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CURRENT ONCOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages 26-36Publisher
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DOI: 10.1007/s11912-010-0138-8
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Genomic profiling; Brain tumors; Biomarkers; Glioma; Glioblastoma; Medulloblastoma; Ependymoma; Meningioma; Microarray; Predictive makers; Prognostic markers; DNA methylation; Copy number variation
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Primary brain tumors are a heterogeneous group of malignancies with highly variable outcomes, and diagnosis is largely based on the histological appearance of the tumors. However, the diversity of primary brain tumors has made prognostic determinations based purely on clinicopathologic variables difficult. There is an increasing body of data suggesting a significant amount of molecular diversity accounts for the heterogeneity of clinical observations, such as response to treatment and time to progression. The last decade has witnessed an explosive advance in our knowledge of the molecular genetics of brain tumors, due in large part to the availability of high-throughput profiling techniques and to the completion of the human genome sequencing project. The large amount of data generated by these efforts has enabled the identification of prognostic and predictive factors and helping to identify pathways which are driving tumor growth. Identification of biomarkers will enable better patient stratification and individualization of treatment.
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