Deletions in the 17q chromosomal region and their influence on the clonal cytogenetic evolution of recurrent meningiomas

Abstract Objective Meningiomas are among the most frequent intracranial tumors. Although the majority of meningiomas can be cured by surgical resection, up to 20% of the patients develop an aggressive clinical course with tumor recurrence or progressive disease. Cytogenetically, meningiomas frequent...

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Main Authors: Sina Hemmer, Steffi Urbschat, Joachim Oertel, Ralf Ketter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:Molecular Cytogenetics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13039-019-0434-4