Pediatric patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma should have routine preoperative genetic testing for common susceptibility genes in addition to imaging to detect extra-adrenal and metastatic tumors

Babic, Bruna; Patel, Dhaval; Aufforth, Rachel; Assadipour, Yasmine; Sadowski Veuthey, Mercedes Samira Doris; Quezado, Martha; Nilubol, Naris; Prodanov, Tamara; Pacak, Karel; Kebebew, Electron

doi:10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.059

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Pediatric patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma should have routine preoperative genetic testing for common susceptibility genes in addition to imaging to detect extra-adrenal and metastatic tumors

ContributorsBabic, Bruna; Patel, Dhaval; Aufforth, Rachel; Assadipour, Yasmine; Sadowski Veuthey, Mercedes Samira Doris; Quezado, Martha; Nilubol, Naris; Prodanov, Tamara; Pacak, Karel; Kebebew, Electron

Published inSurgery, vol. 161, no. 1, p. 220-227

Publication date2017

Abstract

Pediatric pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare with limited data on the optimal management approach. The aim of this study was to determine the role of genetic testing and imaging to detect extra-adrenal and/or metastatic tumors in pediatric pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.

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Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie

Research groups

Cancer du poumon et mésothéliome pleural malin (944)

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BABIC, Bruna et al. Pediatric patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma should have routine preoperative genetic testing for common susceptibility genes in addition to imaging to detect extra-adrenal and metastatic tumors. In: Surgery, 2017, vol. 161, n° 1, p. 220–227. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.059

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PID : unige:93699
DOI : 10.1016/j.surg.2016.05.059
PMID : 27865588

Journal ISSN0039-6060

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Pediatric patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma should have routine preoperative genetic testing for common susceptibility genes in addition to imaging to detect extra-adrenal and metastatic tumors

Pediatric pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare with limited data on the optimal management approach. The aim of this study was to determine the role of genetic testing and imaging to detect extra-adrenal and/or metastatic tumors in pediatric pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.

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