O'Neill Allison F, Ribeiro Raul C, Pinto Emilia M, Clay Michael R, Zambetti Gerard P, Orr Brent A, Weldon Christopher B, Rodriguez-Galindo Carlos
Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA.
Cancer Manag Res. 2024 Sep 7;16:1141-1153. doi: 10.2147/CMAR.S348725. eCollection 2024.
Adrenocortical tumors (ACTs) are infrequent neoplasms in children and adolescents and are typically associated with clinical symptoms reflective of androgen overproduction. Pediatric ACTs typically occur in the context of a germline mutation, can be cured when diagnosed at an early stage, but are difficult to treat when advanced or associated with concurrent and alterations. Recent work has demonstrated DNA methylation patterns suggestive of prognostic significance. While current treatment standards rely heavily upon surgical resection, chemotherapy, and hormonal modulation, small cohort studies suggest promise for multi-tyrosine kinases targeting anti-angiogenic pathways or immunomodulatory therapies. Future work will focus on novel risk stratification algorithms and combination therapies intended to mitigate toxicity for patients with perceived low-risk disease while intensifying therapy or accelerating discoveries aimed at improving survival for patients with difficult-to-treat disease.
肾上腺皮质肿瘤(ACTs)在儿童和青少年中是罕见的肿瘤,通常与雄激素过度产生的临床症状相关。小儿肾上腺皮质肿瘤通常发生在种系突变的背景下,早期诊断时可以治愈,但晚期或伴有并发改变时难以治疗。最近的研究表明,DNA甲基化模式具有预后意义。虽然目前的治疗标准在很大程度上依赖于手术切除、化疗和激素调节,但小型队列研究表明,针对多酪氨酸激酶的抗血管生成途径或免疫调节疗法有前景。未来的工作将集中在新的风险分层算法和联合疗法上,旨在减轻低风险疾病患者的毒性,同时加强治疗或加速旨在改善难治性疾病患者生存率的发现。