DNA methylation-based classification of central nervous system tumours

D Capper, DTW Jones, M Sill, V Hovestadt, D Schrimpf… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Accurate pathological diagnosis is crucial for optimal management of patients with cancer.
For the approximately 100 known tumour types of the central nervous system …

[HTML][HTML] Practical implementation of DNA methylation and copy-number-based CNS tumor diagnostics: the Heidelberg experience

D Capper, D Stichel, F Sahm, DTW Jones… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
Recently, we described a machine learning approach for classification of central nervous
system tumors based on the analysis of genome-wide DNA methylation patterns [6]. Here …

DNA methylation profiling as a model for discovery and precision diagnostics in neuro-oncology

D Pratt, F Sahm, K Aldape - Neuro-oncology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Recent years have witnessed a shift to more objective and biologically-driven methods for
central nervous system (CNS) tumor classification. The 2016 world health organization …

[HTML][HTML] The central nervous system tumor methylation classifier changes neuro-oncology practice for challenging brain tumor diagnoses and directly impacts patient …

S Karimi, JA Zuccato, Y Mamatjan, S Mansouri… - Clinical …, 2019 - Springer
Background Molecular signatures are being increasingly incorporated into cancer
classification systems. DNA methylation-based central nervous system (CNS) tumor …

Methylation classifiers: Brain tumors, sarcomas, and what's next

C Koelsche, A von Deimling - Genes, Chromosomes and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tumor classification has evolved over the last decades with technical progress contributing
much to our current concepts. Among diagnostic hallmarks, novelties were immunostaining …

Detection and discrimination of intracranial tumors using plasma cell-free DNA methylomes

F Nassiri, A Chakravarthy, S Feng, SY Shen, R Nejad… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Definitive diagnosis of intracranial tumors relies on tissue specimens obtained by invasive
surgery. Noninvasive diagnostic approaches provide an opportunity to avoid surgery and …

[HTML][HTML] Multiomic neuropathology improves diagnostic accuracy in pediatric neuro-oncology

D Sturm, D Capper, F Andreiuolo, M Gessi… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
The large diversity of central nervous system (CNS) tumor types in children and adolescents
results in disparate patient outcomes and renders accurate diagnosis challenging. In this …

DNA methylation profiling: an emerging paradigm for cancer diagnosis

A Papanicolau-Sengos, K Aldape - Annual Review of Pathology …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Histomorphology has been a mainstay of cancer diagnosis in anatomic pathology for many
years. DNA methylation profiling is an additional emerging tool that will serve as an adjunct …

The DNA methylation landscape of glioblastoma disease progression shows extensive heterogeneity in time and space

J Klughammer, B Kiesel, T Roetzer, N Fortelny… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
Glioblastoma is characterized by widespread genetic and transcriptional heterogeneity, yet
little is known about the role of the epigenome in glioblastoma disease progression. Here …

Impact of the methylation classifier and ancillary methods on CNS tumor diagnostics

Z Wu, Z Abdullaev, D Pratt, HJ Chung… - Neuro …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Background Accurate CNS tumor diagnosis can be challenging, and methylation profiling
can serve as an adjunct to classify diagnostically difficult cases. Methods An integrated …