Molecular genetic approaches and potential new therapeutic strategies for pediatric diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 30, 2011, Pages 3956-3957

  Hawkins, Cynthia E ^a   Bartels, Ute ^a   Bouffet, Eric ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; RNA;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DIFFUSE INTRINSIC PONTINE GLIOMA; EDITORIAL; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PONTINE GLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION;

BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; GENES, CDC; HUMANS; PONTINE GLIOMA; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 80054720490     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2011.37.8661     Document Type: Editorial

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