Detection of genetic and chromosomal aberrations in medulloblastomas and primitive neuroectodermal tumors with DNA microarrays

N Kagawa, M Maruno, T Suzuki, T Hashiba… - Brain Tumor …, 2006 - Springer
Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most frequent infratentorial malignant brain tumor in children.
In contrast, primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) is defined as a supratentorial malignant …

Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma

PA Northcott, AM Dubuc, S Pfister… - Expert review of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Recent efforts at stratifying medulloblastomas based on their molecular features have
revolutionized our understanding of this morbidity. Collective efforts by multiple independent …

Pathology, diagnostics, and classification of medulloblastoma

BA Orr - Brain Pathology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most common CNS embryonal tumor. While the overall cure
rate is around 70%, patients with high‐risk disease continue to have poor outcome and …

Molecular markers and potential therapeutic targets in non-WNT/non-SHH (group 3 and group 4) medulloblastomas

O Menyhárt, F Giangaspero, B Győrffy - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2019 - Springer
Childhood medulloblastomas (MB) are heterogeneous and are divided into four molecular
subgroups. The provisional non-wingless-activated (WNT)/non-sonic hedgehog-activated …

Rapid, reliable, and reproducible molecular sub-grouping of clinical medulloblastoma samples

PA Northcott, DJH Shih, M Remke, YJ Cho, M Kool… - Acta …, 2012 - Springer
The diagnosis of medulloblastoma likely encompasses several distinct entities, with recent
evidence for the existence of at least four unique molecular subgroups that exhibit distinct …

Molecular classification improves therapeutic options for infants and young children with medulloblastoma

A Bagchi, SK Dhanda, P Dunphy, E Sioson… - Journal of the National …, 2023 - jnccn.org
Medulloblastoma in infants and young children is a major challenge to treat because
craniospinal irradiation (CSI), a cornerstone of therapy for older children, is …

The molecular landscape and associated clinical experience in infant medulloblastoma: prognostic significance of second‐generation subtypes

D Hicks, G Rafiee, EC Schwalbe… - Neuropathology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Biomarker‐driven therapies have not been developed for infant medulloblastoma
(iMB). We sought to robustly sub‐classify iMB, and proffer strategies for personalized, risk …

Infant medulloblastoma—learning new lessons from old strata

M Remke, V Ramaswamy - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2018 - nature.com
Comprehensive molecular characterization of infant medulloblastoma has uncovered the
high degree of heterogeneity of this disease. Recent results from the SJYC07 study …

Preponderance of sonic hedgehog pathway activation characterizes adult medulloblastoma

H Al-Halabi, A Nantel, A Klekner, MC Guiot… - Acta …, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Medulloblastoma (MB) represents approximately 4% of adult brain tumours, and as
such is a poorly studied disease. Although many adult MB are treated using paediatric MB …

Genomic and transcriptomic analyses match medulloblastoma mouse models to their human counterparts

J Pöschl, S Stark, P Neumann, S Gröbner… - Acta …, 2014 - Springer
Medulloblastoma is a malignant embryonal brain tumor with highly variable outcome. In
order to study the biology of this tumor and to perform preclinical treatment studies, a lot of …