The PDQ cancer information summaries are reviewed regularly and updated as new information becomes available. This section describes the latest changes made to this summary as of the date above.

Head and Neck Cancers

Added Nakao et al. as reference 21 and level of evidence 3iiA.

Added irinotecan plus doxetaxel as an additional chemotherapy regimen used for esthesioneuroblastoma (added Kiyota et al. as reference 28 and level of evidence 3iiA.

Added text to state that mucoepidermoid carcinomas have rarely been reported in the pediatric and adolescent age group. Most are low grade and have a high cure rate with surgery alone (cited Perez et al. as reference 65 and level of evidence 3iiA).

Abdominal Cancers

Added Jackson et al. as reference 46.

Other Rare Childhood Cancers

Expanded text on MEN 2A and MEN 2B syndromes (cited Skinner et al. as reference 4, Brauckhoff et al. as reference 5, and Sakorafas et al. as reference 6).

Revised text to state that for children with MEN 2A, thyroidectomy is commonly performed by approximately age 5 years (or older if that is when a mutation is identified (cited National Comprehensive Cancer Network).

Added Decker et al. as reference 18, Eng et al. as reference 19, and Fialkowski et al. as reference 20.

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