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{"title":"Amino-acid PET as a prognostic tool after post Stupp protocol temozolomide therapy in high-grade glioma patients.","authors":"Adeline Zinsz, Shamimeh Ahrari, Jason Becker, Ali Mortada, Veronique Roch, Louis Doriat, Matthieu Santi, Marie Blonski, Luc Taillandier, Timothée Zaragori, Antoine Verger","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04722-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04722-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic performance of amino-acid PET in high-grade gliomas (HGG) patients at the time of temozolomide (TMZ) treatment discontinuation, after the Stupp protocol.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The analysis included consecutive HGG patients with dynamic [18F]FDOPA PET imaging within 3 months of the end of TMZ therapy, post-Stupp protocol. Static and dynamic PET parameters, responses to RANO criteria for MRI and clinical and histo-molecular factors were correlated to progression-free (PFS).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Thirty-two patients (59.4 [54.0;67.6] years old, 13 (41%) women) were included. Static PET parameters peak tumor-to-background ratio and metabolic tumor volume (respective thresholds of 1.9 and 1.5 mL) showed the best 84% accuracies for predicting PFS at 6 months (p = 0.02). These static PET parameters were also independent predictor of PFS in multivariate analysis (p ≤ 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In HGG patients having undergone a Stupp protocol, the absence of significant PET uptake after TMZ constitutes a favorable prognostic factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11341581/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141262101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Radiomics and visual analysis for predicting success of transplantation of heterotopic glioblastoma in mice with MRI.","authors":"Sabine Wagner, Christian Ewald, Diana Freitag, Karl-Heinz Herrmann, Arend Koch, Johannes Bauer, Thomas J Vogl, André Kemmling, Hubert Gufler","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04725-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04725-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Quantifying tumor growth and treatment response noninvasively poses a challenge to all experimental tumor models. The aim of our study was, to assess the value of quantitative and visual examination and radiomic feature analysis of high-resolution MR images of heterotopic glioblastoma xenografts in mice to determine tumor cell proliferation (TCP).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Human glioblastoma cells were injected subcutaneously into both flanks of immunodeficient mice and followed up on a 3 T MR scanner. Volumes and signal intensities were calculated. Visual assessment of the internal tumor structure was based on a scoring system. Radiomic feature analysis was performed using MaZda software. The results were correlated with histopathology and immunochemistry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>21 tumors in 14 animals were analyzed. The volumes of xenografts with high TCP (H-TCP) increased, whereas those with low TCP (L-TCP) or no TCP (N-TCP) continued to decrease over time (p < 0.05). A low intensity rim (rim sign) on unenhanced T1-weighted images provided the highest diagnostic accuracy at visual analysis for assessing H-TCP (p < 0.05). Applying radiomic feature analysis, wavelet transform parameters were best for distinguishing between H-TCP and L-TCP / N-TCP (p < 0.05).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Visual and radiomic feature analysis of the internal structure of heterotopically implanted glioblastomas provide reproducible and quantifiable results to predict the success of transplantation.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11341603/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141498275","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Multi-pool chemical exchange saturation transfer MRI in glioma grading, molecular subtyping and evaluating tumor proliferation.","authors":"Hongquan Zhu, Yuanhao Li, Yuejie Ding, Yufei Liu, Nanxi Shen, Yan Xie, Su Yan, Dong Liu, Xiaoxiao Zhang, Li Li, Wenzhen Zhu","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04729-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04729-9","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To evaluate the performance of multi-pool Chemical exchange saturation transfer (CEST) MRI in prediction of glioma grade, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation, alpha-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked (ATRX) loss and Ki-67 labeling index (LI), based on the fifth edition of the World Health Organization classification of central nervous system tumors (WHO CNS5).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>95 patients with adult-type diffuse gliomas were analyzed. The amide, direct water saturation (DS), nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE), semi-solid magnetization transfer (MT) and amine signals were derived using Lorentzian fitting, and asymmetry-based amide proton transfer-weighted (APTw_asym) signal was calculated. The mean value of tumor region was measured and intergroup differences were estimated using student-t test. The receiver operating curve (ROC) and area under the curve (AUC) analysis were used to evaluate the diagnostic performance of signals and their combinations. Spearman correlation analysis was performed to evaluate tumor proliferation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The amide and DS signals were significantly higher in high-grade gliomas compared to low-grade gliomas, as well as in IDH-wildtype gliomas compared to IDH-mutant gliomas (all p < 0.001). The DS, MT and amine signals showed significantly differences between ATRX loss and retention in grade 2/3 IDH-mutant gliomas (all p < 0.05). The combination of signals showed the highest AUC in prediction of grade (0.857), IDH mutation (0.814) and ATRX loss (0.769). Additionally, the amide and DS signals were positively correlated with Ki-67 LI (both p < 0.001).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Multi-pool CEST MRI demonstrated good potential to predict glioma grade, IDH mutation, ATRX loss and Ki-67 LI.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141317559","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"TRIM37 interacts with EZH2 to epigenetically suppress PTCH1 and regulate stemness in glioma stem cells through sonic hedgehog pathway.","authors":"Lize Cai, Yongsheng Liu, Yanyan Li, Bin Liu, YuFei Cao, Wei Yang, Bo Wang, Ting Sun","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04726-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04726-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Glioma stem cells (GSCs), which are known for their therapy resistance, play a substantial role in treatment inefficacy for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). TRIM37, a member of the tripartite motif (TRIM) protein family initially linked to a rare growth disorder, has been recognized for its oncogenic role. However, the mechanism by which TRIM37 regulates tumor growth in glioma and GSCs is unclear.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For the in vitro experiments, gene expression was measured by western blotting, RT-qPCR, and immunofluorescence. Cell viability was detected by CCK-8, and cell apoptosis was detected by flow cytometry. The interaction between Enhancer of Zeste Homolog 2 (EZH2) and TRIM37 was verified by co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP). The interaction between EZH2 and the PTCH1 promoter was verified using dual-luciferase reporter assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP). For the in vivo experiments, an orthotopically implanted glioma mouse model was used to validate tumor growth.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The expression of TRIM37 is higher in GSCs compared with matched non-GSCs. TRIM37 knockdown promotes apoptosis, decreased stemness in GSCs, and reduces tumor growth in GSCs xenografts of nude mice. TRIM37 and EZH2 co-localize in the nucleus and interact with each other. TRIM37 knockdown or EZH2 inhibition downregulates the protein expressions associated with the Sonic Hedgehog (SHH) pathway. EZH2 epigenetically downregulates PTCH1 to activate SHH pathway in GSCs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>TRIM37 maintains the cell growth and stemness in GSCs through the interaction with EZH2. EZH2 activates SHH stem cell signaling pathway by downregulating the expression of SHH pathway suppressor PTCH1. Our findings suggest that TRIM37 may be a potential therapeutic target for GBM.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141331174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"IDH1 mutation is associated with improved resection rates, progression-free survival and overall survival in patients with anaplastic astrocytomas.","authors":"Hajrullah Ahmeti, Daniel Kiese, Sandra Freitag-Wolf, Michael Kalab, Christoph Röcken, Olav Jansen, Maximilian H Mehdorn, Michael Synowitz","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04743-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04743-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The introduction of molecular markers in to the diagnosis of gliomas has changed the therapeutic approach to this tumors. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of surgery on anaplastic astrocytomas (AA), which has not previously been fully elucidated.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This was a retrospective study involving a total of 143 patients who underwent surgery for primary AA in our department between 1995 and 2020.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Total tumor resection was achieved more often in patients with IDH-mutant tumors (41.09%) than in patients with IDH-wildtype tumors (30.76%). The median PFS was 1876 days for patients with IDH1 mutations and 238 days for patients with IDH-wildtype tumors. The 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year PFS were longer in patients with total tumor resection and IDH-mutant AA (86.2%, 69%, 65.5% and 44.8%, respectively) than in patients with subtotal tumor resection and IDH-mutant AA (83.3%, 55.6%, 41.7% and 25%, respectively) and even longer compared to all IDH-wildtype tumors. The median OS was 2472 days for patients with IDH1 mutations and 434 days for patients with IDH-wildtype tumors. The 3-, 5- and 10-year OS times were longer in patients with total tumor resection and IDH-mutant AA (89.2%, 85.2% and 72.6%, respectively) than in patients with subtotal tumor resection and IDH-mutant AA (85.9%, 73.7% and 52.6%, respectively) and were even longer compared to all IDH-wildtype tumors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Total tumor resection is more common with IDH-mutant AA than with IDH-wildtype tumors. Patients with IDH-mutant AA had significantly better PFS and OS after total tumor resection than after subtotal tumor resection and biopsy.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141440511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Super T2-FLAIR mismatch sign: a prognostic imaging biomarker for non-enhancing astrocytoma, IDH-mutant.","authors":"Iori Ozono, Shumpei Onishi, Ushio Yonezawa, Akira Taguchi, Novita Ikbar Khairunnisa, Vishwa Jeet Amatya, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Yukio Takeshima, Nobutaka Horie","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04758-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04758-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>The T2-FLAIR mismatch sign is a highly specific diagnostic imaging biomarker for astrocytoma, IDH-mutant. However, a definitive prognostic imaging biomarker has yet to be identified. This study investigated imaging prognostic markers, specifically analyzing T2-weighted and FLAIR images of this tumor.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively analyzed 31 cases of non-enhancing astrocytoma, IDH-mutant treated at our institution, and 30 cases from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA)/The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA). We defined \"super T2-FLAIR mismatch sign\" as having a significantly strong low signal comparable to cerebrospinal fluid at non-cystic lesions rather than just a pale FLAIR low-signal tumor lesion as in conventional T2-FLAIR mismatch sign. Cysts were defined as having a round or oval shape and were excluded from the criteria for the super T2-FLAIR mismatch sign. We evaluated the presence or absence of the T2-FLAIR mismatch sign and super T2-FLAIR mismatch sign using preoperative MRI and analyzed the progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) by log-rank test.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The T2-FLAIR mismatch sign was present in 17 cases (55%) in our institution and 9 cases (30%) within the TCGA-LGG dataset without any correlation with PFS or OS. However, the super T2-FLAIR mismatch sign was detected in 8 cases (26%) at our institution and 13 cases (43%) in the TCGA-LGG dataset. At our institution, patients displaying the super T2-FLAIR mismatch sign showed significantly extended PFS (122.7 vs. 35.9 months, p = 0.0491) and OS (not reached vs. 116.7 months, p = 0.0232). Similarly, in the TCGA-LGG dataset, those with the super T2-FLAIR mismatch sign exhibited notably longer OS (not reached vs. 44.0 months, p = 0.0177).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The super T2-FLAIR mismatch is a promising prognostic imaging biomarker for non-enhancing astrocytoma, IDH-mutant.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11341624/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141590534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effects of PreOperative radiotherapy in a preclinical glioblastoma model: a paradigm-shift approach.","authors":"Beatriz I Fernandez-Gil, Paula Schiapparelli, Juan P Navarro-Garcia de Llano, Andrea Otamendi-Lopez, Maria Jose Ulloa-Navas, Loizos Michaelides, Carla A Vazquez-Ramos, Steven M Herchko, Melissa E Murray, Yesesri Cherukuri, Yan W Asmann, Daniel M Trifiletti, Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04765-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04765-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>PreOperative radiotherapy (RT) is commonly used in the treatment of brain metastasis and different cancer types but has never been used in primary glioblastoma (GBM). Here, we aim to establish, describe, and validate the use of PreOperative RT for the treatment of GBM in a preclinical model.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Rat brains were locally irradiated with 30-Gy, hypofractionated in five doses 2 weeks before or after the resection of intracranial GBM. Kaplan-Meier analysis determined survival. Hematoxylin-eosin staining was performed, and nuclei size and p21 senescence marker were measured in both resected and recurrent rodent tumors. Immunohistochemistry assessed microglia/macrophage markers, and RNAseq analyzed gene expression changes in recurrent tumors. Akoya Multiplex Staining on two human patients from our ongoing Phase I/IIa trial served as proof of principle.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>PreOperative RT group median survival was significantly higher than PostOperative RT (p < 0.05). Radiation enlarged cytoplasm and nuclei in PreOperative RT resected tumors (p < 0.001) and induced senescence in PostOperative RT recurrent tumors (p < 0.05). Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) suggested a more proliferative profile in PreOperative RT group. PreOperative RT showed lower macrophage/microglia recruitment in recurrent tumors (p < 0.01) compared to PostOperative RT. Akoya Multiplex results indicated TGF-ß accumulation in the cytoplasm of TAMs and CD4 + lymphocyte predominance in PostOperative group.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This is the first preclinical study showing feasibility and longer overall survival using neoadjuvant radiotherapy before GBM resection in a mammalian model. This suggests strong superiority for new clinical radiation strategies. Further studies and trials are required to confirm our results.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141734389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Establishing the utility of multi-platform liquid biopsy by integrating the CSF methylome and proteome in CNS tumours.","authors":"A P Landry, J A Zuccato, V Patil, M R Voisin, J Z Wang, Y Ellenbogen, C Gui, A Ajisebutu, T Kislinger, F Nassiri, G Zadeh","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04695-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04695-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Liquid biopsy represents a major development in cancer research, with significant translational potential. Similarly, it is increasingly recognized that multi-omic molecular approaches are a powerful avenue through which to understand complex and heterogeneous disease biology. We hypothesize that merging these two promising frontiers of cancer research will improve the discriminatory capacity of current models and allow for improved clinical utility.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We have compiled a cohort of patients with glioblastoma, brain metastasis, and primary central nervous system lymphoma. Cell-free methylated DNA immunoprecipitation (cfMeDIP) and shotgun proteomic profiling was obtained from the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of each patient and used to build tumour-specific classifiers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We show that the DNA methylation and protein profiles of cerebrospinal fluid can be integrated to fully discriminate lymphoma from its diagnostic counterparts with perfect AUC of 1 (95% confidence interval 1-1) and 100% specificity, significantly outperforming single-platform classifiers.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We present the most specific and accurate CNS lymphoma classifier to date and demonstrates the synergistic capability of multi-platform liquid biopsies. This has far-reaching translational utility for patients with newly diagnosed intra-axial brain tumours.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141889484","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Intracranial angioleiomyoma: a case series of seven patients and review of the literature.","authors":"Meltem Ivren, Asan Cherkezov, David Reuss, Daniel Haux, Christel Herold-Mende, Alexander Mohr, Sandro M Krieg, Andreas Unterberg, Alexander Younsi","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04734-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04734-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Angioleiomyoma, predominantly arising from the extremities, is a benign soft tissue tumor. Reports on its intracranial location are rare. We assessed clinical, radiological, and pathological features of intracranial angioleiomyoma (iALM) treated at our neurosurgical institution.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We consecutively enrolled all patients with neuropathologically confirmed iALM treated at a single neurosurgical institution between 2013 and 2021. Clinical and imaging data were collected, and histological tissue sections were analyzed. A review of the literature on iALM was conducted.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Seven patients with iALM (four female) with a median age of 45 years (range: 32-76 years) were identified. In three cases, the lesion was found incidentally. In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), all tumors were hypo- to isointense on T1-weighted, hyperintense on T2-weighted sequences, and gadolinium-enhancing. A strong FLAIR signal was seen in six patients. Surgery consisted of gross total resection in all cases without perioperative complications. Neuropathological staining was positive for smooth muscle actin (SMA) in all lesions. Mature smooth muscle cells arranged around blood vessels were typically observed. The Ki-67 index was ≤ 3%. The patients were discharged after a median of 6 days (range: 4-9 days). During a median follow-up time of 14 months (range: 4-41 months), no tumor recurrence occurred. In the current literature, 42 additional cases of iALM were identified.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Intracranial angioleiomyoma is a benign soft tissue tumor treated by gross total resection. Tumor morphology and positive staining for SMA lead to the neuropathological diagnosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11341739/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141262108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Incidence of brain metastasis according to patient race and primary cancer origin: a systematic review.","authors":"David Gomez, Jeffrey J Feng, Stephanie Cheok, Ishan Shah, Holly Dicharry, David J Cote, Robert G Briggs, Gage A Guerra, Racheal Peterson, Bodour Salhia, Josh Neman, Frank Attenello, Frances Chow, Erion K Musabelliu, Gabriel Zada","doi":"10.1007/s11060-024-04748-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11060-024-04748-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>A systematic review was conducted to investigate differences in incidence and primary origin of synchronous brain metastasis (sBM) in varying racial groups with different primary cancers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Adhering to PRISMA 2020 guidelines a search was conducted using PubMed and Ovid databases for publications from January 2000 to January 2023, with search terms including combinations of \"brain metastasis,\" \"race,\" \"ethnicity,\" and \"incidence.\" Three independent reviewers screened for inclusion criteria encompassing studies clearly reporting primary cancer sites, patient demographics including race, and synchronous BM (sBM) incidence.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 806 articles, 10 studies comprised of mainly adult patients from the United States met final inclusion for data analysis. Higher sBM incidence proportions were observed in American Indian/Alaska native patients for primary breast (p < 0.001), colorectal (p = 0.015), and esophageal cancers (p = 0.024) as well as in Asian or Pacific islanders for primary stomach (p < 0.001), thyroid (p = 0.006), and lung/bronchus cancers (p < 0.001) yet higher proportions in White patients for malignant melanoma (p < 0.001). Compared to White patients, Black patients had higher sBM incidence likelihood in breast cancer (OR = 1.27, p = 0.01) but lower likelihood in renal (OR = 0.46, p < 0.001) and esophageal cancers (OR = 0.31, p = 0.005). American Indian/Alaska native patients had a higher sBM likelihood (OR = 3.78, p = 0.004) relative to White patients in esophageal cancer.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These findings reveal several comparative racial differences in sBM incidence arising from different primary cancer origins, underscoring a need for further research to explain these variations. Identifying the factors contributing to these disparities holds the potential to promote greater equity in oncological care according to cancer type.</p>","PeriodicalId":16425,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Neuro-Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.2,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11341633/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141419572","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}