TY - JOUR
T1 - Therapeutic advances for the tumors associated with neurofibromatosis type 1, type 2, and schwannomatosis
AU - Blakeley, Jaishri O.
AU - Plotkin, Scott R.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Neuro-Oncology. All rights reserved.
PY - 2016/5/1
Y1 - 2016/5/1
N2 - Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), and schwannomatosis (SWN) are tumor-suppressor syndromes. Each syndrome is an orphan disease; however, the tumors that arise within them represent the most common tumors of the nervous system worldwide. Systematic investigation of the pathways impacted by the loss of function of neurofibromin (encoded by NF1) and merlin (encoded by NF2) have led to therapeutic advances for patients with NF1 and NF2. In the syndrome of SWN, the genetic landscape is more complex, with 2 known causative genes (SMARCB1 and LZTR1) accounting for up to 50% of familial SWN patients. The understanding of the molecular underpinnings of these syndromes is developing rapidly and offers more therapeutic options for the patients. In addition, common sporadic cancers harbor somatic alterations in NF1 (ie, glioblastoma, breast cancer, melanoma), NF2 (ie, meningioma, mesothelioma) and SMARCB1 (ie, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors) such that advances in management of syndromic tumors may benefit patients both with and without germline mutations. In this review, we discuss the clinical and genetic features of NF1, NF2 and SWN, the therapeutic advances for the tumors that arise within these syndromes and the interaction between these rare tumor syndromes and the common tumors that share these mutations.
AB - Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), and schwannomatosis (SWN) are tumor-suppressor syndromes. Each syndrome is an orphan disease; however, the tumors that arise within them represent the most common tumors of the nervous system worldwide. Systematic investigation of the pathways impacted by the loss of function of neurofibromin (encoded by NF1) and merlin (encoded by NF2) have led to therapeutic advances for patients with NF1 and NF2. In the syndrome of SWN, the genetic landscape is more complex, with 2 known causative genes (SMARCB1 and LZTR1) accounting for up to 50% of familial SWN patients. The understanding of the molecular underpinnings of these syndromes is developing rapidly and offers more therapeutic options for the patients. In addition, common sporadic cancers harbor somatic alterations in NF1 (ie, glioblastoma, breast cancer, melanoma), NF2 (ie, meningioma, mesothelioma) and SMARCB1 (ie, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors) such that advances in management of syndromic tumors may benefit patients both with and without germline mutations. In this review, we discuss the clinical and genetic features of NF1, NF2 and SWN, the therapeutic advances for the tumors that arise within these syndromes and the interaction between these rare tumor syndromes and the common tumors that share these mutations.
KW - NF1
KW - NF2
KW - schwannomatosis
KW - therapeutics
KW - tumor suppressor syndrome
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U2 - 10.1093/neuonc/nov200
DO - 10.1093/neuonc/nov200
M3 - Review article
C2 - 26851632
AN - SCOPUS:84965176385
SN - 1522-8517
VL - 18
SP - 624
EP - 638
JO - Neuro-oncology
JF - Neuro-oncology
IS - 5
ER -