Anaplastic PXA in adults: Case series with clinicopathologic and molecular features

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-69

  Schmidt, Yao ^a   Kleinschmidt Demasters, B K ^a   Aisner, Dara L ^a   Lillehei, Kevin O ^a   Damek, Denise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic; BRAF; Clinical outcome; IDH1; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; PXA

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; BEVACIZUMAB; CARMUSTINE; ISOCITRATE DEHYDROGENASE 1; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORPHOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871816998     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-012-0991-4     Document Type: Article

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