A summary of the inaugural WHO classification of pediatric tumors: transitioning from the optical into the molecular era

SM Pfister, M Reyes-Múgica, JKC Chan, H Hasle… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
Pediatric tumors are uncommon, yet are the leading cause of cancer-related death in
childhood. Tumor types, molecular characteristics, and pathogenesis are unique, often …

The 2021 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system: an update on pediatric low‐grade gliomas and glioneuronal tumors

TA Bale, MK Rosenblum - Brain Pathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The 2021 5th edition of the WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System
reflects the discovery of genetic alterations underlying many central nervous system (CNS) …

[HTML][HTML] Dabrafenib plus Trametinib in Pediatric Glioma with BRAF V600 Mutations

E Bouffet, JR Hansford, ML Garrè, J Hara… - … England Journal of …, 2023 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Detection of the BRAF V600E mutation in pediatric low-grade glioma has been
associated with a lower response to standard chemotherapy. In previous trials, dabrafenib …

The landscape of genomic alterations across childhood cancers

SN Gröbner, BC Worst, J Weischenfeldt, I Buchhalter… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Pan-cancer analyses that examine commonalities and differences among various cancer
types have emerged as a powerful way to obtain novel insights into cancer biology. Here we …

Integrated molecular and clinical analysis of 1,000 pediatric low-grade gliomas

S Ryall, M Zapotocky, K Fukuoka, L Nobre, AG Stucklin… - Cancer cell, 2020 - cell.com
Pediatric low-grade gliomas (pLGG) are frequently driven by genetic alterations in the RAS-
mitogen-activated protein kinase (RAS/MAPK) pathway yet show unexplained variability in …

Selumetinib in paediatric patients with BRAF-aberrant or neurofibromatosis type 1-associated recurrent, refractory, or progressive low-grade glioma: a multicentre …

J Fangusaro, A Onar-Thomas, TY Poussaint… - The lancet …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Paediatric low-grade glioma is the most common CNS tumour of childhood.
Although overall survival is good, disease often recurs. No single universally accepted …

Uncovering novel mutational signatures by de novo extraction with SigProfilerExtractor

SMA Islam, M Díaz-Gay, Y Wu, M Barnes, R Vangara… - Cell genomics, 2022 - cell.com
Mutational signature analysis is commonly performed in cancer genomic studies. Here, we
present SigProfilerExtractor, an automated tool for de novo extraction of mutational …

Pediatric low-grade glioma in the era of molecular diagnostics

S Ryall, U Tabori, C Hawkins - Acta neuropathologica communications, 2020 - Springer
Low grade gliomas are the most frequent brain tumors in children and encompass a
spectrum of histologic entities which are currently assigned World Health Organisation …

The 2016 World Health Organization classification of tumors of the central nervous system: a summary

DN Louis, A Perry, G Reifenberger, A Von Deimling… - Acta …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central
Nervous System is both a conceptual and practical advance over its 2007 predecessor. For …

Comprehensive, integrative genomic analysis of diffuse lower-grade gliomas

Cancer Genome Atlas Research … - New England Journal of …, 2015 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Diffuse low-grade and intermediate-grade gliomas (which together make up the
lower-grade gliomas, World Health Organization grades II and III) have highly variable …