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http://dx.doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2018.0057

Recent Advancement of the Molecular Diagnosis in Pediatric Brain Tumor  

Bae, Jeong-Mo (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Won, Jae-Kyung (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
Park, Sung-Hye (Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul National University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society / v.61, no.3, 2018 , pp. 376-385 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recent discoveries of brain tumor-related genes and fast advances in genomic testing technologies have led to the era of molecular diagnosis of brain tumor. Molecular profiling of brain tumor became the significant step in the diagnosis, the prediction of prognosis and the treatment of brain tumor. Because traditional molecular testing methods have limitations in time and cost for multiple gene tests, next-generation sequencing technologies are rapidly introduced into clinical practice. Targeted sequencing panels using these technologies have been developed for brain tumors. In this article, focused on pediatric brain tumor, key discoveries of brain tumor-related genes are reviewed and cancer panels used in the molecular profiling of brain tumor are discussed.
Keywords
Brain neoplasms; Pediatrics; Molecular diagnostics; High-throughput nucleotide sequencing; Next generation sequencing;
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