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Giants' Bumgarner aims to get right at home vs. Braves
SF lefty has struggled at AT&T Park, but beat Atlanta on road
There is no place like home for Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner this season. While the southpaw has struggled in three starts at AT&T Park, he has thrived elsewhere. He takes the hill at home on Wednesday afternoon hoping to reverse the trend.
For a small window of how effectively Bumgarner has pitched on the road, take his past two starts into consideration.
Bumgarner has turned in back-to-back quality starts against the Braves and the Dodgers on the road, defeating both foes. He surrendered only one run on seven hits in 14 innings against the two clubs, walking two and striking out 17.
The southpaw has even gotten the upper hand in his altercations away from home, shutting down the Dodgers after yelling at Yasiel Puig, who performed a bat flip against Bumgarner following a sixth-inning homer on May 9.
"I was congratulating him. It was a really good hit. It was impressive," said Bumgarner, feigning innocence. "Again, I don't know why everybody got so mad. It escalated quickly for no reason. I think he said, 'Thank you.' I'm not sure if he did. I don't speak Spanish very well."
The Giants deserve congratulations for the way they managed to defeat Julio Teheran on May 3. San Francisco is the only team to score three runs against Teheran as well as beat him since the beginning of April.
They will try to do it again as Teheran aims to record his ninth quality start in nine tries this season when he takes the hill at AT&T Park. The key to the Giants' last victory against the right-hander was three solo home runs.
"They are pretty good hitters, and I made a mistake, and I've got to pay for it," Teheran said after losing to San Francisco. "They were the pitches I wanted to throw and where I wanted to throw."
Teheran made just one mistake against the Cubs, surrendering a home run to Mike Olt, walking two and striking out nine in eight innings on Friday.
"I felt great," Teheran said. "I was mixing my pitches a little better. Everything was working pretty well. There was one mistake I made. After that, I got run support and then I started focusing a little more on the game."
Giants: Sanchez's bat earns him a start
• Hector Sanchez started at first base for San Francisco on Tuesday, a product of his hot streak at the plate in his past 11 games. He is batting .254 with two home runs and 16 RBIs.
Sanchez has played first just one other time, doing so in a Cactus League exhibition. With Brandon Belt sidelined, Sanchez could earn a few starts at first base against lefties like Mike Minor, who started for Atlanta on Tuesday night.
"He's been driving in some key runs," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said. "You try to find a way to get that bat in the lineup."
Braves: Pastornicky to earn crack at everyday role
• Tyler Pastornicky appears to have to a chance to benefit from Dan Uggla's uncertain situation and Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez's desire to bring Ramiro Pena off the bench rather than putting the switch-hitter in the everyday lineup.
Pastornicky, who ended an 0-for-21 slump by Atlanta second basemen with a seventh-inning single on Tuesday, is expected to see more time and receive the chance to lock down the role that once belonged to Uggla. He earned his third start in four games at the position on Tuesday night.
"I'm going to let them play a little bit, maybe play Pastornicky a little more at second base," Gonzalez said. "Give him an opportunity to play whether it's a righty, lefty, under-armer, sidearmer, just go out and play. And let Pena be what he's been successful with, playing once or twice a week. Let him go back to his normal role."
Worth noting
• Evan Gattis hit his first career triple on Tuesday night, bringing home Freddie Freeman on the extra-base hit to give Atlanta a 1-0 lead.
• The Braves scored four or more runs on Tuesday for only the second time in the past 15 games dating back to April 27.
• One night after homering and tripling in his Giants home debut, outfielder Tyler Colvin did not start Tuesday, asBochy sat down the left-handed batter against Minor, Atlanta's starter. Colvin likely will start Wednesday against Teheran.


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Detroit — Go to the net, young man. Go to the net.
Looking at times like an offensive juggernaut, firing 49 shots at Jonas Hiller and driving the net more in each period and the overtime Monday than they did all night Saturday, the Red Wings beat the Ducks 3-2 to even the series at 2, going back to Anaheim.
Here's your big push, pal!
They had the same number of shots in the first 17 minutes Monday as they did in the first 31 Saturday.
Henrik Zetterberg finished with eight shots. Todd Bertuzzi, Patrick Eaves, Johan Franzen, Kyle Quincey and Mikael Samuelsson all had four.
Only Gustav Nyquist and Valtteri Filppula were shotless, and Nyquist assisted on the winner in overtime.
This was desire channeled to will again for the Wings, just like the last four games of the regular season.
They all over the Ducks at times; absolute hell to pay.
It was what they had all talked about. It was what their coach had said, repeatedly.
"I didn't think we were hard on Hiller, at all," Mike Babcock said Sunday, of the game Saturday. "We were too passive to the net instead of grabbing and shooting, and I didn't think we were on the inside near enough. I really didn't."
And he had that "bird of prey" look on his face — you know, that scowl of Babcock's that creases everything on his face below that helmet of hair, which expresses both disbelief and the need for urgency.
The other coach noticed the difference Monday.
"They played very good, very hard, very desperate," Bruce Boudreau said. "They had all four lines going.
"They had 50 shots and so many of them were right from the blue paint."
"I talked about it the other day," Babcock said, in his postgame comments. "It's about will. It's about determination. It's about mental toughness."
The fellows brought all three Monday, in abundant amounts. And they mixed in a lot of vigor.
Anyone got a hammer?
For a long time, and at times it seemed eternal, they had no finish, at all.
They went 1:01.18 without a goal, counting the Ducks' shutout Saturday.
They were driving the net, shooting from the slot, bouncing them in from the blue line and Zetterberg even pulled out his patented shoot-it-from-behind-the-goal-and-try-to-bounce-it-off-the-goalie maneuver.
Nothing worked.
One could be excused for thinking that was a kitchen sink out there, sliding toward Hiller at one point.
The Red Wings needed a finisher and for a long time, they had none.
But Brendan Smith brought his hammer.
The young defenseman had not scored all season and his defensive play declined toward the end of the year. But with the Red Wings firing six shots at Hiller in the first 1:18 of the third and the puck still not going behind him, the biscuit suddenly squirted out of a crowd in the slot toward Smith at the blue line.
And the former Wisconsin Badger, whose offensive upside is considerable, bent in half, cranked back his stick and held it for a moment. Then, he let her rip.
Finally, it was in. Game tied, 1-1.
The Ducks countered, and then Pavel Datsyuk flew down the left wing as if to say, "I got a hammer,. too!" And he ripped a shot from the sideboards ricocheted out of the net as fast as it went it.
One almost wondered why he ever bothers to deke. Just let her rip, Pavs!
And then, in overtime, Joakim Andersson sent a beauty of stretch pass to Nyquist who had possessed it momentarily and then had trouble catching up to it. When Hiller poke-checked him, all seemed lost.
But Damien Brunner followed the play masterfully, skated right into the blue paint and whipped out his hammer.
Sudden death, indeed. And on to Anaheim.
Howard's redemption
Not the best couple of games for the Red Wings goalkeeper, Games 2 and 3.
Game 4? Would not have won it without him
It was not as if the Ducks did not have their chances. And it is not as if the Red Wings young defense did not make a ton of mistakes.
But as he has been in many games throughout 2013, Jimmy Howard kept them in it.
"Our young D has some moments that weren't very nice to look at or watch," Babcock said. "We gave up absolutely glorious chances. We gave them the puck, to let them walk in."
At the end of the third period, with the shots 41-24 Red Wings and the score 1-0 Ducks, Anaheim had just one less scoring chance than Detroit, 17-16.
Hiller was good. Howard was better.
The first goal Howard allowed came after his teammates allowed Matt Beleskey to fire thre or four consecutive shots at him. The last one went in.
He stopped Ryan Getzlaf on a breakaway to bail out Jakub Kindl, who simply gave Getzlaf the puck.
He stopped Corey Perry on two break-ins and twice, point blank.
He stopped Kyle Palmieri breaking in. He stopped the lightning-quick Emerson Etem, streaking in.
"We had some great chances," Boudreau said. "We just had to put the puck in the net."
Howard made that far easier said, than done.
No wonder Scotty liked them old
You need several rolls of antacids, if you root for a defense this young in the playoffs.
Smith made mistakes. Kindl made mistakes, which are beginning to accumulate for him in this series.
Brian Lashoff made mistakes.
Between them, they have now appeared in a grand total of 10 playoff games.
Of course they made mistakes. They are still catching up to the mental pace of playoff hockey, and the NHL is notoriously difficult for young defensemen even during their first few regular seasons.
They miss Danny DeKeyser.
And they must elevate their games, the young fellows on the blue line, if the Red Wings are to prevail in this series.
Abdelkader gets an encore
They missed Justin Abdelkader, a bit, too. But the fact of the matter is, with their shot and hits leader out of the lineup, they got 49 shots and they out-hit the considerably bigger Ducks 38-26.
And if you missed Datsyuk absolutely tatooing big, burly Francois Beauchemin into the end boards, do not hesitate. Go to YouTube immediately!
It was arguably boarding, but Datsyuk finished the check with such authority, and Beauchemin is such a big boy, it may have been the loudest check of the year at Joe Louis Arena.
Samuelsson had a good game, replacing Abdelkader on the top line for most of the night. He played 20 minutes, had four shots and was a plus-1.
The best news? Abdelkader gets to play in a Game 6 on Friday at home. His mates assured him of one more game, last night.
And do not think for a moment that was not on their minds.

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After last years very successful conference we are going to do it again. During 14-15th July Crystal Space developers and users are invited to Aachen, Germany for two days of interesting discussions and presentations.
One difference from last year is that this year we will run in two more separate tracks.
Track 1 will be the 'user track' which will focus on Crystal Space from a user and game developer point of view. Our hope is to have a mix of presentations and demos from projects using Crystal Space and CEL as well as presentations and practical sessions on how to use Crystal Space, CEL, CELstart and other tools in your own project.
Track 2 will be more of a 'developer track' focusing on the future development of Crystal Space. This track will be a mix of discussions and short presentations on subjects regarding the future direction and features.
The exact schedule for the weekend will be determined and published when we get a better idea of the sessions that will be held. Preliminary the time planning is same as last year, about 10-18 Saturday and somewhat shorter Sunday.
Call for Papers / Sessions
We are currently looking for people who are interested to speak or hold another session at the conference. A session could be a presentation of a project using Crystal Space, a tutorial in some specific part of CS/CEL or using it or anything else related to Crystal Space that you think might interest others.
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If you have ideas etc send a mail to firstname.lastname@example.com
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Just as last year we will have a small registration fee of 10 euro for registrations to be definite. Easiest way of payment is via paypal (to account [firstname.lastname@example.com email@example.com]) but if that is not possible other payment options such as direct transfer can be arranged.
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éS takes over TWS!
The newest issue of TransWorld features a huge éSpañol Tour article. (Yeah, that's the tour where we got shot at.) As well as a huge Bobby Worrest Pro Spotlight and a Kellen James 9 Frames! Hey, that rhymed!
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Danny's new combo!
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Cardinals playing for home-field advantage in finale
NL Central champions employ Westbrook for duty against Samardzija
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny isn't trying to make the final game of the regular season anything more than it is: one more day standing between his club and Thursday's National League Division Series opener.
With the NL Central title in hand, the Cards gave Carlos Beltran and David Freese a day of rest on Saturday and others could join them in getting time off on Sunday, when the Cardinals host the Cubs to close out the regular season.
St. Louis will be playing for home-field advantage throughout the playoffs and a chance to face the winner of the Wild Card Game between the Reds and Pirates instead of playing the NL West champion Dodgers. With the Braves' 5-4 loss to the Phillies on Saturday, the Cardinals can clinch the No. 1 seed with a win on Sunday.
An Atlanta win and a Cardinals loss would give the Braves home-field advantage since they hold the tiebreaker by virtue of winning the season series.
Still, Matheny doesn't plan on going all-out to win Sunday's game.
Jake Westbrook, 36, who hasn't pitched since Sept. 6, will start on the mound and Joe Kelly will follow since Westbrook isn't stretched out enough to pitch too deep.
"Maybe I should put more [emphasis on home-field advantage], but I don't," Matheny said. "My theory is people start overthinking that and over planning and trying to be a master puppeteer in how that all plays out. I think that stuff comes back and bites you. I think there's too many good teams in this right now and we got to respect that, respect the game, just like we've done all season long and what we do is we go out and set our priorities.
"I made it clear to you guys right now, our priority is getting these guys ready for Thursday. But whenever we walk out there we also don't want to lose that culture that we developed of going out and maximizing everything we've got while we're out there out. No matter who we put out there, we're playing to win all the time."
The game could be a send-off of sorts for Westbrook, who has spent the last 3 1/2 years with the Cardinals but isn't expected to have his $9.5 million mutual option picked up for 2014. Westbrook began the season strong but hasn't pitched as well since right elbow inflammation sent him to the disabled list after six starts. He's been available in the bullpen, but has pitched just once since Aug. 21 and doesn't appear to fit in the club's postseason plans.
"He's done a lot for a lot of people around here," Matheny said. "If Jake Westbrook wouldn't have been one of our veteran leaders, not just what he was doing on the mound as a real good starter, [but] a guy like [Adam Wainwright], he didn't carry all the burden of taking in these young pitchers as a leader of the staff without another veteran stepping and mirroring that kind of work ethic, that kind of competitive nature. We're real proud with how Jake has been able to help our club in many different ways and decided to get him out there to start."
The Cubs will wrap up a season in which they've lost at least 10 games against four different teams for the first time since 2002. They're 7-11 against the Cardinals, 5-14 against the Reds, 6-13 against the Brewers and 7-12 against the Pirates.
The Cubs had to watch the Cardinals clinch the division title on Friday night, marking the third time in five games they've seen another team spray champagne.
"These teams clinching isn't really ideal, but you just have to roll with it," said first baseman Anthony Rizzo. "That's what happened this year. It's going to test everyone's character in how we go into the offseason and train and prepare for next year."
Jeff Samardzija (8-12, 4.33 ERA) will start the Cubs' finale, though he's not expected to pitch more than five innings.
Cardinals: Postseason roster shaping up
The 25-man roster doesn't need to be set until Thursday, but general manager John Mozeliak projected the Cardinals will carry 12 pitchers and 13 position players, although they may carry an extra reliever to allow Matheny to be more aggressive with his changes.
"Last year was just such a great luxury to have a guy for the seventh, a guy for the eighth, a guy for the ninth," Matheny said. "It doesn't matter, left, right, switch, that was our formula. And we don't necessarily have that right now. We have a lot of guys we have faith in and we just want to put them in the best situations. It's a different situation where we could be using more guys so we need to have some guys with some flexibility."
Cubs: Rizzo hoping to end on a high note
One of the cogs to the Cubs' lineup in 2013 and beyond, Rizzo homered on Saturday for just the second time this month.
After hitting 13 homers with a .815 OPS in the first half, Rizzo slowed down after the All-Star break, as his OPS dropped almost 150 points. He's hoping a solid weekend could carry him into the offseason with confidence.
"We only have nine innings left this year," said Rizzo, who has 39 doubles and 23 homers. "Hopefully, those nine innings get us going and we can go into the offseason on a high note."
Worth noting
• The Cardinals set the home wins record for Busch Stadium III with 53 this season.
• The Cardinals will commemorate the 50th anniversary of Stan Musial's final regular-season game during a pregame ceremony on Sunday.
• Cubs manager Dale Sveum and general manager Jed Hoyer will finish up their season-ending meetings with each player on Sunday.
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The second annual Indian Valley Story Fest will take place from 1-5 p.m. on Nov. 6 at the Indian Valley Community Center in Greenville. Admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children under 12 or only $10 for the whole family.
The program for the day will begin with story-making and storytelling workshops offered at two levels from 1-2 p.m.: an adult session with Mary Gay Ducey and a children's session with Margaret Garcia. Local tellers from the Tale Spinners monthly meeting sessions perform 2-3:45 p.m.
Plumas Tale Spinners meet the first Monday of the month in Indian Valley, 7 p.m. at the Civic Center; the second Tuesday of the month in Quincy, 7 p.m. at the Library Community Room; Portola Tale Spinners meet at The Feather Art Center.
For more information contact The Quincy Literacy Office at 283-6413
Featured Story Teller Mary Gay Ducey performs at Story Fest at 4 p.m. Gay Ducey is a storyteller who performs throughout the United States, Canada, and Ireland. She has appeared twice at the National Storytelling Festival and on Mister Roger's Neighborhood. She is also a children's librarian in Oakland, California.
Ducey learned about stories in the best way possible — from family. Descended from Southern women who treasured a sassy mouth, she grew up in New Orleans with its rituals and play. She now lives in Berkeley. The Bay Area's shifting social landscape and New Orleans timeless enchantments have formed an artist who relishes the diverse and the novel, but reveres the traditional place of stories in family and community. She still can't resist stepping into any parade that passes by.
Ducey is a storytelling educator who has taught storytelling at several universities, including the University of California at Berkeley. She was a commissioned artist at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History, where she presented a story of women in the American labor movement. That piece is a part of "Union Maid: Stories from America's Women at Work." She is the co-author of Spilt Milk: Traditional Tales of Mothers and Motherhood.
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Plumas Arts, with the generous support of the James Irvine Foundation, has worked with local storytellers and spoken word enthusiasts to form Plumas Tale Spinner with groups that meet monthly in Quincy, Indian Valley and Portola. The Plumas Tale Spinners have developed this family friendly storytelling event designed to inspire and entice a broader interest in local cultural programs and the spoken word in partnership with Plumas County Literacy and Sierra Farmstead.


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This information is produced and provided by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The information in this topic may have changed since it was written. For the most current information, contact the National Cancer Institute via the Internet web site at http://cancer.gov or call 1-800-4-CANCER.
The PDQ childhood brain tumor treatment summaries are organized primarily according to the World Health Organization classification of nervous system tumors.[1,2] For a full description of the classification of nervous system tumors and a link to the corresponding treatment summary for each type of brain tumor, refer to the PDQ summary on Childhood Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Treatment Overview.
Dramatic improvements in survival have been achieved for children and adolescents with cancer. Between 1975 and 2010, childhood cancer mortality has decreased by more than 50%.[3] Childhood and adolescent cancer survivors require close follow-up because cancer therapy side effects may persist or develop months or years after treatment. (Refer to the PDQ summary on Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer for specific information about the incidence, type, and monitoring of late effects in childhood and adolescent cancer survivors.)
Primary brain tumors are a diverse group of diseases that together constitute the most common solid tumor of childhood. Brain tumors are classified according to histology, but tumor location and extent of spread are important factors that affect treatment and prognosis. Immunohistochemical analysis, cytogenetic and molecular genetic findings, and measures of mitotic activity are increasingly used in tumor diagnosis and classification.
Incidence and Presentation
Craniopharyngiomas are relatively rare pediatric tumors, accounting for about 6% of all intracranial tumors in children.[1,2,3] They are believed to be congenital in origin, arising from ectodermal remnants, Rathke cleft, or other embryonal epithelium in the sellar and/or parasellar area. No predisposing factors have been identified.
Because craniopharyngiomas occur in the region of the pituitary gland, endocrine function and growth may be affected. Additionally, the close proximity of the tumor to the optic nerves and chiasm may result in vision problems. Some patients present with obstructive hydrocephalus due to tumor obstruction of the third ventricle. Extremely rarely, the tumor may predominate in the posterior fossa with presenting symptoms of headache, diplopia, ataxia, and hearing loss.[4]
Regardless of the treatment modality, long-term survival is approximately 85% in children [2,3] with 5- and 10-year overall survival rates greater than 90%.[5,6,7,8]
Craniopharyngiomas are histologically benign and do not metastasize to remote brain locations or to areas outside the sellar region except by direct extension. They may be invasive, however, and may recur locally. They may be classified as adamantinomatous or squamous papillary, with the former being the predominant form in children.[1] They are typically composed of both a solid portion with an abundance of calcification, and a cystic component which is filled with a dark, oily fluid. Recent evidence suggests that adamantinomatous craniopharyngiomas are locally more aggressive with a significantly higher rate of recurrence compared with the squamous papillary subtype.[2]
The molecular basis for craniopharyngioma differs by histologic subtype. Activating beta-catenin gene mutations are found in virtually all adamantinomatous tumors.[3,4] Conversely, BRAF V600E mutations are observed in nearly all squamous papillary craniopharyngiomas.[4]
The results of imaging studies (computerized tomography scans and magnetic resonance imaging [MRI] scans) are often diagnostic for childhood craniopharyngiomas, with most demonstrating intratumoral calcifications and a solid and cystic component. The most common location is suprasellar, with an intrasellar portion. Craniopharyngiomas without calcification may be confused with other tumor types, such as germinoma or hypothalamic/chiasmatic astrocytoma, and biopsy may be required.[1] MRI of the spinal axis is not routinely performed.
Apart from imaging, patients often undergo formal visual examination including visual field evaluation and endocrine testing.
There is no generally applied staging system for childhood craniopharyngiomas. For treatment purposes, patients are classified as having newly diagnosed or recurrent disease.
There is no consensus as to the optimal treatment of newly diagnosed craniopharyngioma, in part due to the lack of prospective randomized trials comparing different treatment options. A systematic review of 109 reports that described extent of resection found that subtotal resection plus radiation therapy was associated with similar rates of tumor control as gross total resection and that both approaches were associated with higher progression-free survival (PFS) rates than subtotal resection alone.[1][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii] Treatment is individualized based on factors such as the size, location, and extension of the tumor and potential short-term and long-term toxicity.
Radical Surgery
Because these tumors are histologically benign, it may be possible to remove all the visible tumor resulting in long-term disease control.[2][Level of evidence: 3iA]; [3][Level of evidence: 3iiiB]; [4][Level of evidence: 3iiiC] A 5-year PFS rate of about 65% has been reported.[5] Many surgical approaches have been described, and the route should be determined by the size, location, and extension of the tumor. A transsphenoidal approach may be possible in some small tumors located entirely within the sella,[6][Level of evidence: 3iiiC] but this is not usually possible in children, in which case a craniotomy is usually required.
Gross total resection is technically challenging because the tumor is surrounded by vital structures, including the optic nerves and chiasm, the carotid artery and its branches, the hypothalamus, and the third cranial nerve. The tumor may be adherent to these structures, which may cause complications, and may limit the ability to remove the entire tumor. The surgeon often has limited visibility in the region of the hypothalamus and in the sella, and portions of the mass may be left in these areas, accounting for some recurrences. Almost all craniopharyngiomas have an attachment to the pituitary stalk, and of the patients who undergo radical surgery, virtually all will require life-long pituitary hormone replacement with multiple medications.[3,7]
Complications of radical surgery include the need for hormone replacement, obesity (which can be life threatening),[8] severe behavioral problems,[9] blindness, seizures, spinal fluid leak, false aneurysms, and difficulty with eye movements. Rare complications include death from intraoperative hemorrhage, hypothalamic damage, or stroke. Hypothalamic-sparing surgical techniques may show a decrease in severe postoperative obesity without an increase in tumor recurrence.[10][Level of evidence: 3iiDi]
If the surgeon feels that tumor remains, or if postoperative imaging reveals residual craniopharyngioma that was not resected, radiation therapy may be recommended to prevent early progression.[11][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii] It can be difficult to determine whether a tumor is progressive; carbon-11 methionine positron emission tomography is being evaluated for its use in these cases.[12] Periodic surveillance magnetic resonance imaging is performed for several years after radical surgery because of the possibility of tumor recurrence.
Surgery with Cyst Drainage
For large cystic craniopharyngiomas, particularly in children younger than 3 years and in those with recurrent cystic tumor after initial surgery, stereotactic or open implantation of an intracystic catheter with a subcutaneous reservoir may be a valuable alternative treatment option. The benefits of this procedure include temporary relief of fluid pressure by serial drainage, and in some cases, for intracystic instillation of sclerosing agents as a means to prolong the interval to or obviate the need for radiation. This procedure may also be helpful in allowing the surgeon to perform a two-staged approach, whereby first the cyst is drained by the implanted catheter to relieve pressure and complicating symptoms, followed by tumor resection.[13]
Limited Surgery and Radiation Therapy
The goal of limited surgery is to establish a diagnosis, drain any cysts, and decompress the optic nerves. No attempt is made to remove tumor from the pituitary stalk or hypothalamus in an effort to minimize certain late effects associated with radical surgery.[10] The surgical procedure is followed by radiation therapy, with a 5-year PFS rate of about 70% to 90% [5,14]; [15][Level of evidence: 3iDiii] and 10-year overall survival rates higher than 90%.[16][Level of evidence: 3iiA]; [1][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii] Transient cyst enlargement may be noted soon after radiation therapy but generally resolves without further intervention.[17][Level of evidence: 3iDiv] Conventional radiation is fractionated external-beam radiation with a recommended dose of 54 Gy to 55 Gy in 1.8 Gy fractions.[18] Surgical complications are less likely than with radical surgery. Complications of radiation include loss of pituitary hormonal function, cognitive dysfunction, development of late strokes and vascular malformations, delayed blindness, development of second tumors, and, rarely, malignant transformation of the primary tumor within the radiation field.[19,20] Newer radiation technologies such as intensity-modulated proton therapy may reduce scatter whole-brain and whole-body irradiation and result in the sparing of normal tissues. It is unknown whether such technologies result in decreased late effects from irradiation.[15,21,22] Tumor progression remains a possibility, and it is usually not possible to repeat the radiation dose. In selected cases, stereotactic radiation therapy can be delivered as a single large dose of radiation to a very small field.[23][Level of evidence: 3iC] Proximity of the craniopharyngioma to vital structures, particularly the optic nerves, limits this to very small tumors that are in the sella.[24][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii]
Intracavitary Radiation Therapy and/or Chemotherapy
Some craniopharyngiomas with a large cystic component may be treated by stereotaxic delivery of P-32 or other radioactive compounds.[25,26]; [27][Level of evidence: 2A]; [28][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii] Nonradioactive agents such as bleomycin and interferon-alpha have also been used.[29,30,31]; [32][Level of evidence: 2C] These strategies have been found to be useful in certain cases and are with low reported risk of complications. However, none have shown efficacy against solid portions of the tumor.
Recurrence of craniopharyngioma occurs in approximately 35% of patients regardless of primary therapy.[1] Management is determined in large part by prior therapy. Repeat attempts at gross total resection are difficult and long-term disease control is less often achieved.[2][Level of evidence: 3iiiDi] Complications are more frequent than with initial surgery.[3][Level of evidence: 3iiiDi] External-beam radiation therapy is an option if this has not been previously employed, including consideration of radiosurgery in selected circumstances.[4][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii] Cystic recurrences may be treated with intracavitary instillation of radioactive P-32, bleomycin,[5][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii] or interferon-alpha,[6][Level of evidence: 3iiiB] and a reservoir may be placed to permit intermittent outpatient aspiration. Although systemic therapy is generally not utilized, a small series has shown that the use of subcutaneous pegylated interferon alpha-2b to manage cystic recurrences can result in durable responses.[7][Level of evidence: 3iiiDiii]
Treatment Options Under Clinical Evaluation
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Quality-of-life issues are important in this group of patients and are difficult to generalize due to various treatment modalities. Whereas intelligence quotient is usually maintained, behavioral issues and memory deficits attributed to the frontal lobe and hypothalamus are common.[1] Patients with hypothalamic involvement showed impairment in memory and executive functioning.[2] Other common problems include visual loss, obesity (which can be life threatening),[3] and the almost universal need for life-long endocrine replacement with multiple pituitary hormones.[4,5,6][Level of evidence: 3iiiC] Vasculopathies and secondary tumors may also result from local irradiation.[7] A recent report indicated that adults on long-term growth hormone replacement secondary to childhood craniopharyngioma involving the hypothalamus were at increased cardiovascular risk.[8]
Refer to the PDQ summary on Late Effects of Treatment for Childhood Cancer for specific information about the incidence, type, and monitoring of late effects in childhood and adolescent cancer survivors.
The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.
General Information
Revised text to state that between 1975 and 2010, childhood cancer mortality has decreased by more than 50% (cited Smith et al. as reference 3).
Stage Information
Revised text to state that for treatment purposes, patients are classified as having newly diagnosed or recurrent disease.
Treatment Options for Newly Diagnosed Childhood Craniopharyngioma
Revised text to state that there is no consensus as to the optimal treatment of newly diagnosed craniopharyngioma, in part due to the lack of prospective randomized trials comparing different treatment options. Also added text to state that a systematic review of 109 reports that described extent of resection found that subtotal resection plus radiation therapy was associated with similar rates of tumor control as gross total resection and that both approaches were associated with higher progression-free survival rates than subtotal resection; treatment is individualized based on factors such as the size, location, and extension of the tumor and potential short-term and long-term toxicity.
Late Effects in Patients Treated for Childhood Craniopharyngioma
Added text to state that patients with hypothalamic involvement showed impairment in memory and executive functioning (cited Özyurt et al. as reference 2).
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National Comorbidity Survey: Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), 2001-2004 (ICPSR 28581)
Principal Investigator(s): Kessler, Ronald C., Harvard Medical School. Department of Health Care Policy
The National Comorbidity Survey Replication Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) was designed to estimate the lifetime-to-date and current prevalence, age-of-onset distributions, course, and comorbidity of DSM-IV disorders in the child and adolescent years of life among adolescents in the United States; to identify risk and protective factors for the onset and persistence of these disorders; to describe patterns and correlates of service use for these disorders; and to lay the groundwork for subsequent follow-up studies that can be used to identify early expressions of adult mental disorders.
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Kessler, Ronald C. National Comorbidity Survey: Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A), 2001-2004. ICPSR28581-v5. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2013-08-28. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR28581.v5
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This study was funded by:
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- United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health. National Institute of Drug Abuse (R01-DA12058-05)
- United States Department of Health and Human Services. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Grant 044780)
- John W. Alden Trust
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Subject Terms: adolescents, health services utilization, mental disorders, mental health, mental health services, parents, psychiatric services, young adults
Geographic Coverage: United States
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- 2001-02--2004-01
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Unit of Observation: individual
Data Types: survey data
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ICPSR processing notes have been added to the User Guide.
The Codebook for Dataset 1 (Adolescent Household and School Respondents) is provided in two formats: PDF and HTML. The latter is supplied as a series of HTML files in a ZIP archive. In the ZIP archive, the file named Contents.html is the "homepage" with links to the other HTML files.
ICPSR generated the SAS, SPSS, and Stata setups and the ASCII, SPSS, and Stata versions of the data from the original SAS files provided by the principal investigator. The SAS special missing value codes D and R in the SAS files were recoded in the ASCII and SPSS data files: D was recoded to 8, 98, 998, or 9998 depending on the size of the variable, and R was recoded to 9, 99, 999, or 9999. In addition, the SAS missing value code denoted by a single period (.) was recoded to blank field in the ASCII data files and to the SPSS system missing value in the SPSS data files.
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Sample: NCS-A was originally designed to obtain the sample of adolescents from those residing in National Comorbidity Survey- Replication (NCS-R) households. However, the number of such youths was too small to generate the target sample of 10,000 respondents. Consequently, the households sample was supplemented by adding a school-based sample, leading to a dual frame design. One sample was recruited from the NCS-R households and the other from a representative sample of schools in the same communities as the NCS-R households. All schools (public and private, schools for gifted children, therapeutic schools, etc.) were included in their true population proportions. A stratified probability sample of students was selected from each school to participate in the survey.
Weight: The data were weighted for within household probability of selection (only in the household sample) and for residual discrepancies between the sample and population on a wide range of census sociodemographic and geographic variables. Please refer to the user guide to obtain weighting information for each part.
Mode of Data Collection: computer-assisted personal interview (CAPI), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI), telephone interview
Response Rates:
The response rate of adolescents in the household sample was 85.9 percent, yielding 904 interviews, conditional (on adult participation in the NCS-R).
The response rate of adolescents in the school sample was 74.7 percent, yielding 9,244 interviews.
Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:
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Original ICPSR Release: 2011-07-27
Version History:
- 2013-08-28 Variable RESPGENDER (Respondent's Gender) in Dataset 1 (Adolescent Household and School Respondents) has been corrected. The previous version of this variable had incorrect values for 1,034 cases.
- 2011-10-24 The setup files and documentation were added to the restricted release. Those files were already available through the public release.
- 2011-10-20 The Stata setup and ready-to-go files and the tab-delimited files were released.
- 2011-10-12 The HTML codebook was changed to be available for public use. Also, the statistical files were replaced because the previous version of the data contained incorrect decimal corrections across statistical packages. The SAS and Stata files were changed so that the original special missing value coding was not lost.
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