Frequency, Risk-Factors and Survival of Children With Atypical Teratoid Rhabdoid Tumors (AT/RT) of the CNS Diagnosed between 1988 and 2004, and Registered to the German HIT Database
| Autor: | Paul G. Schlegel, Isabella Zwiener, Monika Warmuth-Metz, Stefan Rutkowski, Elke Dannenmann-Stern, Bernward Hinkes, Katja von Hoff, Joachim Kuehl, Angela Emser, Rolf D. Kortmann, Torsten Pietsch, André O. von Bueren, Niels Soerensen, Michael C. Frühwald |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
education.field_of_study medicine.medical_specialty Chemotherapy Pediatrics Multivariate analysis business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Incidence (epidemiology) Population Brain tumor Hematology Disease medicine.disease Internal medicine Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor medicine education business Survival analysis |
| Zdroj: | Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 57:978-985 |
| ISSN: | 1545-5009 |
| Popis: | Purpose To analyze the frequency, prognostic factors, and outcome of children with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT), a rare and highly malignant embryonal brain tumor. Materials and Methods Clinical data of patients diagnosed between 1988 and 2004 with AT/RT who were registered to the German HIT trial center, were correlated with outcome. Patient numbers for AT/RT were compared to numbers for primitive neuroectodermal tumors and medulloblastomas (PNET/MB) registered to the population-based HIT trials. Results We identified 56 patients with the centrally confirmed histopathological diagnosis of AT/RT with a median age of 1.2 years (range, 0.1–14.0 years). The AT/RT:PNET/MB ratio was 1:12.2 for all children, and 1:1.5 for children younger than 1 year at diagnosis. Three-year overall survival (OS) and event-free survival (EFS) for all patients were 22% and 13%, respectively. Eight patients (14%) are considered long-term event-free survivors (follow-up 1.4–10.6 years). By univariable analyses, younger age, metastatic disease, infratentorial location, and less than complete remission at the end of chemotherapy were identified as negative influencing factors for OS. By multivariable analyses, younger age (OS, EFS) and metastatic disease (OS) were identified as independent risk factors. Conclusion The incidence of AT/RT in children below 1 year is higher than previously reported. A subset of patients with favorable clinical risk factors profits from intensive multimodal treatment. Prospective clinical and biological studies are needed to further define prognostic factors and optimize therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011; 57: 978–985. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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