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Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma with atypical phenotype, PTEN homozygous deletion and BRAF V600E mutation
Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma (DIA) is rare, cystic and solid tumor of infants usually found in superficial cerebral hemispheres. Although DIA...
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Molecular profiling of pre- and post-treatment pediatric high-grade astrocytomas reveals acquired increased tumor mutation burden in a subset of recurrences
Diffuse gliomas are a heterogeneous category of primary central nervous system tumors. Due to their infiltrative growth precluding complete surgical...
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Malignant Spinal Tumors
MalignantMalignant spinal tumors constitute around 22% of all primary spinal tumors. The most common location of metastasesMetastases to the spinal... -
Benign Glioma
BenignBenign gliomaGliomas broadly refers to a heterogeneousHeterogeneous group of slow-growing glial tumors with low proliferative rates and a more... -
Introduction to Cell Signaling Pathways and Brain Tumors
Cell signaling is the process by which cells coordinate and communicate with other cells, allowing cells to act in the correct way in response to... -
Brain and Spinal Cord Tumors Among the Life-Threatening Health Problems: An Introduction
As one of the global concerns, cancers, including brainBrain and spinal cord tumorsSpinal cord tumors, are responsible for mortalities and... -
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RNA Sequencing of Intraoperative Peritumoral Tissues Reveals Potential Pathways Involved in Glioma-Related Seizures
Tumor-induced changes in the peritumoral neocortex play a crucial role in generation of seizures. This study aimed to investigate the molecular...
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Longitudinal DNA methylation analysis of adult-type IDH-mutant gliomas
Diffuse gliomas are the most prevalent malignant primary brain tumors in adults and remain incurable despite standard therapy. Tumor recurrence is...
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Glioma Cells Expressing High Levels of ALDH5A1 Exhibit Enhanced Migration Transcriptional Signature in Patient Tumors
Accumulating data shows that altered metabolic activity contributes to glioma development. Recently, modulation of SSADH (succinic semialdehyde...
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Methodological and analytical considerations for intra-operative microdialysis
BackgroundMicrodialysis is a technique that can be utilized to sample the interstitial fluid of the central nervous system (CNS), including in...
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Spatial progression and molecular heterogeneity of IDH-mutant glioblastoma determined by DNA methylation-based map**
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common malignant primary central nervous system (CNS) neoplasm in adults, and has an almost universally poor...
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Deep histopathology genotype–phenotype analysis of focal cortical dysplasia type II differentiates between the GATOR1-altered autophagocytic subtype IIa and MTOR-altered migration deficient subtype IIb
Focal cortical dysplasia type II (FCDII) is the most common cause of drug-resistant focal epilepsy in children. Herein, we performed a deep...
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High frequency of PDGFRA and MUC family gene mutations in diffuse hemispheric glioma, H3 G34-mutant: a glimmer of hope?
BackgroundDiffuse hemispheric glioma H3 G34-mutant (G34-DHG) is a new type of pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma in the fifth edition of the...
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Incidence of childhood CNS tumours in Britain and variation in rates by definition of malignant behaviour: population-based study
BackgroundIntracranial and intraspinal tumours are the most numerous solid tumours in children. Some recently defined subtypes are relatively...
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Prognostic factors in patients with glioblastoma multiforme: focus on the pathologic variants
The aim of this study was to offer predicting factors for survival in adult patients with glioblastoma multiforme. 153 consecutive patients with...
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Diagnostic accuracy of 13N-ammonia PET, 11C-methionine PET and 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose PET: a comparative study in patients with suspected cerebral glioma
BackgroundThe treatment of patients with glioma depended on the nature of the lesion and on histological grade of the tumor. Positron emission...
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Co-expression of TIMP-1 and its cell surface binding partner CD63 in glioblastomas
BackgroundWe have previously identified tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1) as a prognostic marker in glioblastomas. TIMP-1 has been...
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The Auditory System
The ear or vestibulocochlear organ is composed of external, middle and inner parts. The external ear consists of the auricle and the external...