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Beyond the World Health Organization classification of central nervous system tumors 2016: what are the new developments for gliomas from a clinician's perspective?
Current opinion in neurology - 1 Dec 2020
Weller Michael, Reifenberger Guido
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The World Health Organization (WHO) classification of central nervous system (CNS) tumors was revised in 2016 to include molecular biomarkers that are important for tumor classification and clinical decision making. Thereafter, the cIMPACT-NOW initiative further refined CNS tumor classification through a series of recommendations likely to shape the upcoming WHO classification 2021. RECENT...
Topics
- Brain Neoplasms
- Glioma
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
- Mutation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Sequence Deletion
- Telomerase
- World Health Organization
