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New Brain Tumor Entities Emerge from Molecular Classification of CNS-PNETs.

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Cell2016PMID 26919435PMC5139621stubpubmedProvenance
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CIViC — Clinical Interpretation of Variants in Cancer
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CuratedShowing 1–4 of 4 evidence items · levels, directions and significance as curated at the source; each row links to its CIViC record.
TherapyCancerTypeLevelDirection · significanceRating (1–5)StatusEvidenceSource
BEND2 Fusion1
(diagnostic)Astroblastoma, MN1-AlteredDiagnosticBSupports Positive4accepted
EID8510

The authors studied tumors carrying a diagnosis of CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNETs). They identified four novel DNA methylation-defined brain tumor groups. One group, designated high-grade… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 26919435 · Sturm et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC

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FOXR2 Rearrangement1
(diagnostic)Central Nervous System Neuroblastoma, FOXR2-ActivatedALIASDiagnosticBSupports Positive4accepted
EID11527

In the 2016 study by Sturm et al., the authors performed comprehensive molecular profiling, including DNA methylation arrays, transcriptomics, and genome-wide sequencing, on 323 institutionally diagno… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 26919435 · Sturm et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC

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BCOR ITD2
(diagnostic)Central Nervous System Tumor with BCOR Internal Tandem DuplicationDiagnosticBSupports Positive4accepted
EID10800

The authors generated genome-wide DNA methylation profiles of 323 tumors with an institutional diagnosis of ‘primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the central nervous system (CNS-PNETs)’, which are hi… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 26919435 · Sturm et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC

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(oncogenic)Central Nervous System Tumor with BCOR Internal Tandem DuplicationOncogenicBSupports Oncogenicity4accepted
EID10804

10/323 studied high-grade primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the central nervous system (CNS-HGPNETs) clustered together based on their unique methylation profile. 10/10 of those tumors exhibited in… (full text at CIViC)

PMID 26919435 · Sturm et al., 2016 · Open in CIViC

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