Neuro-oncology: unmasking the multiforme in glioblastoma

Nat Rev Neurol. 2010 Jun;6(6):304-5. doi: 10.1038/nrneurol.2010.67.

Abstract

Classification of glioblastomas into various molecular entities is required for the successful application of targeted therapeutics and personalized cancer therapy. Analyses of gene expression, genomic mutations and DNA copy number identified four molecular subtypes among histopathologically indistinguishable glioblastomas. This classification suggests the existence of distinct paths of tumor cell origin and variation in therapeutic sensitivity.

Publication types

  • News

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / genetics
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Genomic Library
  • Glioblastoma / genetics
  • Glioblastoma / pathology*
  • Humans