Therapeutic results in children with brain tumors - a single center experience over 18 years.

Background And Aims: Tumors of the central nervous system represent the main cause of death by cancer in children. The diagnosis and molecular classification of these neoplasms have seen great improvement in the past years, due to ongoing genomic advances. In general, the treatment consists of surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

Updates on the 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Pediatric Tumors of the Central Nervous System - a systematic review.

Tumors of the central nervous system (CNS) represent the main cause of death through solid tumors in children and the second most frequent neoplasm in this patient group. The poor survival rate is due to many factors, such as the large diversity of morphological features, the particular micro-environmental characteristics of the nervous tissue, the relative rareness in relation to other childhood diseases, which leads to late diagnosis and the limited effectiveness of the available treatment options. Up until 2016, brain tumors were classified according to their histologic features.

Thyroid Microcarcinoma in Pediatric Population in Romania.

Thyroid microcarcinoma in pediatric population in Romania Non-medullary thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common endocrine malignancy, with an increasing incidence in the recent years, due to the increase of the thyroid microcarcinoma. Thyroid microcarcinoma (mTC) is defined, according to WHO criteria, as ≤1 cm dimension thyroid carcinoma, being a rare disease in children population. In adults, the current guidelines recommend a limited surgical approach.

Post-Treatment Thyroid Diseases in Children with Brain Tumors: A Single-Center Experience at "Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuță" Institute of Oncology, Cluj-Napoca.

Aim Of Study: The purpose of the study was to evaluate the association of thyroid dysfunction occurring in pediatric patients treated for brain tumors.

Patients And Methods: A total of 255 patients with brain tumors were treated between 2001 and 2018 at the "Prof. Dr.