Risk stratification of childhood medulloblastoma in the molecular era: the current consensus

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 821-831

  Ramaswamy, Vijay ^a   Remke, Marc ^b,c   Bouffet, Eric ^a   Bailey, Simon ^d   Clifford, Steven C ^d   Doz, Francois ^e   Kool, Marcel ^c   Dufour, Christelle ^f   Vassal, Gilles ^f   Milde, Till ^c,g   Witt, Olaf ^c,g   von Hoff, Katja ^h   Pietsch, Torsten ⁱ   Northcott, Paul A ^j   Gajjar, Amar ^j   Robinson, Giles W ^j   Padovani, Laetitia ^k   André, Nicolas ^l   Massimino, Maura ^m   Pizer, Barry ⁿ   Packer, Roger ^o   Rutkowski, Stefan ^h   Pfister, Stefan M ^c,g   Taylor, Michael D ^a   Pomeroy, Scott L ^p   more..

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL DÜSSELDORF   (Germany)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^j St Jude Children's Research Hospital   (United States)

^k University of the Mediterranean Aix Marseille II   (France)

^l ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE MARSEILLE   (France)

^m NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

ⁿ ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^o CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^p BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Genomics; Group 3; Group 4; Medulloblastoma; Outcomes; p53; SHH; Subgroups; WNT

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; MYC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 17; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COGNITION; DNA METHYLATION; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; ISOCHROMOSOME; LOW RISK PATIENT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ADOLESCENT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84962148685     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: 14320533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-016-1569-6     Document Type: Article

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