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Central Nervous System Neoplasms

Active therapeutic pipelineEmerging researchCooling momentum
10
Publications
15
Clinical trials
2
Related conditions
2024
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Recent clinical, regulatory, research and industry developments relating to this disease.

Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer: CNS Tumors.

Research2023-12-08Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology

Prognostic and Predictive Biomarkers in Gliomas.

Research2021-09-26International journal of molecular sciences

Central Nervous System Cancers, Version 3.2020, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology.

Research2020-11-02Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN

What's happening now

An analyst briefing on current research, clinical, regulatory and industry activity surrounding this disease.

Clinical trials

12 sponsors · 0 new · 0 completed in the last 12 months (net +0)

The current development programme across all trial phases.

Clinical programme
15
All trials
5
Active
0
Late-stage
6
Completed
Recently completed

Research activity

10 papers

Key research shaping understanding of this disease, combining the latest publications with the most influential evidence.

Publications over time
20072024
Most influential
Recent publications
Major themes8
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms4
  • Glioma4
  • Brain Neoplasms2
  • Astrocytoma1
  • Biomarkers, Tumor1
  • Cerebellar Neoplasms1
  • Ependymoma1
  • Medulloblastoma1
Leading journals6
  • Neuro-oncology4
  • Acta neuropathologica1
  • Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland)1
  • Cancer1
  • International journal of molecular sciences1
  • Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology1
Leading researchers8
  • Kruchko C4
  • Barnholtz-Sloan JS3
  • Ostrom QT3
  • Gittleman H2
  • Louis DN2
  • Stroup NE2
  • Ahluwalia M1
  • Aldape K1
Affiliations (unnormalised)6
  • Case Comprehensive Cancer Center2
  • Dan L. Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center2
  • 10Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center.1
  • 10th Military Research Hospital and Polyclinic1
  • 11Moffitt Cancer Center.1
  • 12UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center.1

Related conditions

2 matches

Diseases frequently studied alongside this one. Number shows shared papers.

Disease profile

A grounded synthesis of the condition — overview, causes, mechanism, risk factors and current standard of care.

Overview

Central nervous system neoplasms are benign or malignant tumors that arise in, or secondarily involve, the brain, spinal cord, or meninges. The literature emphasizes that this is a broad disease category encompassing many distinct tumor types, with classification increasingly based on both histology and molecular features.

Causes

The supplied grounding does not support a single unified cause for central nervous system neoplasms. It does indicate that some entities are associated with specific genetic profiles and that familial tumor syndromes, including rhabdoid tumor predisposition syndrome, can involve the nervous system.

Pathophysiology

These neoplasms reflect abnormal neoplastic growth within central nervous system tissues, with biological behavior varying by tumor type and grade. The literature highlights that molecular alterations are now integrated into classification because they help define tumor identity, pathophysiology, and clinical behavior.

Risk factors

The supplied grounding does not support general risk factors for all central nervous system neoplasms. It does note familial tumor syndromes involving the nervous system and tumor-specific genetic alterations as relevant to classification and prognosis.

Current standard of care

Management is described at the level of diagnosis, therapy, and drug therapy, with treatment depending on tumor type, grade, and molecular features. The literature supports multimodal neuro-oncology care, including surgery and other tumor-directed therapies, and for malignant tumors it emphasizes molecularly informed management and clinical trial participation where appropriate.

AI-generated summary grounded in MeSH and 5 peer-reviewed sources. Informational only — not medical advice. Generated 2026-07-07.

Reference

Authoritative identity, definition & identifiers.

Defined in MeSH

Benign and malignant neoplastic processes that arise from or secondarily involve the brain, spinal cord, or meninges.

References & data sources
  • Disease identity & definition — NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), public domain
  • Clinical trials — ClinicalTrials.gov (U.S. National Library of Medicine)
  • Research activity — Europe PMC (EMBL-EBI) + OpenAlex-derived paper links
  • Related entities are derived from literature co-mention (studied together) — associative, not causal.