Gene Testing to Help in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Brain Tumors
Brain Tumors, Central Nervous System Tumors
About this trial
This is an observational trial for Brain Tumors focused on measuring untreated childhood supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor, untreated childhood medulloblastoma
Eligibility Criteria
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically confirmed primary CNS malignancy consistent with primitive neuroectodermal tumor, medulloblastoma, or atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor Must be entered on CCG-9921, CCG-9931, CCG-A9961, CCG-99703 or other front-line studies developed from CCG-90024 or CCG-90025 Retrospective specimens also obtained from CCG-921, CCG-923, CCG-9892, CCG-9921, and CCG-9931 PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Under 21 Performance status: See Disease Characteristics Life expectancy: See Disease Characteristics Hematopoietic: See Disease Characteristics Hepatic: See Disease Characteristics Renal: See Disease Characteristics PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: Not specified Chemotherapy: Not specified Endocrine therapy Not specified Radiotherapy No prior radiotherapy Surgery Not specified
Sites / Locations
- Phoenix Children's Hospital
- Southern California Permanente Medical Group
- Loma Linda University Cancer Institute at Loma Linda University Medical Center
- Jonathan Jaques Children's Cancer Center at Miller Children's Hospital
- Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
- Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA
- Children's Hospital Central California
- Children's Hospital of Orange County
- Santa Barbara Cottage Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders
- Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Connecticut Health Center
- Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Medical Center
- Children's National Medical Center
- AFLAC Cancer Center and Blood Disorders Service of Children's Healthcare of Atlanta - Egleston Campus
- Curtis and Elizabeth Anderson Cancer Institute at Memorial Health University Medical Center
- Advocate Lutheran General Cancer Care Center
- Swedish-American Regional Cancer Center
- Simmons Cooper Cancer Institute
- St. Vincent Indianapolis Hospital
- Blank Children's Hospital
- Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of Iowa
- Kosair Children's Hospital
- Butterworth Hospital at Spectrum Health
- CCOP - Kalamazoo
- Breslin Cancer Center at Ingham Regional Medical Center
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - Minneapolis
- Masonic Cancer Center at University of Minnesota
- Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota - St. Paul
- Children's Mercy Hospital
- CCOP - Nevada Cancer Research Foundation
- Monmouth Medical Center
- Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Memorial Hospital
- Overlook Hospital
- Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
- CCOP - MeritCare Hospital
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
- Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital
- Cleveland Clinic Taussig Cancer Center
- Nationwide Children's Hospital
- Dayton Children's - Dayton
- Tod Children's Hospital
- Penn State Children's Hospital
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC
- Avera Cancer Institute
- East Tennessee Children's Hospital
- Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine - Amarillo
- Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas
- Methodist Children's Hospital of South Texas
- Primary Children's Medical Center
- Deaconess Medical Center
- Gundersen Lutheran Center for Cancer and Blood
- University of Wisconsin Paul P. Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Marshfield Clinic - Marshfield Center
- Princess Margaret Hospital for Children
- Children's & Women's Hospital of British Columbia
- IWK Health Centre
- Allan Blair Cancer Centre at Pasqua Hospital
- Saskatoon Cancer Centre at the University of Saskatchewan