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Supratentorial cancer

MedGen UID:
155589
•Concept ID:
C0751589
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Cancer, Supratentorial; Cancers, Supratentorial; Malignant Supratentorial Neoplasm; Malignant Supratentorial Neoplasms; Neoplasm, Malignant Supratentorial; Neoplasms, Malignant Supratentorial; Supratentorial Cancer; Supratentorial Cancers; Supratentorial Neoplasm, Malignant; Supratentorial Neoplasms, Malignant
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002071

Definition

A malignant neoplasm that affects the various anatomic sites of the supratentorial brain. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVSupratentorial cancer

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Diagnosis and management of prolactin-secreting pituitary adenomas: a Pituitary Society international Consensus Statement.
Petersenn S, Fleseriu M, Casanueva FF, Giustina A, Biermasz N, Biller BMK, Bronstein M, Chanson P, Fukuoka H, Gadelha M, Greenman Y, Gurnell M, Ho KKY, Honegger J, Ioachimescu AG, Kaiser UB, Karavitaki N, Katznelson L, Lodish M, Maiter D, Marcus HJ, McCormack A, Molitch M, Muir CA, Neggers S, Pereira AM, Pivonello R, Post K, Raverot G, Salvatori R, Samson SL, Shimon I, Spencer-Segal J, Vila G, Wass J, Melmed S
Nat Rev Endocrinol 2023 Dec;19(12):722-740. Epub 2023 Sep 5 doi: 10.1038/s41574-023-00886-5. PMID: 37670148
Diagnosis and Management of Pituitary Adenomas: A Review.
Tritos NA, Miller KK
JAMA 2023 Apr 25;329(16):1386-1398. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.5444. PMID: 37097352
Diagnosis and treatment of hyperprolactinemia: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline.
Melmed S, Casanueva FF, Hoffman AR, Kleinberg DL, Montori VM, Schlechte JA, Wass JA; Endocrine Society
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2011 Feb;96(2):273-88. doi: 10.1210/jc.2010-1692. PMID: 21296991

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Updates in the classification of ependymal neoplasms: The 2021 WHO Classification and beyond.
Kresbach C, Neyazi S, Schüller U
Brain Pathol 2022 Jul;32(4):e13068. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/bpa.13068. PMID: 35307892Free PMC Article
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Treatment and survival of supratentorial and posterior fossa ependymomas in adults.
Nuño M, Yu JJ, Varshneya K, Alexander J, Mukherjee D, Black KL, Patil CG
J Clin Neurosci 2016 Jun;28:24-30. Epub 2016 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.11.014. PMID: 26810473
Surgical management of supratentorial ependymomas.
Chakraborty A, Harkness W, Phipps K
Childs Nerv Syst 2009 Oct;25(10):1215-20. Epub 2009 Apr 9 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0881-z. PMID: 19357853
Pediatric supratentorial high-grade gliomas.
Tamber MS, Rutka JT
Neurosurg Focus 2003 Feb 15;14(2):e1. doi: 10.3171/foc.2003.14.2.2. PMID: 15727422

Diagnosis

Supratentorial and Infratentorial Ependymoma.
Myseros JS
Adv Tech Stand Neurosurg 2024;53:93-118. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-67077-0_7. PMID: 39287805
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Supratentorial Tumors in Pediatric Patients.
Zamora C, Huisman TA, Izbudak I
Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2017 Feb;27(1):39-67. doi: 10.1016/j.nic.2016.08.003. PMID: 27889023
Pediatric supratentorial tumors.
Zimmerman RA
Semin Roentgenol 1990 Jul;25(3):225-48. doi: 10.1016/0037-198x(90)90053-7. PMID: 2385807
Adult supratentorial tumors.
Atlas SW
Semin Roentgenol 1990 Apr;25(2):130-54. doi: 10.1016/0037-198x(90)90046-7. PMID: 2190324

Therapy

Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Diagnosis and management of craniopharyngiomas in the era of genomics and targeted therapy.
Martinez-Gutierrez JC, D'Andrea MR, Cahill DP, Santagata S, Barker FG 2nd, Brastianos PK
Neurosurg Focus 2016 Dec;41(6):E2. doi: 10.3171/2016.9.FOCUS16325. PMID: 27903124
Randomized trial of radiation therapy plus procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine chemotherapy for supratentorial adult low-grade glioma: initial results of RTOG 9802.
Shaw EG, Wang M, Coons SW, Brachman DG, Buckner JC, Stelzer KJ, Barger GR, Brown PD, Gilbert MR, Mehta MP
J Clin Oncol 2012 Sep 1;30(25):3065-70. Epub 2012 Jul 30 doi: 10.1200/JCO.2011.35.8598. PMID: 22851558Free PMC Article
Pediatric supratentorial high-grade gliomas.
Tamber MS, Rutka JT
Neurosurg Focus 2003 Feb 15;14(2):e1. doi: 10.3171/foc.2003.14.2.2. PMID: 15727422
Treatment of prolactinomas.
Colao A, Annunziato L, Lombardi G
Ann Med 1998 Oct;30(5):452-9. doi: 10.3109/07853899809002486. PMID: 9814831

Prognosis

Updates in the classification of ependymal neoplasms: The 2021 WHO Classification and beyond.
Kresbach C, Neyazi S, Schüller U
Brain Pathol 2022 Jul;32(4):e13068. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/bpa.13068. PMID: 35307892Free PMC Article
Treatment and survival of supratentorial and posterior fossa ependymomas in adults.
Nuño M, Yu JJ, Varshneya K, Alexander J, Mukherjee D, Black KL, Patil CG
J Clin Neurosci 2016 Jun;28:24-30. Epub 2016 Jan 19 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.11.014. PMID: 26810473
Seizures in supratentorial meningioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Englot DJ, Magill ST, Han SJ, Chang EF, Berger MS, McDermott MW
J Neurosurg 2016 Jun;124(6):1552-61. Epub 2015 Dec 4 doi: 10.3171/2015.4.JNS142742. PMID: 26636386Free PMC Article
Surgical management of supratentorial ependymomas.
Chakraborty A, Harkness W, Phipps K
Childs Nerv Syst 2009 Oct;25(10):1215-20. Epub 2009 Apr 9 doi: 10.1007/s00381-009-0881-z. PMID: 19357853
Pediatric supratentorial high-grade gliomas.
Tamber MS, Rutka JT
Neurosurg Focus 2003 Feb 15;14(2):e1. doi: 10.3171/foc.2003.14.2.2. PMID: 15727422

Clinical prediction guides

Clinical and imaging characteristics of supratentorial glioma with IDH2 mutation.
Ikeda S, Sakata A, Arakawa Y, Mineharu Y, Makino Y, Takeuchi Y, Fushimi Y, Okuchi S, Nakajima S, Otani S, Nakamoto Y
Neuroradiology 2024 Jun;66(6):973-981. Epub 2024 Apr 24 doi: 10.1007/s00234-024-03361-8. PMID: 38653782
Updates in the classification of ependymal neoplasms: The 2021 WHO Classification and beyond.
Kresbach C, Neyazi S, Schüller U
Brain Pathol 2022 Jul;32(4):e13068. Epub 2022 Mar 21 doi: 10.1111/bpa.13068. PMID: 35307892Free PMC Article
Conformal Radiation Therapy for Pediatric Ependymoma, Chemotherapy for Incompletely Resected Ependymoma, and Observation for Completely Resected, Supratentorial Ependymoma.
Merchant TE, Bendel AE, Sabin ND, Burger PC, Shaw DW, Chang E, Wu S, Zhou T, Eisenstat DD, Foreman NK, Fuller CE, Anderson ET, Hukin J, Lau CC, Pollack IF, Laningham FH, Lustig RH, Armstrong FD, Handler MH, Williams-Hughes C, Kessel S, Kocak M, Ellison DW, Ramaswamy V
J Clin Oncol 2019 Apr 20;37(12):974-983. Epub 2019 Feb 27 doi: 10.1200/JCO.18.01765. PMID: 30811284Free PMC Article
Molecular predictive and prognostic factors in ependymoma.
Benson R, Mallick S, Julka PK, Rath GK
Neurol India 2016 Mar-Apr;64(2):279-86. doi: 10.4103/0028-3886.177630. PMID: 26954807
Seizures in supratentorial meningioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Englot DJ, Magill ST, Han SJ, Chang EF, Berger MS, McDermott MW
J Neurosurg 2016 Jun;124(6):1552-61. Epub 2015 Dec 4 doi: 10.3171/2015.4.JNS142742. PMID: 26636386Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

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Seizures in supratentorial meningioma: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Englot DJ, Magill ST, Han SJ, Chang EF, Berger MS, McDermott MW
J Neurosurg 2016 Jun;124(6):1552-61. Epub 2015 Dec 4 doi: 10.3171/2015.4.JNS142742. PMID: 26636386Free PMC Article
Pituitary incidentalomas.
Scangas GA, Laws ER Jr
Pituitary 2014 Oct;17(5):486-91. doi: 10.1007/s11102-013-0517-x. PMID: 24052242
Radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas.
Brada M, Jankowska P
Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am 2008 Mar;37(1):263-75, xi. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2007.10.005. PMID: 18226740

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