Genomic proifling oflower-grade gliomas uncovers cohesive disease groups:implications fordiagnosis andtreatment
10.1186/s40880-015-0071-1
- Author:
ChangMingZhang
1
;
DanielJBrat
Author Information
1. Xiangya School ofMedicine
- Keywords:
Lower-grade glioma;
The Cancer Genome Atlas;
Histologic class;
Molecular class;
Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation
- From:Chinese Journal of Cancer
2016;(1):1-3
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Lower?grade gliomas (including low? and intermediate?grade gliomas, World Health Organization grades II and III) are diffusely inifltrative neoplasms that arise most often in the cerebral hemispheres of adults and have traditionally been classiifed based on their presumed histogenesis as astrocytomas, oligodendrogliomas, or oligoastrocytomas. Although the histopathologic classiifcation of lower?grade glioma has been the accepted standard for nearly a century, it suffers from high intra? and inter?observer variability and does not adequately predict clinical outcomes. Based on integrated analysis of multiplatform genomic data from The Cancer Genome Atlas, lower?grade gliomas have been found to segregate into three cohesive, clinically relevant molecular classes. Molecular classes were closely aligned with the status of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutations, tumor protein 53 mutations and the co?deletion of chromosome arms 1p and 19q, but were not closely aligned with histologic classes. These ifndings emphasize the potential for improved deifnition of clinically relevant disease subsets using integrated molecular approaches and highlight the importance of biomarkers for brain tumor classiifcation.
