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Genomic landscape of meningiomas.
Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) - 1 Jul 2010
Lee Yohan, Liu Jason, Patel Shilpa, Cloughesy Timothy, Lai Albert, Farooqi Haumith, Seligson David, Dong Jun, Liau Linda, Becker Donald, Mischel Paul, Shams Soheil, Nelson Stanley
Abstract excerpt
Meningiomas are one of the most common adult brain tumors. For most patients, surgical excision is curative. However, up to 20% recur. Currently, the molecular determinants predicting recurrence and malignant transformation are lacking. We performed retrospective global genetic and genomic analysis of 85 meningioma samples of various grades. Copy number alterations were assessed by 100K single-nucleotide...
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