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ReviewAnnals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology2019

Molecular pathology of tumors of the central nervous system.

B W Kristensen, L P Priesterbach-Ackley, J K Petersen, P Wesseling

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Review in Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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116citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 231 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

B W KristensenDepartment of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark. Electronic address: bwk@rsyd.dk.
L P Priesterbach-AckleyDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht.
J K PetersenDepartment of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense; Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
P WesselingDepartment of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht; Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology, Utrecht; Department of Pathology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers/VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: p.wesseling@vumc.nl.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLUniversity of Southern Denmark · DK

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the update of the 4th edition of the WHO Classification of Central Nervous System (CNS) Tumors published in 2016, particular molecular characteristics are part of the definition of a subset of these neoplasms. This combined 'histo-molecular' approach allows for a much more precise diagnosis of especially diffuse gliomas and embryonal CNS tumors. This review provides an update of the most important diagnostic and prognostic markers for state-of-the-art diagnosis of primary CNS tumors. Defining molecular markers for diffuse gliomas are IDH1/IDH2 mutations, 1p/19q codeletion and mutations in histone H3 genes. Medulloblastomas, the most frequent embryonal CNS tumors, are divided into four molecularly defined groups according to the WHO 2016 Classification: wingless/integrated (WNT) signaling pathway activated, sonic hedgehog (SHH) signaling pathway activated and tumor protein p53 gene (TP53)-mutant, SHH-activated and TP53-wildtype, and non-WNT/non-SHH-activated. Molecular characteristics are also important for the diagnosis of several other CNS tumors, such as RELA fusion-positive subtype of ependymoma, atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT), embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes, and solitary fibrous tumor/hemangiopericytoma. Immunohistochemistry is a helpful alternative for further molecular characterization of several of these tumors. Additionally, genome-wide methylation profiling is a very promising new tool in CNS tumor diagnostics. Much progress has thus been made by translating the most relevant molecular knowledge into a more precise clinical diagnosis of CNS tumors. Hopefully, this will enable more specific and more effective therapeutic approaches for the patients suffering from these tumors.

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBiomarkers, TumorBrainBrain NeoplasmsDNA MethylationDrug Resistance, NeoplasmGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGliomaHumansImmunohistochemistryMolecular Targeted TherapyMutationNeoplasms, Germ Cell and EmbryonalPrognosisSurvival RateTreatment OutcomeBiomarkers, TumorCNS tumorembryonal tumorgliomaintegrated diagnosismedulloblastomamolecular pathology

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PMID31124566
PMCPMC6683853
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