Article
Primitive neuroectodermal tumors after prophylactic central nervous system irradiation in children. Association with an activated K-ras gene.
Cancer - 1 May 1992
Brüstle O, Ohgaki H, Schmitt H P, Walter G F, Ostertag H, Kleihues P
Abstract excerpt
Three patients had supratentorial malignant brain tumors 7 to 9 years after prophylactic central nervous system (CNS) treatment for acute lymphocytic leukemia or malignant T-cell lymphoma. Therapy was administered at the age of 3 to 8 years and included cranial irradiation (total dose, 1800 to 2400 cGy) and intrathecal methotrexate. The brain tumors had histologic and immunohistochemical features of primitive...
Topics
- Aspartic Acid
- Base Sequence
- Brain Neoplasms
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Codon
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, ras
- Glycine
- Humans
