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2026
Abele M, Virgone C, Kuhlen M, Irtan S, Reguerre Y, Krawczyk M, et al. Carcinomas and Carcinoid Tumors of the Lungs and Bronchi in Children and Adolescents: The EXPeRT Recommendations. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. n/a(n/a):e70190. doi:10.1002/1545-5017.70190

Ali RH, Hamdy D, Nasr A, Khalifa N, Agaimy A. YAP1::TFE3–rearranged inflammatory spindle cell PEComa of the anterior mediastinum in a 5-year-old child: first pediatric case. Virchows Arch. 2026 Mar 6. doi:10.1007/s00428-026-04470-w

Arega G, Hamza AK, Adane L, Tilahun M, Gemechu FA, Gobez AM. Pediatric parotid mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a case report. Discov Onc. 2026 May 7;17(1):950. doi:10.1007/s12672-026-05054-5

Bergamaschi L, Indini A, Brecht IB, Almaraz RL, Reguerre Y, Eigentler TK, et al. European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations for Cutaneous Melanoma in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. n/a(n/a):e70244. doi:10.1002/1545-5017.70244

Bertocchini A, Crescentini L, Vinchesi E, Persano G, Madafferi S, Pardi V, et al. Laparoscopic Adrenal Compartment Resection for Paediatric Adrenal Neoplasms: Surgical Technique and Single-Centre Experience. European Journal of Haematology. n/a(n/a). doi:10.1111/ejh.70158

Buconi I, Zarfati A, Martucci C, Persano G, Natali GL, Brunetti G, et al. Pediatric Pleuropulmonary Blastoma Revealed By Massive Hemothorax: Multidisciplinary Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2026 Jul;48(5):e212. doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000003204

Cakmakci S, Erturk A, Karakus E, Kiran MM, Erdem AY, Ozyoruk D, et al. Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Pediatric Pancreatic Solid Pseudopapillary Tumors: A Single-Center Experience. Turkish Archives of Pediatrics. 2026 Mar 4;61(3):246–53. doi:10.65717/TurkArchPediatr.2026.25324

Cavalheiro S, Pavon LF, de Farias CB, Nascimento FB, Lichtenfels M, Rodrigues JB, et al. Prediction of personalized therapeutic response in pediatric clivus chordoma: chemoresistance test. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 2026 May 26. doi:10.1007/s00432-026-06506-9

Guerra AD, Evageliou NF, Batra V, Dalton KL, Ortel S, Ashraf U, et al. A High-Sensitivity Circulating Nucleic Acid Sequencing Assay for Assessing Treatment Response to Alectinib in a Pediatric Patient With ALK-Rearranged Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2026;73(7):e70322. doi:10.1002/1545-5017.70322

Imran R, Baha-Ul-Haq G, Tarar MD, Ahmad I, Tariq R. NUT carcinoma of the cheek managed with chemotherapy and surgical resection. BMJ Case Reports CP. 2026 Jan 1;19(1):e269655. doi:10.1136/bcr-2025-269655 PubMed PMID: 41592880.

Kuhlen M, Roganivic J, Naviglio S, Baecklund F, Bello R, Ben-Ami T, et al. Who leads, who treats, what dose? European paediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma practice—an European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours survey. Eur J Endocrinol. 2026 Jun 1;194(6):756–68. doi:10.1093/ejendo/lvag091

Kurobe M, Ohashi S, Shibasaki T, Ohtsuka T, Maeda M, Kamio T, et al. Atypical pulmonary carcinoid in a pediatric patient requiring total pneumonectomy: A case report. Pediatrics International. 2026;68(1):e70361. doi:10.1111/ped.70361

Makowska A, Kontny U. Natural Killer (NK) Cells in Tumor Immunity: Limitations and Therapeutic Potential with a Focus on Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma and Comparison with T-Cell-Based Therapies. Cells. 2026 Jan;15(10):913. doi:10.3390/cells15100913

Mascarenhas L, Balzer B, Nguyen AT, Schwab JH. Contemporary Management of Standard Chordoma Arising in the Mobile Spine and Sacrum. JAAOS – Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. 2026 Mar 15;34(6):e832. doi:10.5435/JAAOS-D-24-01119

Okiro P, Hendricks M, Pillay K. Sex Cord-Stromal Tumours in Children: A Case Series. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 2026 May 1;29(3):200–9. doi:10.1177/10935266251414780

Riedmeier M, Frey H, Antonini SR, Canali GFL, Classen CF, Domínguez-Pinilla N, et al. Mitotane dosage, plasma levels, and anthropometric measurements in pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma. Endocrine Oncology. 2026 Jan 1;6(1). doi:10.1530/EO-24-0081

Rossi S, Barresi S, Giovannoni I, Genovese S, Costabile V, Stracuzzi A, et al. Melanomas and Mesenchymal Tumors Arising in Giant Congenital Melanocytic Nevi: Clinico-Pathological and Molecular Characterization of a Case Series. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 2026;39(1):e70071. doi:10.1111/pcmr.70071

Sainulabdin G, Krishnan VP, Bhaskaran S, Krishnan Y. Adult-type epithelial neoplasms in children and adolescents—A retrospective analysis on a subgroup of very rare tumors. Indian Journal of Cancer. 2025 Dec;62(4):528. doi:10.4103/ijc.ijc_96_25

Silva D, Lopes-Pinto M, Ribeiro S, Barbosa D, Vasconcelos N, Marão R, et al. Pediatric papillary thyroid carcinoma: postoperative management and 14-year experience with radioiodine therapy at a Portuguese oncology centre. Eur J Pediatr. 2026 Apr 6;185(5):239. doi:10.1007/s00431-026-06894-7

Swart CC, de Krijger RR. Histopathological and Molecular Characteristics of Pediatric Adrenocortical Tumors: where Do we Stand? Endocr Pathol. 2026 Feb 19;37(1):9. doi:10.1007/s12022-026-09905-3

Taiwo OO, Angelini P, Awadh I, Domecq C, Foulkes WD, Mugalaasi H, et al. The SINEs were there: identification of a pathogenic Alu insertion in a patient with DICER1-related tumour predisposition. Journal of Medical Genetics. 2026 Jul 1;63(7):421–6. doi:10.1136/jmg-2025-111365 PubMed PMID: 41916722.

Virgone C, Redlich A. European Consensus Recommendations for Pediatric Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Appendix. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2026 Mar;242(3):739. doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000001718

Zelenova E, Belysheva T, Orlova K, Grigorenko V, Semenova V, Sharapova E, et al. Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Skin in a Teenager with Fanconi Anemia: A Challenging Treatment. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2026 Jan;27(10):4366. doi:10.3390/ijms27104366

European Standard Clinical Practice Guideline and EXPeRT Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents – Kuhlen – Pediatric Blood & Cancer – Wiley Online Library [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1545-5017.70194

Low-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma Mimicking a Mucocele in the Soft Palate: A Case Report | Cureus [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.cureus.com/articles/464807-low-grade-mucoepidermoid-carcinoma-mimicking-a-mucocele-in-the-soft-palate-a-case-report#!/

Shared PRAME epitopes are T-cell targets in NUT carcinoma | Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://jitc.bmj.com/content/14/2/e013539

2025
Acevedo A, Indelicato DJ, Brisson RJ, Collier III AB, Bradley JA, Mailhot Vega RB, et al. Proton Therapy for Locally Advanced Unresectable Ameloblastoma in a Child. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(7):e31773. doi:10.1002/pbc.31773

Arakawa A, Sugiyama M, Uchida E, Miyazaki B, Tao K, Isobe K, et al. Successful Multidisciplinary Treatment of Tracheal Lymphoepithelial Carcinoma in an Adolescent Patient. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(6):e31662. doi:10.1002/pbc.31662

Arnaboldi SMC, Gattuso G, Nicolosi ML, Molinari S, Bettini LR, Leva E, et al. Management of ovarian granulosa cell tumor in childhood: a case report and recommendations for a multidisciplinary approach. Front Oncol. 2025 Nov 24;15. doi:10.3389/fonc.2025.1634166

Ashayeri N, Khani P, Miri-Aliabad G, Jafari M, Pajouhi A. Malignant melanoma with bone metastases in a child: a case report and review of literature. Annals of Medicine and Surgery. 2025 Jan;87(1):318. doi:10.1097/MS9.0000000000002767

Augustin EM, Indelicato DJ, Bradley JA, Fortune IV EC, Dagan R, Morris CG, et al. Long-Term Outcomes Following Radiotherapy for Pediatric Salivary Gland Tumors. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(5):e31571. doi:10.1002/pbc.31571

Beckhorn CB, Rhodin KE, Leraas HJ, Farrow NE, Lee JS, Beasley GM, et al. National Trends in Management of the Nodal Basin for Pediatric Patients With Occult Stage III Melanoma in the United States. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(5):e31627. doi:10.1002/pbc.31627

Bleyer A, Ries LAG, Cameron DB, Mansfield SA, Siegel SE, Barr RD. Colon, colorectal, and all cancer incidence increase in the young due to appendix reclassification. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2025 Jul 1;117(7):1340–9. doi:10.1093/jnci/djaf038

Brisset C, Roumy M, Lacour B, Hescot S, Bras ML, Dijoud F, et al. Bronchial Carcinoid Tumors in Children and Adolescents. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(8):e31822. doi:10.1002/pbc.31822

Chiaravalli S, Indini A, Del Vecchio M, Casanova M, Massimino M, Bergamaschi L, et al. Dabrafenib and Trametinib for the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Melanoma: Single Center Experience Data From Italian Compassionate Use. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(5):e31644. doi:10.1002/pbc.31644

Dholaria H, Tsetlina V, Simpson SK, Gillies E, Eswaran N, Rodriguez-Galindo C, et al. One-Two Punch: Combining Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy to Decrease Radiation Dose and Related Toxicity in Children and Adolescents with Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Aug 1;31(15):3124–32. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-3546

Faure-Conter C, Rome A, Orbach D, You B, Bolze PA. Gestational trophoblastic diseases and neonatal choriocarcinoma. Bulletin du Cancer. 2026 Feb 1;113(2):273–8. doi:10.1016/j.bulcan.2025.10.007

Fincke VE, Sax I, Kunstreich M, Golas MM, Hofmann TG, Schlesner M, et al. Double heterozygous pathogenic variants in BRCA2 and CHEK2 in a girl with adrenocortical carcinoma. Explor Endocr Metab Dis. 2025 Apr 17;2:101429. doi:10.37349/eemd.2025.101429

Gaze MN, Handkiewicz-Junak D, Hladun R, Laetsch TW, Sorge C, Sparks R, et al. Safety and dosimetry of [177Lu]Lu-DOTA-TATE in adolescent patients with somatostatin receptor-positive gastroenteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumours, or pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas: Primary analysis of the Phase II NETTER-P study. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2025 Sep 1;52(11):4001–15. doi:10.1007/s00259-025-07246-7

Godard F, Haffreingue A, Hameury F, Sarnacki S, Hervieux E, Bonnard A, et al. Pulmonary Consequences of Surgical Treatment in Children’s Primary Lung Tumors: A National Retrospective Study. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(3):e31522. doi:10.1002/pbc.31522

Guo K, Yang L, Huang Z, Qian K, Shi Y, Fei M, et al. Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Reveals the Heterogeneity in Differentiation Trajectory and Tumor Microenvironment Leading to More Aggressive Phenotypes of Papillary Thyroid Cancer in Children and Young Adult Patients. Advanced Science. 2025;12(39):e17672. doi:10.1002/advs.202417672

Halalsheh H, Barbar M, AlAdwan M, Sultan I. Pediatric Gastric and Colorectal Cancers: Insights From a 16-Year Single-Center Experience. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(9):e31860. doi:10.1002/pbc.31860

Harris AK, Nelson AT, Watson D, Mallinger PHR, Messinger YH, Frazier AL, et al. Ovarian juvenile granulosa cell tumor: A report from the International Ovarian and Testicular Stromal Tumor and International Pleuropulmonary Blastoma/DICER1 Registries. Cancer. 2025;131(9):e35862. doi:10.1002/cncr.35862

Hirano T, Hoshi R, Yamaoka B, Ono K, Watanabe Y, Goto S, et al. Pediatric Alpha-Fetoprotein-Producing Gastric Cancer Presenting With Dysphagia and Multiple Liver Tumors. Cancer Reports. 2025;8(9):e70348. doi:10.1002/cnr2.70348

Jansen FA, Bakhuizen J, Kester L, de Krijger RR. DICER1 Syndrome: What Do We Know of the Pathogenetic Mechanisms? Cancers. 2025 Jan;17(17):2885. doi:10.3390/cancers17172885

Jiar ME, Huybrechts S, Pissaloux D, Tirode F, Pouget C, Sales F, et al. Childhood melanoma ex-blue naevus leading to the identification of a BAP1 tumour predisposition syndrome. Pathology. 2025 Oct 1;57(6):797–9. doi:10.1016/j.pathol.2025.05.004 PubMed PMID: 40744778.

Karges K, Kunstreich M, Abele M, Fuchs J, Vokuhl C, Brecht IB, et al. Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Children and Adolescents: Data from the German MET Studies (1997–2024). Neuroendocrinology. 2025 Sep 25;116(1):43–54. doi:10.1159/000548618

Karges K, Kunstreich M, Pape UF, Fuchs J, Vokuhl C, Abele M, et al. Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors in children and adolescents—Data from the German MET studies (1997–2023). Journal of Neuroendocrinology. 2025;37(8):e70039. doi:10.1111/jne.70039

Kuhlen M, Karges K, Kunstreich M, Abele M, Fuchs J, Vokuhl C, et al. Invisible origins: paediatric neuroendocrine neoplasms of unknown primary site in the MET registry and SEER database. ESMO Rare Cancers. 2025 Dec 1;4. doi:10.1016/j.esmorc.2025.100026

Kuhlen M, Kunstreich M, Dunstheimer D, Aumann N, Lorenz K, Luster M, et al. Autoimmune thyroiditis in paediatric thyroid cancer: clinical features and outcomes. Eur J Endocrinol. 2025 Jul 1;193(1):48–55. doi:10.1093/ejendo/lvaf133

Kuhlen M, Kunstreich M, Eilsberger F, Luster M, Redlich A. Pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma leading to fatal lung fibrosis. European Thyroid Journal. 2025 Feb 1;14(1). doi:10.1530/ETJ-24-0341

Kuhlen M, Kunstreich M, Eilsberger F, Lorenz K, Abele M, Brecht IB, et al. Risk-adapted therapy in pediatric thyroid cancer: initial experience from a national reference program by the MET group. European Thyroid Journal. 2025 Aug 1;14(4). doi:10.1530/ETJ-25-0035

Kuhlen M, Virgone C, Rigaud C, Irtan S, Casey R, Pamporaki C, et al. European clinical guidance for the management of adrenal and extra-adrenal paraganglioma in children and adolescents: a consensus by the EXPeRT group. Eur J Endocrinol. 2025 Dec 1;193(6):G113–26. doi:10.1093/ejendo/lvaf239

Kuhlen M, Wudy SA, Baumann C, Vokuhl C, Hartmann MF, Kunstreich M, et al. Prolonged symptom duration and the potential for gradual progression in pediatric adrenocortical tumors: observations from the MET studies. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2025 Sep 1;38(9):931–8. doi:10.1515/jpem-2025-0198

Lemeshev MA, Andreeva NA, Druy AE, Sidorov IV, Konovalov DM, Tverdov IV, et al. A Unique Case of Recurrence After Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Pleuropulmonary Blastoma (PPB) Type I With Transformation to PPB Type III. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(5):e31642. doi:10.1002/pbc.31642

Luckie T, Chelius D, Dimachkieh A, Quintanilla N, Roy A, Sher AC, et al. Response to neoadjuvant selpercatinib in a pediatric patient with advanced papillary thyroid carcinoma: a case report. Pediatric Hematology and Oncology. 2025 May 19;42(4):250–5. doi:10.1080/08880018.2025.2466022 PubMed PMID: 40028664.

Mahajan P, May SB, Shekar M, Werny D, Patterson BC, Chan CM, et al. Multicenter Retrospective Analysis of Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma: Treatment Practices and Outcomes Prior to Pediatric American Thyroid Association Guidelines Implementation. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(4):e31545. doi:10.1002/pbc.31545

McCarty KL, Watt T, Dan TD, Timmerman RD, Kumar KA. Use of PULSAR (personalized ultra-fractionated stereotactic adaptive radiotherapy) as consolidation with immune checkpoint inhibition in the treatment of pediatric metastatic melanoma. Radiat Oncol. 2025 Aug 21;20(1):132. doi:10.1186/s13014-025-02691-y

Mehrhoff C, Dagalakis U, Bauer AJ, Mahajan P, Laetsch TW, Mostoufi-Moab S. Navigating Multidisciplinary Care in Pediatric Thyroid Carcinoma: Insights From Children’s Oncology Group Sites. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(10):e31919. doi:10.1002/pbc.31919

Miele E, Rossi S, Stracuzzi A, Patrizi S, Barresi S, Cajozzo M, et al. Epigenomic characterization and therapeutic challenges of melanoma arising in giant nevi in pediatric patients. Discov Onc. 2025 Nov 25;16(1):2164. doi:10.1007/s12672-025-03965-3

Mucha M, Bühner S, Loßner M, Fincke VE, Reitsam NG, Dorn F, et al. Multi-modal omics analysis of a paediatric melanoma highlights mechanisms underlying treatment resistance. Commun Med. 2025 Oct 30;5(1):448. doi:10.1038/s43856-025-01201-1

Paul Boulanger K, McCuaig C, Roy AA, Kokta V, Prudhomme N, McMahon J, et al. Striking improvement with targeted therapy in an anaplastic lymphoma kinase-positive atypical giant congenital melanocytic naevus of the right lower limb: a case report. Br J Dermatol. 2025 Dec 1;193(6):1248–51. doi:10.1093/bjd/ljaf334

Peet C, Elmaraghi C, Abdel-Aziz T, Liang HH, Gains JE, Nguyen T, et al. Molecular radiotherapy for adult type metastatic neuroendocrine tumours in children. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2025 Sep 1;52(11):4016–24. doi:10.1007/s00259-025-07247-6

Pyrbot RD, Peters NJ, Kanojia RP, Chatterjee D, Singh J, Solanki S, et al. Bronchial Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma in a Child: A Case Report and Technical Considerations. Journal of Indian Association of Pediatric Surgeons. 2025 Dec;30(6):783. doi:10.4103/jiaps.jiaps_5_25

Raikot SR, Potter DDJ, Day CN, Gudmundsdottir H, Allen-Rhoades WA, Habermann EB, et al. Appendectomy vs Right Hemicolectomy for Pediatric Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Appendix in a National Cohort: A Call to Further Decrease Colectomy. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2025 Oct;241(4):620. doi:10.1097/XCS.0000000000001435

Redlich A, Pfaehler E, Kunstreich M, Schmutz M, Lapa C, Kuhlen M. Machine Learning Prediction of Recurrence in Pediatric Thyroid Cancer: Malignant Endocrine Tumors Cohort Analysis Using XGBoost and SHAP. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2026 Mar 1;111(3):e844–52. doi:10.1210/clinem/dgaf487

Richard C, Carton M, Hazkani I, Couloigner V, Sheyn A, Rastatter J, et al. Cervical Lymph Node Invasion in Pediatric Salivary Gland Malignancies: Clinical Overview and Therapeutic Implications. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(4):e31581. doi:10.1002/pbc.31581

Riedmeier M, Idkowiak J, Frey H, Antonini SRR, Canali GFL, Classen CF, et al. Inflammation-based score in pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma. Endocrine-Related Cancer. 2025 May 1;32(5). doi:10.1530/ERC-24-0244

Riedmeier M, Schlötelburg W, Agarwal S, Biswas A, Ekinci S, Fassnacht M, et al. Multidisciplinary Tumor Board Evaluation of Pediatric Patients with Adrenocortical Tumors Across Seven International Centers. Cancers. 2025 Jan;17(6):1014. doi:10.3390/cancers17061014

Schneider DT, Witowski A, Abele M, Benesch M, Bernbeck B, Blessing T, et al. Testicular and ovarian Juvenile granulosa cell tumors in children and adolescents: Analysis of 113 patients registered to the German Registry for Rare Pediatric Tumors (STEP). Cancer. 2025;131(9):e35861. doi:10.1002/cncr.35861

Sharma D, Qureshi S, Khanna N, Manjali J, Laskar S, Baheti A, et al. Melanotic Neuroectodermal Tumor of Infancy: Clinicopathological Evaluation of a 10-Year Consecutive Case Series from a Tertiary Cancer Center. Head and Neck Pathol. 2025 Apr 25;19(1):47. doi:10.1007/s12105-025-01789-9

Srivatsa S, Aldrink JH, Haque MR, Murphy A, Gehle D, Halepota H, et al. ASO Visual Abstract: Surgical Management and Outcomes in Pediatric Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Mar 1;33(3):2753–4. doi:10.1245/s10434-025-18869-3

Srivatsa S, Aldrink JH, Haque MR, Murphy A, Gehle D, Halepota H, et al. Surgical Management and Outcomes in Pediatric Adrenocortical Carcinoma: A Pediatric Surgical Oncology Research Collaborative Study. Ann Surg Oncol. 2026 Mar 1;33(3):2712–28. doi:10.1245/s10434-025-18731-6

Sun NY, Kumar S, Kim YS, Varghese D, Mendoza A, Nguyen R, et al. Identification of the Notch ligand DLK1 as an immunotherapeutic target and regulator of tumor cell plasticity and chemoresistance in adrenocortical carcinoma. Nat Commun. 2025 Jul 1;16(1):5511. doi:10.1038/s41467-025-60649-w

Tejza B, Hetman M, Węcławek-Tompol J, Kałwak K, Rutynowska O, Dembowska-Bagińska B, et al. Pleuropulmonary Blastoma in Children: A Nationwide Multicenter Study. Cancers. 2025 Jan;17(19):3223. doi:10.3390/cancers17193223

Tuli G, Munarin J, Vallero SG, Piglione M, Biasin E, De Sanctis L, et al. Mitotane-Induced Endocrine Alterations in Children with Adrenocortical Carcinoma: Clinical Implications from a 20-Year Retrospective Study. Children. 2025 Aug;12(8):1031. doi:10.3390/children12081031

Tüller P, Kiefer T, Jabbarli L, Papaioannou K, Schramm K, Barwinski N, et al. Melanoma of the Choroid and Ciliary Body in Children: Remission of Metastatic Melanoma of the Choroid After Treatment With Chemotherapy and Immune Checkpoint Inhibition. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2026;73(2):e32147. doi:10.1002/pbc.32147

Virgone C, Roganovic J, Rindi G, Kuhlen M, Jamsek J, Panagopoulou P, et al. Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumors in children and adolescents: The European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT) diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Surgery. 2025 Aug;184:109451. doi:10.1016/j.surg.2025.109451 PubMed PMID: 40450811.

Wasserman JD, Schneider KW, Achatz MI, Nakano Y, Zelley K, Gallinger B, et al. Updated Recommendations for Pediatric Surveillance in Hereditary Endocrine Neoplasia Syndromes: Multiple Endocrine Neoplasias, Hyperparathyroidism–Jaw Tumor Syndrome, and Carney Complex. Clin Cancer Res. 2025 Sep 2;31(17):3628–37. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-3860

Weihrauch-Blüher S, Bernig T, Kaiser M, Schneider D, Kunze C, Ronstedt K, et al. Hormone-active ovarian steroid cell tumor in a 2-year-old girl. Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2025 Oct 1;38(10):1092–7. doi:10.1515/jpem-2025-0271

Wild H, Liebmann A, Maennel L, Maschke L, Block A, Kager L, et al. Colorectal Carcinoma in Childhood and Adolescence: Microsatellite Instability Correlates With a Favorable Prognosis. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(8):e31830. doi:10.1002/pbc.31830

Yang AT, Lai S ting T, Laetsch TW, Bhatti T, Baloch Z, Surrey LF, et al. Molecular Landscape and Therapeutic Strategies in Pediatric Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma. Endocr Rev. 2025 Jun 1;46(3):397–417. doi:10.1210/endrev/bnaf003

You Y, Lu S, Sun F, He X, Wang J, Huang J, et al. Pediatric NUT carcinoma: a patient series and literature review. BMC Pediatr. 2025 Oct 31;25(1):889. doi:10.1186/s12887-025-06278-0

A virtual consultation system for very rare tumors in children and adolescents – an initiative of the European Cooperative Study Group in Rare Tumors in Children (EXPeRT) – EJC Paediatric Oncology [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.ejcped.com/article/S2772-610X(23)00135-6/fulltext

Appendiceal neuroendocrine tumors in children and adolescents: The European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT) diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations – Surgery [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.surgjournal.com/article/S0039-6060(25)00303-4/fulltext

Clinical Presentation, Management, and Outcomes of Adolescents and Young Adults With Colorectal Cancer – Journal of Surgical Research [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(25)00589-X/abstract

Contemporary Analysis of Solid Pseudopapillary Neoplasms in Children Versus Adults – Journal of Surgical Research [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.journalofsurgicalresearch.com/article/S0022-4804(25)00577-3/abstract

Efficacy and safety of high-vs low-dose sirolimus in patients with kaposiform hemangioendothelioma: A randomized clinical trial – Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.jaad.org/article/S0190-9622(25)00444-X/abstract

Evaluation of prognostic factors in advanced pediatric ACC in: Endocrine-Related Cancer Volume 32 Issue 5 (2025) [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://erc.bioscientifica.com/view/journals/erc/32/5/ERC-24-0135.xml

German S2k-guideline on diagnostics, treatment and surveillance of low-grade appendiceal mucinous neoplasms (LAMN) – European Journal of Cancer [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(25)00211-4/fulltext

Immunotherapy Resistance in Lethal Prepubescent Spitz Melanoma With TERT Promoter Variant | JCO Precision Oncology [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/PO-25-00407

Melanoma in children and adolescents: Distinct biology, evolving therapies, and unmet needs – Alice Indini, Stefano Chiaravalli, Luca Bergamaschi, Michela Casanova, Michele Del Vecchio, Maura Massimino, Andrea Ferrari, 2025 [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/03008916251341676?__cf_chl_f_tk=nxosTmYhXU3OBco1XEzpBjPPPfVHJwiTIZYU4jBP6L8-1783002371-1.0.1.1-t.Iui9rDjTSk_813PgzrJuf82vAYTz9FqOy8l271kI8

Nongestational Ovarian Choriocarcinoma with Precocious Puberty in a 7-Year-Old Girl: A Rare Case Report – Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.jpagonline.org/article/S1083-3188(25)00218-9/fulltext

NUT carcinoma in children and adolescents: An analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group on pediatric rare tumors (EXPeRT) – Lung Cancer [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.lungcancerjournal.info/article/S0169-5002(25)00070-4/fulltext

Organoid drug profiling identifies methotrexate as a therapy for SCCOHT, a rare pediatric cancer | Science Advances [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adq1724

Ovarian Collision Tumor in a Pediatric Patient: A Mature Teratoma Associated with a Combined Tumor Containing a Mucinous Cystadenocarcinoma Component [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/14/18/6387

Pancreatitis in pediatric patients with pancreatic solid pseudopapillary neoplasms: A single center experience – Journal of Pediatric Surgery [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.jpedsurg.org/article/S0022-3468(25)00734-1/abstract

Primary bladder perivascular epithelioid cell tumour in an early adolescent | BMJ Case Reports [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://casereports.bmj.com/content/18/12/e262972

Prognostic Significance of Germline DICER1 Pathogenic or Likely Pathogenic Variants in Outcomes of Ovarian Sertoli-Leydig Cell Tumor | JCO Precision Oncology [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/PO-24-00902

Rare but not forgotten: Therapeutic advancements for rare childhood cancers: Molecular Therapy Oncology [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.cell.com/molecular-therapy-family/oncology/fulltext/S2950-3299(25)00153-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2950329925001535%3Fshowall%3Dtrue

Targeting pediatric adrenocortical carcinoma: Molecular insights and emerging therapeutic strategies – Cancer Treatment Reviews [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.cancertreatmentreviews.com/article/S0305-7372(25)00064-7/fulltext

2024
Busico A, Gasparini P, Rausa E, Cattaneo L, Bozzi F, Silvestri M, et al. Molecular profiling of pediatric and young adult colorectal cancer reveals a distinct genomic landscapes and potential therapeutic avenues. Sci Rep. 2024 Jun 7;14(1):13138. doi:10.1038/s41598-024-64149-7

Carli D, Rondot F, Luca M, Campello A, Vallero SG, Tirtei E, et al. Molecular and Clinical Features of Adrenocortical Tumors in Beckwith–Wiedemann Spectrum. Cancers. 2024 Jan;16(23):3967. doi:10.3390/cancers16233967

Carlo DD, Fichera G, Dumont B, Pozzo E, Timmermann B, Luscan R, et al. Olfactory neuroblastoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT recommendations for diagnosis and management. EJC Paediatric Oncology. 2024 Jun 1;3. doi:10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100136

Casey RT, Hendriks E, Deal C, Waguespack SG, Wiegering V, Redlich A, et al. International consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma in children and adolescents. Nat Rev Endocrinol. 2024 Dec;20(12):729–48. doi:10.1038/s41574-024-01024-5

Castex MP, Stefanowicz J, Clement L, Węcławek-Tompol J, Hameury F, Fresneau B, et al. Choriocarcinoma in neonates and infants: A severe but curable disease. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2024;71(8):e31124. doi:10.1002/pbc.31124

Chen W, Bai J, Fang Y, Wu D, Zhang B. Prognostic factors and surgical management in pediatric primary lung cancer: a retrospective cohort study using SEER data. Translational Pediatrics. 2024 Oct 31;13(10):1671683–1671683. doi:10.21037/tp-24-174

Courtel T, Orbach D, Lacour B, Roumy M, Hescot S, Desandes E, et al. Childhood pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: A national experience. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(2):e31258. doi:10.1002/pbc.31258

Courtel T, Orbach D, Lacour B, Roumy M, Hescot S, Desandes E, et al. Childhood pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms: A national experience. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(2):e31258. doi:10.1002/pbc.31258

de Bresser CJM, de Krijger RR. The Molecular Classification of Pheochromocytomas and Paragangliomas: Discovering the Genomic and Immune Landscape of Metastatic Disease. Endocr Pathol. 2024 Dec 1;35(4):279–92. doi:10.1007/s12022-024-09830-3

De Leonardis F, Greco Miani V, Vallese S, Barresi S, Marulli G, Novielli C, et al. A Novel NUTM1-NSMCE2 Fusion Gene in a Pediatric Chest NUT Carcinoma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2024 Jul;46(5):e322. doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000002884

Forchhammer S, Aebischer V, Lenders D, Seitz CM, Schroeder C, Liebmann A, et al. Characterization of PRAME immunohistochemistry reveals lower expression in pediatric melanoma compared to adult melanoma. Pigment Cell & Melanoma Research. 2024;37(4):453–61. doi:10.1111/pcmr.13167

Forchhammer S, Pop OT, Hahn M, Aebischer V, Seitz CM, Schroeder C, et al. Expression of the tumor antigens NY-ESO-1, tyrosinase, MAGE-A3, and TPTE in pediatric and adult melanoma: a retrospective case control study. Virchows Arch. 2024 Aug 1;485(2):335–46. doi:10.1007/s00428-024-03846-0

Handkiewicz-Junak D, Niedziela M, Lewiński A, Bossowski A, Chmielik E, Czarniecka A, et al. Diagnostics and treatment of differentiated thyroid carcinoma in children — Guidelines of the Polish National Scientific Societies, 2024 Update. Endokrynologia Polska. 2024;75(6):565–91. doi:10.5603/ep.103845

Klijanienko J, Gauthier A, Brisse HJ, Pierron G, Orbach D. Parotid Keratocystoma: Fine Needle Aspiration Cytomorphology With Ancillary Testing Results. Diagnostic Cytopathology. 2025;53(4):E61–5. doi:10.1002/dc.25438

Kuhlen M, Kunstreich M, Pape UF, Seitz G, Lessel L, Vokuhl C, et al. Lymph node metastases are more frequent in paediatric appendiceal NET ≥1.5 cm but without impact on outcome – Data from the German MET studies. European Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2024 Apr 1;50(4). doi:10.1016/j.ejso.2024.108051 PubMed PMID: 38430702.

Mansfield SA, De Corti F, Aldrink JH, Pire A, Crocoli A, Dall’Igna P, et al. Rare tumors II: Adrenocortical tumors, neuroendocrine tumors of the appendix, pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma, pancreatoblastoma and solid pseudopapillary tumors of the pancreas. Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(S2):e31207. doi:10.1002/pbc.31207

Marjańska A, Pawińska-Wąsikowska K, Wieczorek A, Drogosiewicz M, Dembowska-Bagińska B, Bobeff K, et al. Anti-PD-1 Therapy in Advanced Pediatric Malignancies in Nationwide Study: Good Outcome in Skin Melanoma and Hodgkin Lymphoma. Cancers. 2024 Jan;16(5):968. doi:10.3390/cancers16050968

Min V, Corradini N, Macagno N, Orbach D, Reguerre Y, Petit P, et al. Gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GIST) in children: An update of this orphan disease. Bulletin du Cancer. 2025 Mar 1;112(3):348–57. doi:10.1016/j.bulcan.2024.07.011

Neirotti A, Barat V, Coppo P, La Selva R, Manicone R, Cotti R, et al. Therapy with sirolimus in vascular anomalies: the experience of two Italian centers on 14 pediatric patients. Front Pediatr. 2024 Jul 17;12. doi:10.3389/fped.2024.1434493

O’Neill AF, Ribeiro RC, Pinto EM, Clay MR, Zambetti GP, Orr BA, et al. Pediatric Adrenocortical Carcinoma: The Nuts and Bolts of Diagnosis and Treatment and Avenues for Future Discovery. CMAR. 2024 Sep 7;16:1141–53. doi:10.2147/CMAR.S348725

Raemy A, May L, Sala N, Diezi M, Beck-Popovic M, Broome M. Anti-MAPK Targeted Therapy for Ameloblastoma: Case Report with a Systematic Review. Cancers. 2024 Jan;16(12):2174. doi:10.3390/cancers16122174

Réti Z, Tabák ÁGy, Garami M, Kalina I, Kiss G, Sápi Z, et al. Spontaneous and Treatment-Related Changes of Serum Calcitonin in Medullary Thyroid Cancer: Long-Term Experience in a Patient With Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B. JCO Precis Oncol. 2024 May;(8):e2300675. doi:10.1200/PO.23.00675

Roganovic J, Virgone C, Ben-Ami T, Reguerre Y, Ferrari A, Orbach D, et al. Paediatric very rare tumours registration and management in European countries with low health expenditure average rates. Clin Transl Oncol. 2025 Apr 1;27(4):1779–88. doi:10.1007/s12094-024-03674-3

Sargen MR, Barnhill RL, Elder DE, Swetter SM, Prieto VG, Ko JS, et al. Evaluation and Surgical Management of Pediatric Cutaneous Melanoma and Atypical Spitz and Non-Spitz Melanocytic Tumors (Melanocytomas): A Report From Children’s Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2025 Mar 20;43(9):1157–67. doi:10.1200/JCO.24.01154

Schneider DT, Ferrari A, Orbach D, Virgone C, Reguerre Y, Godzinski J, et al. A virtual consultation system for very rare tumors in children and adolescents – an initiative of the European Cooperative Study Group in Rare Tumors in Children (EXPeRT). EJC Paediatric Oncology. 2024 Jun 1;3. doi:10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100137

Schultz KAP, Nelson AT, Mallinger PHR, Harris AK, Kamihara J, Baldinger S, et al. DICER1-Related Tumor Predisposition: Identification of At-risk Individuals and Recommended Surveillance Strategies. Clin Cancer Res. 2024 Dec 16;30(24):5681–92. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-24-1532

Stetson A, Saluja S, Cameron DB, Mansfield SA, Polites SF, Honeyman JN, et al. Surgical management of rare tumors (Part 1). Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2025;72(S2):e31287. doi:10.1002/pbc.31287

Sun NY, Kumar S, Kim YS, Varghese D, Mendoza A, Nguyen R, et al. Identification of DLK1, a Notch ligand, as an immunotherapeutic target and regulator of tumor cell plasticity and chemoresistance in adrenocortical carcinoma [Internet]. bioRxiv; 2024 [cited 2026 Jul 2]. p. 2024.10.09.617077. Available from: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.09.617077v1 doi:10.1101/2024.10.09.617077

Veronez LC, Xavier AET, Nagano LF, Correa CAP, Borges KS, Santos P, et al. Identifying prognostic hub genes and key pathways in pediatric adrenocortical tumors through RNA sequencing and Co-expression analysis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology. 2024 Dec 1;594:112383. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2024.112383

Xavier AET, Veronez LC, Nagano LFP, Correa CAP, Baroni M, Ramos MS, et al. Low PRKAB2 Expression Is Associated with Poor Outcomes in Pediatric Adrenocortical Tumors, and Treatment with Rottlerin Increases the PRKAB2 Level and Inhibits Tumorigenic Aspects in the NCI-H295R Adrenocortical Cancer Cell Line. Cancers. 2024 Jan;16(6):1094. doi:10.3390/cancers16061094

Yildiz G, Torun Bayram M, Ünlü ŞM, Soylu A, Kavukçu S, Olgun N. Nivolumab-associated IgA Nephropathy in a Child With Malignant Melanoma. Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. 2024 Oct;46(7):e534. doi:10.1097/MPH.0000000000002931

Efficacy of anti PD-1 therapy in children and adolescent melanoma patients (MELCAYA study) – European Journal of Cancer [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(24)00961-4/fulltext

Incidence and prognosis of cutaneous melanoma in European adolescents and young adults (AYAs): EUROCARE-6 retrospective cohort results – European Journal of Cancer [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(24)01210-3/fulltext

Nationwide questionnaire survey on pediatric pancreatic tumors in Japan [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.wjgnet.com/1948-5204/full/v16/i10/4166.htm

Risk factors behind the increase of early-onset cancer in Italian adolescents and young adults: An investigation from the Italian AYA Working group – European Journal of Cancer [Internet]. [cited 2026 Jul 2]. Available from: https://www.ejcancer.com/article/S0959-8049(24)01008-6/fulltext

2023
Krawczyk M, Styczewska M, Fernandez C, Alaggio R, Szydlowski J, Brecht I, et al.  Focus on melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy. EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 3, 2023, 100141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100141.

Orbach D, Brecht I, Corradini N, Bouchoucha Y, Roganovic J, Bourdeaut F, et al. The role of cancer predisposition syndrome in children and adolescents with very rare tumours. EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100023.

Roganovic J, Bien E, Ferrari A, Vassal G, Trama A, Casali PG, et al. Solutions for optimal care and research for children and adolescents with extremely rare cancers developed within the Joint Action for Rare Cancers (JARC). EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100130.

Schneider DT, Orbach D, Virgone C, Reguerre Y, Godzinski J, Bien E, et al. Salivary Gland Carcinomas in Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumours (EXPeRT). EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100129.

Virgone C, Ben Ami T, Roganovic J, Bien E, Reguerre Y, Ferrari A, et al. Age-related biological differences in children’s and adolescents’ very rare tumors. EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100027, doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100027.

Lemelle L, Flaadt T, Fresneau B, Moya-Plana A, Timmermann B, Roganovic J, et al. NUT Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents: The Expert European Standard Clinical Practice Harmonized Recommendations. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023 May 1;45(4):165-173. https://doi.org/10.1097/mph.0000000000002568.

2022
Abele M, Bajčiová V, Wright F, Behjati S, Voggel S, Schneider DT, et al. Primary lung carcinoma in children and adolescents: An analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group on Paediatric Rare Tumours (EXPeRT). Eur J Cancer. 2022 Nov;175:19-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2022.08.007.
2021
Ben-Ami T, Kontny U, Surun A, Brecht IB, Almaraz RL, Dragomir M, et al. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29018. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29018.

Bien E, Roganovic J, Krawczyk MA, Godzinski J, Orbach D, Cecchetto G, Barthlen W, et al. Pancreatoblastoma in children: EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29112. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29112.

Bisogno G, Sarnacki S, Stachowicz-Stencel T, Minard Colin V, Ferrari A, Godzinski J, et al. Pleuropulmonary blastoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):e29045. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29045.

Ferrari A, Lopez Almaraz R, Reguerre Y, Cesen M, Bergamaschi L, Indini A, et al. Cutaneous melanoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e28992. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28992.

Schneider DT, Orbach D, Ben-Ami T, Bien E, Bisogno G, Brecht IB, et al. Consensus recommendations from the EXPeRT/PARTNER groups for the diagnosis and therapy of sex cord stromal tumors in children and adolescents. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29017. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29017.

Surun A, Schneider DT, Ferrari A, Stachowicz-Stencel T, Rascon J, Synakiewicz A, et al. Salivary gland carcinoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29058. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29058.

Virgone C, Roganovic J, Vorwerk P, Redlich A, Schneider DT, Janic D, et al. Adrenocortical tumours in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29025. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29025.

2020
Orbach D, André N, Brecht IB, López Almaraz R, Ben-Ami T, Vermersch S, et al. Mesothelioma in children and adolescents: the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT) contribution. Eur J Cancer. 2020 Nov;140:63-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2020.09.011.
2019
Ferrari A, Schneider DT, Bisogno G, Trama A. Joining forces for pediatric very rare tumors. Oncotarget. 2019 May 3;10(33):3084-3085. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26871.

Ferrari A, Brecht IB, Gatta G, Schneider DT, Orbach D, Cecchetto G, et al. Defining and listing very rare cancers of paediatric age: consensus of the Joint Action on Rare Cancers in cooperation with the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors. Eur J Cancer. 2019 Mar;110:120-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2018.12.031.

2018
Brecht IB, De Paoli A, Bisogno G, Orbach D, Schneider DT, Leiter U, et al. Pediatric patients with cutaneous melanoma: A European study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jun;65(6):e26974. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26974.
2017
Cecchetto G, Ganarin A, Bien E, Vorwerk P, Bisogno G, Godzinski J, et al. Outcome and prognostic factors in high-risk childhood adrenocortical carcinomas: A report from the European Cooperative Study Group on Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Jun;64(6). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26368. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26368.
2015
Stachowicz-Stencel T, Orbach D, Brecht I, Schneider D, Bien E, Synakiewicz A, et al. Thymoma and thymic carcinoma in children and adolescents: a report from the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT). Eur J Cancer. 2015 Nov;51(16):2444-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2015.06.121.

Schneider DT, Orbach D, Cecchetto G, Stachowicz-Stencel T, Brummel B, Brecht IB, et al. Ovarian Sertoli Leydig cell tumours in children and adolescents: an analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group on Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT). Eur J Cancer. 2015 Mar;51(4):543-550. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2014.11.013.

2012
Bisogno G, Ferrari A, Bien E, Brecht IB, Brennan B, Cecchetto G, et al. Rare cancers in children – The EXPeRT Initiative: a report from the European Cooperative Study Group on Pediatric Rare Tumors. Klin Padiatr. 2012 Oct;224(6):416-20. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0032-1327608.
2011
Bien E, Godzinski J, Dall’igna P, Defachelles AS, Stachowicz-Stencel T, Orbach D, et al. Pancreatoblastoma: a report from the European cooperative study group for paediatric rare tumours (EXPeRT). Eur J Cancer. 2011 Oct;47(15):2347-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2011.05.022.

All Publications

Carlo DD, Fichera G, Dumont B, Pozzo E, Timmermann B, Luscan R, et al. Olfactory neuroblastoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT recommendations for diagnosis and management. EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 3, 2024, 100136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100136.

Schneider DT, Ferrari A, Orbach D, Virgone C, Reguerre Y, Godzinski J, et al. A virtual consultation system for very rare tumors in children and adolescents – an initiative of the European Cooperative Study Group in Rare Tumors in Children (EXPeRT). EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 3, 2024, 100137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100137.

Krawczyk M, Styczewska M, Fernandez C, Alaggio R, Szydlowski J, Brecht I, et al.  Focus on melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy. EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 3, 2023, 100141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100141.

Orbach D, Brecht I, Corradini N, Bouchoucha Y, Roganovic J, Bourdeaut F, et al. The role of cancer predisposition syndrome in children and adolescents with very rare tumours. EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100023.

Roganovic J, Bien E, Ferrari A, Vassal G, Trama A, Casali PG, et al. Solutions for optimal care and research for children and adolescents with extremely rare cancers developed within the Joint Action for Rare Cancers (JARC). EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100130.

Schneider DT, Orbach D, Virgone C, Reguerre Y, Godzinski J, Bien E, et al. Salivary Gland Carcinomas in Children and Adolescents: A Retrospective Analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumours (EXPeRT). EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100129, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100129.

Virgone C, Ben Ami T, Roganovic J, Bien E, Reguerre Y, Ferrari A, et al. Age-related biological differences in children’s and adolescents’ very rare tumors. EJC Paediatric Oncology, Volume 2, 2023, 100027, doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcped.2023.100027.

Lemelle L, Flaadt T, Fresneau B, Moya-Plana A, Timmermann B, Roganovic J, et al. NUT Carcinoma in Children and Adolescents: The Expert European Standard Clinical Practice Harmonized Recommendations. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2023 May 1;45(4):165-173. https://doi.org/10.1097/mph.0000000000002568.

Abele M, Bajčiová V, Wright F, Behjati S, Voggel S, Schneider DT, et al. Primary lung carcinoma in children and adolescents: An analysis of the European Cooperative Study Group on Paediatric Rare Tumours (EXPeRT). Eur J Cancer. 2022 Nov;175:19-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2022.08.007.

Ben-Ami T, Kontny U, Surun A, Brecht IB, Almaraz RL, Dragomir M, et al. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29018. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29018.

Bien E, Roganovic J, Krawczyk MA, Godzinski J, Orbach D, Cecchetto G, Barthlen W, et al. Pancreatoblastoma in children: EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29112. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29112.

Bisogno G, Sarnacki S, Stachowicz-Stencel T, Minard Colin V, Ferrari A, Godzinski J, et al. Pleuropulmonary blastoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4(Suppl 4):e29045. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29045.

Ferrari A, Lopez Almaraz R, Reguerre Y, Cesen M, Bergamaschi L, Indini A, et al. Cutaneous melanoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e28992. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.28992.

Schneider DT, Orbach D, Ben-Ami T, Bien E, Bisogno G, Brecht IB, et al. Consensus recommendations from the EXPeRT/PARTNER groups for the diagnosis and therapy of sex cord stromal tumors in children and adolescents. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29017. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29017.

Surun A, Schneider DT, Ferrari A, Stachowicz-Stencel T, Rascon J, Synakiewicz A, et al. Salivary gland carcinoma in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnosis and treatment recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29058. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29058.

Virgone C, Roganovic J, Vorwerk P, Redlich A, Schneider DT, Janic D, et al. Adrenocortical tumours in children and adolescents: The EXPeRT/PARTNER diagnostic and therapeutic recommendations. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun;68 Suppl 4:e29025. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.29025.

Orbach D, André N, Brecht IB, López Almaraz R, Ben-Ami T, Vermersch S, et al. Mesothelioma in children and adolescents: the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT) contribution. Eur J Cancer. 2020 Nov;140:63-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2020.09.011.

Ferrari A, Schneider DT, Bisogno G, Trama A. Joining forces for pediatric very rare tumors. Oncotarget. 2019 May 3;10(33):3084-3085. https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.26871.

Ferrari A, Brecht IB, Gatta G, Schneider DT, Orbach D, Cecchetto G, et al. Defining and listing very rare cancers of paediatric age: consensus of the Joint Action on Rare Cancers in cooperation with the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors. Eur J Cancer. 2019 Mar;110:120-126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2018.12.031.

Brecht IB, De Paoli A, Bisogno G, Orbach D, Schneider DT, Leiter U, et al. Pediatric patients with cutaneous melanoma: A European study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Jun;65(6):e26974. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26974.

Cecchetto G, Ganarin A, Bien E, Vorwerk P, Bisogno G, Godzinski J, et al. Outcome and prognostic factors in high-risk childhood adrenocortical carcinomas: A report from the European Cooperative Study Group on Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Jun;64(6). doi: 10.1002/pbc.26368. https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.26368.

Stachowicz-Stencel T, Orbach D, Brecht I, Schneider D, Bien E, Synakiewicz A, et al. Thymoma and thymic carcinoma in children and adolescents: a report from the European Cooperative Study Group for Pediatric Rare Tumors (EXPeRT). Eur J Cancer. 2015 Nov;51(16):2444-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejca.2015.06.121.

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