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JOURNAL OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY
Volume 119, Issue 1, Pages 7-15Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-014-1448-8
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Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma; Brainstem glioma; Brainstem biopsy; Epigenetics; Molecular signaling pathways
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- Ellie Kavalieros DIPG Foundation
- Ryan Harvey Fund
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Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a disease of childhood whose abysmal prognosis has remained unchanged for over 50 years. Biologic investigation has been stymied by lack of pretreatment tissue, as biopsy has been reserved for atypical cases. Recent advances in surgical and molecular-analytic techniques have increased the safety and potential utility of biopsy; brainstem biopsy has now been incorporated into several prospective clinical trials. These and other recent efforts have yielded new insights into DIPG molecular pathogenesis, and opened new avenues for investigation.
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