Adult and pediatric medulloblastomas are genetically distinct and require different algorithms for molecular risk stratification

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 28, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3054-3060

  Korshunov, Andrey ^a   Remke, Marc ^a   Werft, Wiebke ^a   Benner, Axel ^a   Ryzhova, Marina ^a   Witt, Hendrik ^a   Sturm, Dominik ^a   Wittmann, Andrea ^a   Schöttler, Anna ^a   Felsberg, Jörg ^a   Reifenberger, Guido ^a   Rutkowski, Stefan ^a   Scheurlen, Wolfram ^a   Kulozik, Andreas E ^a   Von Deimling, Andreas ^a   Lichter, Peter ^a   Pfister, Stefan M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 6; MYC PROTEIN; MYC PROTEIN, HUMAN; MYCN PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; ONCOGENE MYC; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STRATIFICATION; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME 6; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; GENETICS; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE MICROARRAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BETA CATENIN; CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 10; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 6; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-MYC; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE ARRAY ANALYSIS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954602395     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2009.25.7121     Document Type: Article

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