Paediatric and adult glioblastoma: Multiform (epi)genomic culprits emerge

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 92-107

  Sturm, Dominik ^a,b   Bender, Sebastian ^a,b   Jones, David T W ^a   Lichter, Peter ^a   Grill, Jacques ^c   Becher, Oren ^d   Hawkins, Cynthia ^e   Majewski, Jacek ^f   Jones, Chris ^g   Costello, Joseph F ^h   Iavarone, Antonio ⁱ   Aldape, Kenneth ^j   Brennan, Cameron W ^k   Jabado, Nada ^f   Pfister, Stefan M ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^k MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE FACTORS; EPIGENOMICS; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE;

EID: 84894573670     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3655     Document Type: Review

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