2021
Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic survival disparities in adolescents and young adults with primary central nervous system tumors
Puthenpura V, Canavan ME, Poynter JN, Roth M, Pashankar FD, Jones BA, Marks AM. Racial/ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic survival disparities in adolescents and young adults with primary central nervous system tumors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer 2021, 68: e28970. PMID: 33704901, PMCID: PMC8221084, DOI: 10.1002/pbc.28970.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHazard of deathCentral nervous system tumorsNervous system tumorsRace/ethnicitySocioeconomic statusSystem tumorsMultivariate Cox proportional hazards modelNon-Hispanic black patientsNon-Hispanic white patientsPrimary central nervous system tumorsCox proportional hazards modelEnd Results (SEER) databaseRetrospective cohort studyPrimary CNS tumorsYoung adult patientsNeuro-oncology patientsProportional hazards modelLowest SES tertileLow socioeconomic statusNHB patientsAYA patientsHazard ratioNHW patientsAdult patientsCohort study
2020
Outcomes of adolescent males with extracranial metastatic germ cell tumors: A report from the Malignant Germ Cell Tumor International Consortium
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.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAntineoplastic AgentsAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsChildChild, PreschoolHumansInfantInfant, NewbornLymphatic MetastasisMaleMediastinal NeoplasmsNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalProgression-Free SurvivalRetroperitoneal NeoplasmsRetrospective StudiesTesticular NeoplasmsYoung AdultConceptsMetastatic germ cell tumorsEvent-free survivalGerm cell tumorsCell tumorsRisk groupsYoung adultsAge groupsMale patientsAdolescent patientsAdolescent malesCox proportional hazards analysisMalignant germ cell tumorsIndividual patient databasePlatinum-based chemotherapyProportional hazards analysisYoung adult patientsClinical trial organizationsAdolescent age groupPediatric cooperative groupsTreatment of adolescentsDifferent age groupsAdult patientsClinical characteristicsEFS rateInclusion criteria
2019
Outcomes of adolescent males with extracranial malignant germ cell tumors compared with children and young adults: A report from the Malignant Germ Cell Tumors International Consortium (MaGIC) group.
Shaikh F, Stark D, Dang H, Xia C, Krailo M, Stenning S, Pashankar F, Rodriguez-Galindo C, Olson T, Hale J, Depani S, Stoneham S, Nicholson J, Murray M, Amatruda J, Billmire D, Fonseca A, Frazier A. Outcomes of adolescent males with extracranial malignant germ cell tumors compared with children and young adults: A report from the Malignant Germ Cell Tumors International Consortium (MaGIC) group. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2019, 37: 10022-10022. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2019.37.15_suppl.10022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMalignant germ cell tumorsExtracranial malignant germ cell tumorsEvent-free survivalGerm cell tumorsYoung adultsAdolescent patientsCell tumorsCox proportional hazards analysisIndividual patient databaseCox multivariable analysisPlatinum-based chemotherapyProportional hazards analysisYoung adult patientsPediatric cooperative groupsAdult patientsClinical characteristicsSame regimensMale patientsMultivariable analysisInclusion criteriaPatientsPatient databaseAge groupsAdult groupAdolescent males