Molecular pathology in adult high-grade gliomas: From molecular diagnostics to target therapies

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 271-291

  Masui, K ^a   Cloughesy, T F ^a   Mischel, P S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

High grade gliomas; Integrated analyses; Molecular markers; Predictive factors; Prognostic factors; Target therapies

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; ERLOTINIB; GEFITINIB; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN INHIBITOR; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICRORNA; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

ASTROCYTE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CYTOGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; METHYLATION; MICROGLIA; MOLECULAR THERAPY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; EPIGENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPIGENOMICS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASM GRADING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84860790212     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01238.x     Document Type: Review

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