%0 Journal Article %A Benesch, Martin %A Mynarek, Martin %A Witt, Hendrik %A Warmuth-Metz, Monika %A Pietsch, Torsten %A Bison, Brigitte %A Pfister, Stefan %A Pajtler, Kristian %A Kool, Marcel %A Schüller, Ulrich %A Pietschmann, Klaus %A Juhnke, Björn-Ole %A Tippelt, Stephan %A Fleischhack, Gudrun %A Schmid, Irene %A Kramm, Christof M %A Vorwerk, Peter %A Beilken, Andreas %A Classen, Carl Friedrich %A Hernáiz Driever, Pablo %A Kropshofer, Gabriele %A Imschweiler, Thomas %A Lemmer, Andreas %A Kortmann, Rolf-Dieter %A Rutkowski, Stefan %A von Hoff, Katja %T Newly Diagnosed Metastatic Intracranial Ependymoma in Children: Frequency, Molecular Characteristics, Treatment, and Outcome in the Prospective HIT Series. %J The oncologist %V 24 %N 9 %@ 1549-490X %C Hoboken, NJ %I Wiley %M DKFZ-2019-01050 %P E921-E929 %D 2019 %X Data on frequency, clinical presentation, and outcome of primary metastatic intracranial ependymoma in children are scarce.Prospective data on patients younger than 21 years with metastatic intracranial ependymoma at first diagnosis, registered from 2001 to 2014 in the HIT-2000 trial and the HIT-2000 Interim Registry, were analyzed.Of 453 registered patients with intracranial ependymoma and central neuropathology review, initial staging included spinal magnetic resonance imaging in all patients and lumbar cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) analysis in 402 patients. Ten patients (2.2 %F PUB:(DE-HGF)16 %9 Journal Article %$ pmid:30850560 %R 10.1634/theoncologist.2018-0489 %U https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/143462