Pediatric brain tumors

YT Udaka, RJ Packer - Neurologic clinics, 2018 - neurologic.theclinics.com
Pediatric central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the second most common childhood
malignancy and the most common solid tumor in children. The incidence rate of childhood …

Molecular subgroups of medulloblastoma

PA Northcott, AM Dubuc, S Pfister… - Expert review of …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Recent efforts at stratifying medulloblastomas based on their molecular features have
revolutionized our understanding of this morbidity. Collective efforts by multiple independent …

Genome sequencing of SHH medulloblastoma predicts genotype-related response to smoothened inhibition

M Kool, DTW Jones, N Jäger, PA Northcott, TJ Pugh… - Cancer cell, 2014 - cell.com
Smoothened (SMO) inhibitors recently entered clinical trials for sonic-hedgehog-driven
medulloblastoma (SHH-MB). Clinical response is highly variable. To understand the …

Circular extrachromosomal DNA promotes tumor heterogeneity in high-risk medulloblastoma

OS Chapman, J Luebeck, S Sridhar, ITL Wong, D Dixit… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Circular extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) in patient tumors is an important driver of
oncogenic gene expression, evolution of drug resistance and poor patient outcomes …

Cytogenetic prognostication within medulloblastoma subgroups

DJH Shih, PA Northcott, M Remke… - Journal of clinical …, 2014 - ascopubs.org
Purpose Medulloblastoma comprises four distinct molecular subgroups: WNT, SHH, Group
3, and Group 4. Current medulloblastoma protocols stratify patients based on clinical …

Combined MYC and P53 defects emerge at medulloblastoma relapse and define rapidly progressive, therapeutically targetable disease

RM Hill, S Kuijper, JC Lindsey, K Petrie, EC Schwalbe… - Cancer cell, 2015 - cell.com
We undertook a comprehensive clinical and biological investigation of serial
medulloblastoma biopsies obtained at diagnosis and relapse. Combined MYC family …

Relapse patterns and outcome after relapse in standard risk medulloblastoma: a report from the HIT-SIOP-PNET4 study

M Sabel, G Fleischhack, S Tippelt, G Gustafsson… - Journal of neuro …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract The HIT-SIOP-PNET4 randomised trial for standard risk medulloblastoma
(MB)(2001–2006) included 338 patients and compared hyperfractionated and conventional …