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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
2023
Personality Changes and Staring Spells in a 12-Year-Old Child: A Case Report Incorporating ChatGPT, a Natural Language Processing Tool Driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Puthenpura V, Nadkarni S, DiLuna M, Hieftje K, Marks A. Personality Changes and Staring Spells in a 12-Year-Old Child: A Case Report Incorporating ChatGPT, a Natural Language Processing Tool Driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI). Cureus 2023, 15: e36408. PMID: 37090271, PMCID: PMC10115215, DOI: 10.7759/cureus.36408.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLow-grade gliomasIntracranial tumorsPersonality changesTreatment of LGGCentral nervous system tumorsMain presenting featuresBroad differential diagnosisNervous system tumorsPresenting featuresPediatric patientsCase reportSystem tumorsFavorable outcomeEndocrine conditionsMain symptomsDifferential diagnosisIntracranial neoplasmsBrain tumorsGrade gliomasEarly identificationSymptomsTumorsOlder childrenCommon typeNatural language processing tools
2012
A Review of Secondary Central Nervous System Tumors After Treatment of a Primary Pediatric Malignancy
Marks AM, Packer RJ. A Review of Secondary Central Nervous System Tumors After Treatment of a Primary Pediatric Malignancy. Seminars In Pediatric Neurology 2012, 19: 43-48. PMID: 22641075, DOI: 10.1016/j.spen.2012.02.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous system tumorsSecondary central nervous system tumorsNervous system tumorsPediatric malignanciesSystem tumorsPrimary brain tumorsRole of treatmentCancer predisposition syndromeTreatment of leukemiaSecondary malignanciesSecondary tumorsBrain tumorsPredisposition syndromeMalignancyTumorsTreatmentRemarkable stridesSyndromeEtiologyLeukemiaIncidenceDiagnosis