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TERT promoter mutations and BRAF mutations are rare in sporadic, and TERT promoter mutations are absent in NF1-related malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors.
Journal of neuro-oncology - 1 Nov 2014
Dubbink Hendrikus J, Bakels Hannah, Post Edward, Zwarthoff Ellen C, Verdijk Robert M
Abstract excerpt
Hot spot mutations in the promoter region of telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT promoter mutations) occur frequently in tumors of neuroectodermal origin such as melanoma and glioma. Many of these tumors are of neuroectodermal or ectomesenchymal origin which is suggestive of TERT promoter muta...
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