36.7 months. BIP occurred in 73 patients (34%), a majority (n = 55) of which were asymptomatic events (Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, grade 1). G-CSF use was not associated with increased risk of BIP in multivariable analyses (odds ratio, 1.60; P = .13), nor was it associated with increased severity of symptomatic BIP (on average 1.22 grades higher; P = .09). There was a non-statistically significant trend towards greater risk of BIP in patients that developed renal impairment during chemotherapy treatment (odds ratio, 2.56; P = .053). CONCLUSION In patients with GCT receiving first line chemotherapy, G-CSF use is not associated with an increased risk of BIP. Furthermore, the use of G-CSF did not have any significant effect on the severity of BIP events. Clinicians are reminded to be vigilant of patients that develop renal impairment while undergoing chemotherapy treatment, given the greater risk of BIP.
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- Edmond M Kwan
- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Medical Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Shaikh F, Cullen JW, Olson TA, Pashankar F, Malogolowkin MH, Amatruda JF, Villaluna D, Krailo M, Billmire DF, Rescorla FJ, Egler RA, Dicken BJ, Ross JH, Schlatter M, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Frazier AL. Reduced and Compressed Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy in Children and Adolescents With Intermediate-Risk Extracranial Malignant Germ Cell Tumors: A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol 2017; 35:1203-1210. [PMID: 28240974 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2016.67.6544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Purpose To investigate whether event-free survival (EFS) can be maintained among children and adolescents with intermediate-risk (IR) malignant germ cell tumors (MGCT) if the administration of cisplatin, etoposide, and bleomycin (PEb) is reduced from four to three cycles and compressed from 5 to 3 days per cycle. Patients and Methods In a phase 3, single-arm trial, patients with IR MGCT (stage II-IV testicular, II-III ovarian, I-II extragonadal, or stage I gonadal tumors with subsequent recurrence) received three cycles of PEb. A parametric comparator model specified that the observed EFS rate should not be significantly < 92%. As recommended for trials that test a reduction of therapy, a one-sided P value ≤ .10 was used to indicate statistical significance. In a post hoc analysis, we also compared results to the EFS rate of comparable patients treated with four cycles of PEb in two prior studies. Results Among 210 eligible patients enrolled from 2003 to 2011, 4-year EFS (EFS4) rate was 89% (95% confidence interval, 83% to 92%), which was significantly lower than the 92% threshold of the comparison model ( P = .08). Among 181 newly diagnosed patients, the EFS4 rate was 87%, compared with 92% for 92 comparable children in the historical cohort ( P = .15). The EFS4 rate was significantly associated with stage (stage I, 100%; stage II, 92%; stage III, 85%; and stage IV, 54%; P < .001). Conclusion The EFS rate for children with IR MGCT observed after three cycles of PEb was less than that of a prespecified parametric model, particularly for patients with higher-stage tumors. These data do not support a reduction in the number of cycles of PEb from four to three. However, further investigation of a reduction in the number of cycles for patients with lower-stage tumors is warranted.
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- Furqan Shaikh
- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; John W. Cullen, Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children-Presbyterian Saint Luke's Medical Center, Denver, CO; Thomas A. Olson, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, and Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Marcio H. Malogolowkin, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento; Doojduen Villaluna and Mark Krailo, Children's Oncology Group, Monrovia; Mark Krailo, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX; Deborah F. Billmire and Frederick J. Rescorla, Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN; Rachel A. Egler and Jonathan H. Ross, Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH; Bryan J. Dicken, Stollery Children's Hospital, and University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; Marc Schlatter, Helen DeVos Children's Hospital at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN; and A. Lindsay Frazier, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
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Nagasawa DT, Lagman C, Sun M, Yew A, Chung LK, Lee SJ, Bui TT, Ooi YC, Robison RA, Zada G, Yang I. Pineal germ cell tumors: Two cases with review of histopathologies and biomarkers. J Clin Neurosci 2017; 38:23-31. [PMID: 28189312 DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2016.12.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/27/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Pineal germ cell tumors (GCTs) are primarily seen in pediatric and Asian populations. These tumors are divided into germinomatous and non-germinomatous GCTs (NGGCTs). GCTs are thought to arise by misplacement of totipotent stem cells en route to gonads during embryogenesis. Intracranial GCTs display an affinity to develop along the pineal-suprasellar axis and have variable manifestations dependent upon the location of the tumor. Management and outcomes are driven by histopathologies. In this study, we highlight two cases of pineal GCTs and present a review of the literature with an emphasis on histopathologies and biomarkers.
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- Daniel T Nagasawa
- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Neurosurgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Department of Radiation Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Department of Head and Neck Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States; Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
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Addeo A, Fusco V, Braybrooke JP. Is CBOP/BEP an alternative to BEP for patients with poor prognosis metastatic germ cell tumours? ESMO Open 2016; 1:e000089. [PMID: 27843634 PMCID: PMC5070261 DOI: 10.1136/esmoopen-2016-000089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2016] [Accepted: 07/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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- A Addeo
- Bristol Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust , Bristol , UK
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- Oncology Unit , SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo Hospital , Alessandria , Italy
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- Bristol Cancer Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust , Bristol , UK
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Lauritsen J, Kier MGG, Bandak M, Mortensen MS, Thomsen FB, Mortensen J, Daugaard G. Pulmonary Function in Patients With Germ Cell Cancer Treated With Bleomycin, Etoposide, and Cisplatin. J Clin Oncol 2016; 34:1492-9. [DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.64.8451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Purpose For patients with germ cell cancer, various pulmonary toxicity risk factors have been hypothesized for treatment with bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (BEP). Because existing studies have shortcomings, we present a large, unselected cohort of patients who have undergone close monitoring of lung function before, during, and after treatment with BEP to disclose valid pulmonary toxicity risk factors. Patients and Methods All patients who were treated with BEP at Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, from 1984 to 2007, were included. Pulmonary function tests (PFTs) that measured the diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide (DLCO), forced expiratory volume in 1 second, and forced vital capacity were performed systematically before, during, and after treatment with BEP for 5 years of follow-up. According to local protocol, bleomycin was discontinued if hemoglobin-corrected DLCO (DLCOc) decreased ≥ 25% compared with pretreatment value. Covariates of possible importance were evaluated with a multiple regression analysis for pretreatment PFTs and with a mixed model for follow-up PFTs. Bleomycin was adjusted on the basis of PFT results and was thus omitted as covariate. Results Overall, 565 patients were evaluated with a PFT before or after treatment with BEP. During BEP, 15 patients died of progressive disease or toxicity, including one patient from bleomycin-induced pneumonitis. Post-treatment DLCOc decreased significantly, with a rebound during follow-up. Forced expiratory volume in 1 second and forced vital capacity remained unchanged after BEP but increased significantly to levels above pretreatment during follow-up. International Germ Cell Cancer Collaborative Group (IGCCCG) prognostic group, mediastinal primary, pulmonary metastases, and smoking all significantly influenced baseline PFT results. Pulmonary surgery, pulmonary embolism, IGCCCG poor prognosis, and smoking influenced PFT during follow-up. Mediastinal primary, pulmonary metastases, age, or doses of cisplatin and etoposide had no influence on follow-up PFT, and renal function did not influence PFT. Conclusion After 5 years of follow-up, pulmonary impairment in patients with germ cell cancer who were treated with BEP was limited. Exceptions were patients treated with pulmonary surgery, those who suffered pulmonary embolism, and those in the IGCCCG poor prognostic group.
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- Jakob Lauritsen
- Jakob Lauritsen, Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Mikkel Bandak, Mette Saksø Mortensen, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Jann Mortensen, and Gedske Daugaard, Rigshospitalet; and Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jakob Lauritsen, Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Mikkel Bandak, Mette Saksø Mortensen, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Jann Mortensen, and Gedske Daugaard, Rigshospitalet; and Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jakob Lauritsen, Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Mikkel Bandak, Mette Saksø Mortensen, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Jann Mortensen, and Gedske Daugaard, Rigshospitalet; and Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jakob Lauritsen, Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Mikkel Bandak, Mette Saksø Mortensen, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Jann Mortensen, and Gedske Daugaard, Rigshospitalet; and Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jakob Lauritsen, Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Mikkel Bandak, Mette Saksø Mortensen, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Jann Mortensen, and Gedske Daugaard, Rigshospitalet; and Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jakob Lauritsen, Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Mikkel Bandak, Mette Saksø Mortensen, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Jann Mortensen, and Gedske Daugaard, Rigshospitalet; and Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Jakob Lauritsen, Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Mikkel Bandak, Mette Saksø Mortensen, Frederik Birkebæk Thomsen, Jann Mortensen, and Gedske Daugaard, Rigshospitalet; and Maria Gry Gundgaard Kier, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Shaikh F, Murray MJ, Amatruda JF, Coleman N, Nicholson JC, Hale JP, Pashankar F, Stoneham SJ, Poynter JN, Olson TA, Billmire DF, Stark D, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Frazier AL. Paediatric extracranial germ-cell tumours. Lancet Oncol 2016; 17:e149-e162. [PMID: 27300675 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(15)00545-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2015] [Revised: 11/10/2015] [Accepted: 11/16/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Management of paediatric extracranial germ-cell tumours carries a unique set of challenges. Germ-cell tumours are a heterogeneous group of neoplasms that present across a wide age range and vary in site, histology, and clinical behaviour. Patients with germ-cell tumours are managed by a diverse array of specialists. Thus, staging, risk stratification, and treatment approaches for germ-cell tumours have evolved disparately along several trajectories. Paediatric germ-cell tumours differ from the adolescent and adult disease in many ways, leading to complexities in applying age-appropriate, evidence-based care. Suboptimal outcomes remain for several groups of patients, including adolescents, and patients with extragonadal tumours, high tumour markers at diagnosis, or platinum-resistant disease. Survivors have significant long-term toxicities. The challenge moving forward will be to translate new insights from molecular studies and collaborative clinical data into improved patient outcomes. Future trials will be characterised by improved risk-stratification systems, biomarkers for response and toxic effects, rational reduction of therapy for low-risk patients and novel approaches for poor-risk patients, and improved international collaboration across paediatric and adult cooperative research groups.
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- Furqan Shaikh
- Division of Haematology and Oncology, The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Department of Molecular Biology and Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA; Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Health, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Department of Histopathology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Pediatric Epidemiology and Clinical Research and Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, UK
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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Twelves C, Cortes J, Kaufman PA, Yelle L, Awada A, Binder TA, Olivo M, Song J, O’Shaughnessy JA, Jove M, Perez EA. "New" metastases are associated with a poorer prognosis than growth of pre-existing metastases in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with chemotherapy. Breast Cancer Res 2015; 17:150. [PMID: 27391598 PMCID: PMC4674925 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0657-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 11/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) endpoints often only weakly correlate. This analysis investigates how different progression events impact on OS, using data from two phase 3 studies with eribulin in women with advanced/metastatic breast cancer (MBC). METHODS In Study 301, 1102 women with ≤2 prior chemotherapies for advanced/MBC were randomized to eribulin mesylate (1.4 mg/m(2) on days 1 and 8 every 21 days) or capecitabine (1.25 g/m(2) twice daily on days 1-14 every 21 days). Study 305/EMBRACE enrolled 762 patients following two to five prior chemotherapies for advanced/MBC, randomized to eribulin (as above) or treatment of physician's choice. We analyzed OS and PFS post hoc for patients whose disease progressed due to development of "new" metastases, growth of pre-existing lesions, and patients with no reported disease progression. RESULTS In both clinical studies, development of new metastases was associated with an increased risk of death (p < 0.0001). The time to development of new metastasis or death was significantly longer with eribulin than the comparator in Study 305 (p = 0.0017), but not in Study 301 (p = 0.46). Significantly longer OS was observed in the eribulin compared with the comparator arm for the new metastases subgroup in Study 301 (p = 0.008), but not in Study 305 (p = 0.16), compared with other progression subgroups. CONCLUSIONS Patients with MBC progressing with new metastases have a worse prognosis than those whose disease progresses due to growth of existing lesions or patients with no reported disease progression. These findings have potentially important implications for the interpretation of clinical study data and clinical practice. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov registration IDs: Study 301: NCT00337103 ; Study 305: NCT00388726 .
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- Christopher Twelves
- />Section of Oncology and Clinical Research, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK
- />St James’ Institute of Oncology, St James’ University Hospital, University of Leeds, Bexley Wing, Level 4, Beckett Street, Leeds, UK
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- />Department of Oncology, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- />Department of Oncology, Ramon y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain
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- />Section of Hematology/Oncology, Norris Cotton Cancer Center, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH USA
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- />Department of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC Canada
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- />Medical Oncology Clinic, Medicine Department, Jules Bordet Institute, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- />Oncology PCU, Clinical Development, Eisai Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ USA
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- />Department of Medical Affairs, Eisai Inc., Woodcliff Lake, NJ USA
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- />Department of Medical Oncology, US Oncology, Texas Oncology-Baylor Charles A. Sammons Cancer Center, Dallas, TX USA
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- />Section of Oncology and Clinical Research, Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Leeds, UK
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- />Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Cancer Biology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL USA
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Olson TA, Murray MJ, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Nicholson JC, Billmire DF, Krailo MD, Dang HM, Amatruda JF, Thornton CM, Arul GS, Stoneham SJ, Pashankar F, Stark D, Shaikh F, Gershenson DM, Covens A, Hurteau J, Stenning SP, Feldman DR, Grimison PS, Huddart RA, Sweeney C, Powles T, Lopes LF, dos Santos Agular S, Chinnaswamy G, Khaleel S, Abouelnaga S, Hale JP, Frazier AL. Pediatric and Adolescent Extracranial Germ Cell Tumors: The Road to Collaboration. J Clin Oncol 2015; 33:3018-28. [PMID: 26304902 PMCID: PMC4979195 DOI: 10.1200/jco.2014.60.5337] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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During the past 35 years, survival rates for children with extracranial malignant germ cell tumors (GCTs) have increased significantly. Success has been achieved primarily through the application of platinum-based chemotherapy regimens; however, clinical challenges in GCTs remain. Excellent outcomes are not distributed uniformly across the heterogeneous distribution of age, histologic features, and primary tumor site. Despite good outcomes overall, the likelihood of a cure for certain sites and histologic conditions is less than 50%. In addition, there are considerable long-term treatment-related effects for survivors. Even modest cisplatin dosing can cause significant long-term morbidities. A particular challenge in designing new therapies for GCT is that a variety of specialists use different risk stratifications, staging systems, and treatment approaches for three distinct age groups (childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood). Traditionally, pediatric cancer patients younger than 15 years have been treated by pediatric oncologists in collaboration with their surgical specialty colleagues. Adolescents and young adults with GCTs often are treated by medical oncologists, urologists, or gynecologic oncologists. The therapeutic dilemma for all is how to best define disease risk so that therapy and toxicity can be appropriately reduced for some patients and intensified for others. Further clinical and biologic insights can only be achieved through collaborations that do not set limitations by age, sex, and primary tumor site. Therefore, international collaborations, spanning different cooperative groups and disciplines, have been developed to address these challenges.
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- Thomas A. Olson
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Ha M. Dang
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - James F. Amatruda
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Claire M. Thornton
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - G. Suren Arul
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Sara J. Stoneham
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Farzana Pashankar
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Daniel Stark
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Furqan Shaikh
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - David M. Gershenson
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Allan Covens
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Jean Hurteau
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Sally P. Stenning
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Darren R. Feldman
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Peter S. Grimison
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Robert A. Huddart
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
| | - Christopher Sweeney
- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Thomas A. Olson, Emory University, Atlanta, GA; Matthew J. Murray and James C. Nicholson, Cambridge University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo and A. Lindsay Frazier, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston; Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, A. Lindsay Frazier, and Christopher Sweeney, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA; Deborah F. Billmore, Riley Hospital for Sick Children, Indianapolis, IN; Mark D. Krailo and Ha M. Dang, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; James F. Amatruda, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center, Dallas; David M. Gershenson, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX; Claire M. Thornton, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, United Kingdom; G. Suren Arul, Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, United Kingdom; Sara J. Stoneham, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom; Farzana Pashankar, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Daniel Stark, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; Furqan Shaikh, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto; Allan Covens, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Jean Hurteau, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, IL; Sally P. Stenning, Medical Research Council, London, United Kingdom; Darren R. Feldman, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY; Peter S. Grimison, Sydney Cancer Center, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Robert A. Huddart, Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital, Surrey, United Kingdom; Thomas Powles, Barts Cancer Institute, London, United Kingdom; Luiz Fernando Lopes, Barretos Pediatric Cancer Center, São Paulo, Brazil; Simone dos Santos Agular, Centro Infantil Boldrini, Campinas, Brazil; Girish Chinnaswamy, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India; Sahar Khaleel and Sherif Abouelnaga, Children's Cancer Hospital, Cairo, Egypt; and Juliet P. Hale, Royal Victoria Infirmary NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Satoh T, Aoki Y, Kasamatsu T, Ochiai K, Takano M, Watanabe Y, Kikkawa F, Takeshima N, Hatae M, Yokota H, Saito T, Yaegashi N, Kobayashi H, Baba T, Kodama S, Saito T, Sakuragi N, Sumi T, Kamura T, Yoshikawa H. Administration of standard-dose BEP regimen (bleomycin+etoposide+cisplatin) is essential for treatment of ovarian yolk sac tumour. Eur J Cancer 2015; 51:340-51. [PMID: 25559616 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2014] [Revised: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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AIM The aim of this study was to investigate prognostic factors, including postoperative chemotherapy regimen, for the treatment of ovarian yolk sac tumour (YST), and resulting fertility outcome. METHODS A multi-institutional retrospective investigation was undertaken to identify patients with ovarian pure or mixed YST who were treated between 1980 and 2007. Postoperative chemotherapy regimen and other variables were assessed in univariate and multivariate analyses. Additionally, the reproductive safety of the BEP (bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin) regimen was evaluated. RESULTS There were 211 patients enrolled from 43 institutions. The BEP regimen and a non-BEP regimen were administered to 112 and 99 patients as postoperative chemotherapy, respectively. In univariate and multivariate analyses, age⩾22, alpha-fetoprotein⩾33,000 ng/ml, residual tumours after surgery and non-BEP regimen were independently and significantly associated with poor overall survival (OS). BEP was significantly superior to non-BEP in 5-year OS (93.6% versus 74.6%, P=0.0004). Reduced-dose BEP (<75% standard-dose bleomycin and<50% etoposide dose) was significantly associated with poorer 5-year OS compared with standard-dose BEP (89.4% versus 100%, P=0.02 and 62.5% versus 96.9%, P=0.0002). All patients who underwent fertility-sparing surgery recovered their menstrual cycles. Sixteen of 23 patients receiving BEP (70.0%) and 13 of 17 patients receiving non-BEP (76.5%) who were nulliparous at fertility-sparing surgery and married at the time of investigation gave birth to 21 and 19 healthy children, respectively. CONCLUSIONS The results of the present study suggest that standard-dose BEP should be administered for ovarian YST. BEP is as safe as non-BEP for preserving reproductive function.
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- Toyomi Satoh
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Science, University of the Ryukyus, Naha, Japan
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- Department of Gynecologic, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, National Defense Medical College, Saitama, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kagoshima City Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan
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- Gynecology Service, National Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology, Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
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Li JS, Shyur SD, Huang RH. Transitional cell carcinoma in a patient with X-linked hyperimmunoglobulin M syndrome. Pediatr Int 2014; 56:911-914. [PMID: 25521976 DOI: 10.1111/ped.12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2011] [Revised: 07/10/2012] [Accepted: 02/20/2014] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Patients with X-linked hyperimmunoglobulin M syndrome (XHIGM) have a defective CD40-CD40 ligand system and further immunoglobulin class-switching. They may present with recurrent infection and malignancy involving the liver, pancreas or biliary tract. We report here a case of poorly differentiated transitional cell carcinoma in a young man with XHIGM even on regular treatment and discuss the possible pathogenesis. Given that the triggering of the CD40-CD40 ligand system has been found to improve tumor immunogenicity in recent studies, future immunotherapy targeting the CD40 ligand for these patients may be feasible to prolong their survival.
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- Jia-Shiuan Li
- Department of Pediatrics, Saint Mary's Hospital, Luodong, Yilan, Taiwan.,Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pediatrics, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Pathology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan
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Ozgun A, Karagoz B, Tuncel T, Emirzeoglu L, Celik S, Bilgi O. Clinicopathological features and survival of young Turkish patients with testicular germ cell tumors. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2014; 14:6889-92. [PMID: 24377621 DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.11.6889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Testicular germ cell tumors (TGCTs) are a relatively common malignancy in young men. The aim of this study was to investigate the clinicopathological features and survival of young Turkish patients with TGCT. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this retrospective study, the clinical and pathological characteristics of young Turkish patients with TGCT who were monitored by the Department of Medical Oncology of a military hospital between 2008 and 2013 were investigated. Overall survival data were analyzed. RESULTS Ninety-six patients were included in the study. The mean age was 26.4 years. Among the patients, 17.7% had seminoma and 43.8% had mixed non-seminomatous germ cell tumors. Some 46.9% were Stage I, 30.2% were Stage II, and 22.9 were Stage III. Of the patients, 83.3% received chemotherapy, 25% underwent retroperitoneal lymph node dissection (RPLND), 3.1% received radiotherapy, and 12.5% were followed-up without treatment. In addition, 18.8% of the patients were administered salvage chemotherapy due to relapse or progression. The 5-year overall survival rate was 90.2% for all patients. The 2-year overall survival rate was 100% for Stage I patients, 94% for Stage II patients, and 70.2% for Stage III patients. The difference between the survival curves of stages was statistically significant (p=0.029). CONCLUSIONS In young Turkish patients with TGCT, good results were obtained with appropriate treatment, most receiving chemotherapy. The prognosis of the disease was good even in the advanced stage.
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- Alpaslan Ozgun
- Department of Medical Oncology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey E-mail :
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Grimison PS, Stockler MR, Chatfield M, Thomson DB, Gebski V, Friedlander M, Boland AL, Houghton B, Gurney H, Rosenthal M, Singhal N, Kichenadasse G, Wong SS, Lewis CR, Vasey PA, Toner GC. Accelerated BEP for metastatic germ cell tumours: a multicenter phase II trial by the Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP). Ann Oncol 2014; 25:143-8. [PMID: 24356625 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdt369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND This Australian single-arm, multicenter, phase II trial evaluated feasibility, tolerability and activity of accelerated bleomycin, etoposide and cisplatin (BEP) as first-line chemotherapy for metastatic germ cell tumours. PATIENTS AND METHODS Patients were planned to receive cisplatin 20 mg/m(2) and etoposide 100 mg/m(2) days 1-5, and pegfilgrastim 6 mg day 6, all repeated every 2 weeks for four cycles (three cycles for good prognosis). Bleomycin was given at 30 000 IU weekly to a total of 12 doses (9 doses for good prognosis). Primary end point was feasibility, defined as the proportion of patients able to complete the etoposide and cisplatin components of BEP and be eligible to receive a fourth cycle of BEP by day 50. RESULTS Twelve poor, 16 intermediate and 15 good prognosis (n = 43) eligible patients were enrolled. Two patients aged >40 years were ineligible and excluded from analyses. The regimen was feasible in 86%, not feasible in 7% and not assessable in 7% of patients. Most common grade 3/4 adverse events were non-neutropenic infection (16%) and febrile neutropenia (12%). Complete response (CR) to chemotherapy and surgery was achieved in 33% poor-prognosis, 81% intermediate-prognosis and 100% good-prognosis patients. At median follow-up of 27 months (range 6-42), the 2-year progression-free survival was 50% for poor-prognosis, 94% for intermediate-prognosis and 92% for good-prognosis patients. CONCLUSION Accelerated BEP is feasible and tolerable. Efficacy data appear to be promising. This trial and a similar UK study provide the rationale for a randomised trial comparing accelerated versus standard BEP. Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry Registration number. ACTRN 12607000294459.
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- P S Grimison
- NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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Zedan AH, Vilholm OJ. Chemotherapy-Induced Polyneuropathy: Major Agents and Assessment by Questionnaires. Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol 2014; 115:193-200. [DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Ahmed H. Zedan
- Department of Oncology; Lillebaelt Hospital; Vejle Denmark
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- Department of Neurology; Lillebaelt Hospital; Vejle Denmark
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Zengerling F, Müller J, Krege S, Schrader M. Diagnostik und Therapie seminomatöser Hodentumoren. Urologe A 2014; 53:563-74; quiz 575-6. [DOI: 10.1007/s00120-013-3378-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Krege S. [Diagnosis and treatment of nonseminomatous germ cell tumors]. Urologe A 2013; 52:1721-29; quiz 1730-2. [PMID: 24248533 DOI: 10.1007/s00120-013-3277-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Testicular cancer currently shows excellent rates of curing and even in advanced stages of disease about 70% can be achieved. This was possible due to continuously carrying out studies. To reduce long-term toxicity the focus is now put on reduction of treatment. In nonseminomatous germ cell cancer this is discussed especially for stage I disease where different therapeutic strategies can be offered. Concerning advanced disease the aim is a further improvement of treatment results. Polychemotherapy and surgical procedures are equally important in this scenario. Concerning residual tumor resection it should always be considered that the procedure can be extended by adjuvant surgery, e.g. cava resection. Therefore, those resections should only be performed at centers where all possibly needed surgical disciplines are available.
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- S Krege
- Klinik für Urologie und Kinderurologie, Alexianer-Krankenhaus Maria-Hilf GmbH Krefeld, Dießemerbruch 81, 47805, Krefeld, Deutschland,
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Park SB, Goldstein D, Krishnan AV, Lin CSY, Friedlander ML, Cassidy J, Koltzenburg M, Kiernan MC. Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neurotoxicity: a critical analysis. CA Cancer J Clin 2013; 63:419-37. [PMID: 24590861 DOI: 10.3322/caac.21204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 477] [Impact Index Per Article: 43.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Revised: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 08/23/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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With a 3-fold increase in the number of cancer survivors noted since the 1970s, there are now over 28 million cancer survivors worldwide. Accordingly, there is a heightened awareness of long-term toxicities and the impact on quality of life following treatment in cancer survivors. This review will address the increasing importance and challenge of chemotherapy-induced neurotoxicity, with a focus on neuropathy associated with the treatment of breast cancer, colorectal cancer, testicular cancer, and hematological cancers. An overview of the diagnosis, symptomatology, and pathophysiology of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy will be provided, with a critical analysis of assessment strategies, neuroprotective approaches, and potential treatments. The review will concentrate on neuropathy associated with taxanes, platinum compounds, vinca alkaloids, thalidomide, and bortezomib, providing clinical information specific to these chemotherapies.
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- Susanna B Park
- RG Menzies Fellow, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, United Kingdom; Neuroscience Research Australia and Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Froudarakis M, Hatzimichael E, Kyriazopoulou L, Lagos K, Pappas P, Tzakos AG, Karavasilis V, Daliani D, Papandreou C, Briasoulis E. Revisiting bleomycin from pathophysiology to safe clinical use. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2013; 87:90-100. [PMID: 23312772 DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2012.12.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2012] [Accepted: 12/12/2012] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Bleomycin is a key component of curative chemotherapy regimens employed in the treatment of curable cancers, such as Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) and testicular germ-cell tumours (GCT), yet its use may cause bleomycin-induced lung injury (BILI), which is associated with significant morbidity and a mortality rate of 1-3%. Diagnosis of BILI is one of exclusion and physicians involved in the care of HL and GCT patients should be alerted. Pharmacogenomic studies could contribute towards the identification of molecular predictors of bleomycin toxicity on the aim to optimize individual use of bleomycin. We review all existing data on bleomycin's most recent integrated chemical biology, molecular pharmacology and mature clinical data and provide guidelines for its safe clinical use.
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Olver IN, Grimison P, Chatfield M, Stockler MR, Toner GC, Gebski V, Harrup R, Underhill C, Kichenadasse G, Singhal N, Davis ID, Boland A, McDonald A, Thomson D. Results of a 7-day aprepitant schedule for the prevention of nausea and vomiting in 5-day cisplatin-based germ cell tumor chemotherapy. Support Care Cancer 2012; 21:1561-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s00520-012-1696-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To discuss the presentation, diagnosis, chemotherapy, surgical options, nursing management, and long-term outcomes of patients with testicular cancer. DATA SOURCES Review and research articles, clinical experience. CONCLUSION Testicular cancer is very treatable and the cure rate is approximately 95%. It is most common in men between the ages of 15 and 35. While early detection, diagnosis, and treatment are all important factors for treating the disease, fertility and quality of life are also important issues to address in patients with testicular cancer. IMPLICATION FOR NURSING PRACTICE Nurses must provide patient instruction regarding chemotherapy, surgery, fertility, and side effects of treatment. Serving as a patient advocate regarding fertility preservation and promoting quality of life are important factors for health professionals to consider.
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Beyer J, Albers P, Altena R, Aparicio J, Bokemeyer C, Busch J, Cathomas R, Cavallin-Stahl E, Clarke NW, Claßen J, Cohn-Cedermark G, Dahl AA, Daugaard G, De Giorgi U, De Santis M, De Wit M, De Wit R, Dieckmann KP, Fenner M, Fizazi K, Flechon A, Fossa SD, Germá Lluch JR, Gietema JA, Gillessen S, Giwercman A, Hartmann JT, Heidenreich A, Hentrich M, Honecker F, Horwich A, Huddart RA, Kliesch S, Kollmannsberger C, Krege S, Laguna MP, Looijenga LHJ, Lorch A, Lotz JP, Mayer F, Necchi A, Nicolai N, Nuver J, Oechsle K, Oldenburg J, Oosterhuis JW, Powles T, Rajpert-De Meyts E, Rick O, Rosti G, Salvioni R, Schrader M, Schweyer S, Sedlmayer F, Sohaib A, Souchon R, Tandstad T, Winter C, Wittekind C. Maintaining success, reducing treatment burden, focusing on survivorship: highlights from the third European consensus conference on diagnosis and treatment of germ-cell cancer. Ann Oncol 2012; 24:878-88. [PMID: 23152360 PMCID: PMC3603440 DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mds579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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In November 2011, the Third European Consensus Conference on Diagnosis and Treatment of Germ-Cell Cancer (GCC) was held in Berlin, Germany. This third conference followed similar meetings in 2003 (Essen, Germany) and 2006 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) [Schmoll H-J, Souchon R, Krege S et al. European consensus on diagnosis and treatment of germ-cell cancer: a report of the European Germ-Cell Cancer Consensus Group (EGCCCG). Ann Oncol 2004; 15: 1377-1399; Krege S, Beyer J, Souchon R et al. European consensus conference on diagnosis and treatment of germ-cell cancer: a report of the second meeting of the European Germ-Cell Cancer Consensus group (EGCCCG): part I. Eur Urol 2008; 53: 478-496; Krege S, Beyer J, Souchon R et al. European consensus conference on diagnosis and treatment of germ-cell cancer: a report of the second meeting of the European Germ-Cell Cancer Consensus group (EGCCCG): part II. Eur Urol 2008; 53: 497-513]. A panel of 56 of 60 invited GCC experts from all across Europe discussed all aspects on diagnosis and treatment of GCC, with a particular focus on acute and late toxic effects as well as on survivorship issues. The panel consisted of oncologists, urologic surgeons, radiooncologists, pathologists and basic scientists, who are all actively involved in care of GCC patients. Panelists were chosen based on the publication activity in recent years. Before the meeting, panelists were asked to review the literature published since 2006 in 20 major areas concerning all aspects of diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of GCC patients, and to prepare an updated version of the previous recommendations to be discussed at the conference. In addition, ∼50 E-vote questions were drafted and presented at the conference to address the most controversial areas for a poll of expert opinions. Here, we present the main recommendations and controversies of this meeting. The votes of the panelists are added as online supplements.
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- J Beyer
- Department of Hematology and Oncology, Vivantes Klinikum Am Urban, Berlin.
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Wilder RB, Buyyounouski MK, Efstathiou JA, Beard CJ. Radiotherapy Treatment Planning for Testicular Seminoma. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2012; 83:e445-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2011] [Revised: 01/05/2012] [Accepted: 01/12/2012] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Nichols C, Kollmannsberger C. First-line chemotherapy of disseminated germ cell tumors. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2011; 25:543-56, viii. [PMID: 21570608 DOI: 10.1016/j.hoc.2011.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The development of effective chemotherapy has been the defining event in the history of testicular cancer treatment. The discovery of cisplatin-based chemotherapy created a massive inflection that sharply defined the relatively grim precisplatin era from the astonishing postcisplatin era. The ripple effects of this discovery continue today with the rewriting of management of early-stage germ cell tumors to surveillance-based programs. This article reviews the discovery, development, and delivery of cisplatin-based chemotherapy; expected outcomes of chemotherapy treatment; remaining controversies in primary chemotherapy treatment of disseminated disease; and practical management tips for delivery of bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin and after chemotherapy treatment.
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- Craig Nichols
- Divison of Medical Oncology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, 1100 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101, USA.
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Abouassaly R, Fossa SD, Giwercman A, Kollmannsberger C, Motzer RJ, Schmoll HJ, Sternberg CN. Sequelae of treatment in long-term survivors of testis cancer. Eur Urol 2011; 60:516-26. [PMID: 21684072 DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2011.05.055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2011] [Accepted: 05/30/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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CONTEXT Testicular cancer patients are often diagnosed at a young age, and because of the advances in the treatment of this disease, the vast majority have a normal life expectancy after therapy. Thus, recognition of the long-term sequelae of treatment (ie, surgery, radiation therapy, and chemotherapy) is particularly important in these patients. OBJECTIVE To review the adverse effects and the risk of secondary malignancy in long-term survivors of testicular cancer. EVIDENCE ACQUISITION We conducted a Medline search to identify original articles and reviews on the long-term effects of testicular cancer treatment. Although the search included articles from January 1948 to February 2011, the majority of the included articles were published in the last two decades. EVIDENCE SYNTHESIS All studies examining the long-term sequelae of treatment in testicular cancer are retrospective in nature, with most classified as cohort, case-control, and/or epidemiologic studies. Given that no standardized method of reporting long-term complications exists, evidence synthesis is limited. CONCLUSIONS Recent evidence suggests an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, neurotoxicity, and mild reductions in renal function in survivors of testicular cancer. Treatment of testicular malignancy can also negatively affect gonadal function and fertility and has been shown to result in an increased risk of solid malignancy and leukemia.
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- Robert Abouassaly
- Urological Institute, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Current World Literature. Curr Opin Oncol 2011; 23:303-10. [DOI: 10.1097/cco.0b013e328346cbfa] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Warde N. Does the dose intensity of BEP chemotherapy affect survival? Nat Rev Urol 2010; 7:477. [DOI: 10.1038/nrurol.2010.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Nichols C, Kollmannsberger C. Alternatives to standard BEP x 3 in good-prognosis germ cell tumors--you bet your life. J Natl Cancer Inst 2010; 102:1214-5. [PMID: 20631340 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djq266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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