Revisiting Management of Pediatric Brain Tumors with New Molecular Insights

Cell. 2016 Feb 25;164(5):844-6. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.02.030.

Abstract

Pediatric central nervous system primitive neuro-ectodermal brain tumors (CNS-PNETs) are rare tumors with ill-defined biological features. In this issue of Cell, Sturm et al. used state-of-the-art methods to interrogate these tumors' biology. Their integrated molecular analyses led them to propose a new molecular classification, with four new entities identified, that should get oncologists' attention.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / genetics*
  • Central Nervous System Neoplasms / pathology*
  • DNA Methylation*
  • Humans
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors / genetics*
  • Neuroectodermal Tumors / pathology*