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International consensus statement on the diagnosis and management of phaeochromocytoma and paraganglioma in children and adolescents

  • Ruth T Casey*
  • , Emile Hendriks
  • , Cheri Deal
  • , Steven G Waguespack
  • , Verena Wiegering
  • , Antje Redlich
  • , Scott Akker
  • , Rathi Prasad
  • , Martin Fassnacht
  • , Roderick Clifton-Bligh
  • , Laurence Amar
  • , Stefan Bornstein
  • , Letizia Canu
  • , Evangelia Charmandari
  • , Alexandra Chrisoulidou
  • , Maria Currás Freixes
  • , Ronald de Krijger
  • , Luisa de Sanctis
  • , Antonio Fojo
  • , Amol J Ghia
  • Angela Huebner, Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis, Michaela Kuhlen, Marco Raffaelli, Charlotte Lussey-Lepoutre, Stephen D Marks, Naris Nilubol, Mirko Parasiliti-Caprino, Henri H J L M Timmers, Anna Lena Zietlow, Mercedes Robledo, Anne-Paule Gimenez-Roqueplo, Ashley B Grossman, David Taïeb, Eamonn R Maher, Jacques W M Lenders, Graeme Eisenhofer, Camilo Jimenez, Karel Pacak, Christina Pamporaki*
*Corresponding author
  • Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Würzburg
  • Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
  • St Bartholomew's Hospital
  • Queen Mary University of London
  • Royal North Shore Hospital
  • Assistance publique – Hôpitaux de Paris
  • Université de Paris
  • Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden)
  • Azienda Ospedaliera Careggi
  • University of Florence
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red
  • Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology
  • Utrecht University
  • University of Turin
  • Columbia University
  • University of Cambridge
  • Augsburg University
  • Sorbonne Université
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Technische Universität Dresden
  • Hopital La Timone
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

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Abstract

Phaeochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumours that arise not only in adulthood but also in childhood and adolescence. Up to 70–80% of childhood PPGL are hereditary, accounting for a higher incidence of metastatic and/or multifocal PPGL in paediatric patients than in adult patients. Key differences in the tumour biology and management, together with rare disease incidence and therapeutic challenges in paediatric compared with adult patients, mandate close expert cross-disciplinary teamwork. Teams should ideally include adult and paediatric endocrinologists, oncologists, cardiologists, surgeons, geneticists, pathologists, radiologists, clinical psychologists and nuclear medicine physicians. Provision of an international Consensus Statement should improve care and outcomes for children and adolescents with these tumours.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)729-748
Number of pages20
JournalNature Reviews Endocrinology
Volume20
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Endocrinology

Keywords

  • phaeochromocytoma
  • paraganglioma in children

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