Next Generation Sequencing As an Aid to Diagnosis and Treatment of an Unusual Pediatric Brain Cancer

Next Generation Sequencing As an Aid to Diagnosis and Treatment of an Unusual Pediatric Brain Cancer

Classification of pediatric brain tumors with unusual histologic and clinical features may be a diagnostic challenge to the pathologist. We present a case of a 12-year-old girl with a primary intracranial tumor. The tumor classification was not certain initially, and the site of origin and clinical...

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Main Authors: John Glod, Mihae Song, Archana Sharma, Rachana Tyagi, Roy H. Rhodes, David J. Weissmann, Sudipta Roychowdhury, Atif Khan, Michael P. Kane, Kim Hirshfield, Shridar Ganesan, Robert S. DiPaola, Lorna Rodriguez-Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2014-07-01
Series:Journal of Personalized Medicine
Subjects:
glioblastoma
pediatric glioma
metastatic glioma
gene mutation
next generation sequencing
BRAF V600E
vemurafenib
CKDN2A
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4426/4/3/402

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