Diagnostic, therapeutic, and prognostic implications of the 2021 World Health Organization classification of tumors of the central nervous system

S Gritsch, TT Batchelor, LN Gonzalez Castro - Cancer, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The 2016 revised fourth edition of the World Health Organization (WHO) classification of
central nervous system (CNS) tumors incorporated molecular features with histologic …

cIMPACT‐NOW update 7: advancing the molecular classification of ependymal tumors

DW Ellison, KD Aldape, D Capper, M Fouladi… - Brain …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Advances in our understanding of the biological basis and molecular characteristics of
ependymal tumors since the latest iteration of the World Health Organization (WHO) …

cIMPACT‐NOW update 6: new entity and diagnostic principle recommendations of the cIMPACT‐Utrecht meeting on future CNS tumor classification and grading

DN Louis, P Wesseling, K Aldape, DJ Brat, D Capper… - 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract cIMPACT‐NOW (the Consortium to Inform Molecular and Practical Approaches to
CNS Tumor Taxonomy) was established to evaluate and make practical recommendations …

[PDF][PDF] Molecular subgrouping of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors—a reinvestigation and current consensus

B Ho, PD Johann, Y Grabovska… - Neuro …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (ATRTs) are known to exhibit molecular and
clinical heterogeneity even though SMARCB1 inactivation is the sole recurrent genetic event …

[HTML][HTML] Single-cell RNA-seq reveals cellular hierarchies and impaired developmental trajectories in pediatric ependymoma

J Gojo, B Englinger, L Jiang, JM Hübner, MKL Shaw… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Ependymoma is a heterogeneous entity of central nervous system tumors with well-
established molecular groups. Here, we apply single-cell RNA sequencing to analyze …

Ependymoma: evaluation and management updates

R Rudà, F Bruno, A Pellerino, R Soffietti - Current Oncology Reports, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review To review state of art and relevant advances in the molecular
genetics and management of ependymomas of children and adults. Recent Findings …

The genomic landscape of pediatric cancers: Implications for diagnosis and treatment

EA Sweet-Cordero, JA Biegel - Science, 2019 - science.org
The past decade has witnessed a major increase in our understanding of the genetic
underpinnings of childhood cancer. Genomic sequencing studies have highlighted key …

The biology of ependymomas and emerging novel therapies

AH Saleh, N Samuel, K Juraschka, MH Saleh… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Ependymomas are rare central nervous system tumours that can arise in the brain's
supratentorial region or posterior fossa, or in the spinal cord. In 1924, Percival Bailey …

Ultra high-risk PFA ependymoma is characterized by loss of chromosome 6q

LV Baroni, L Sundaresan, A Heled, H Coltin… - Neuro …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Within PF-EPN-A, 1q gain is a marker of poor prognosis, however, it is
unclear if within PF-EPN-A additional cytogenetic events exist which can refine risk …

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 …