Astrocytoma

Research from M. Shirahata and colleagues provide new insights into astrocytoma

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 3rd, 2009

According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Science, "Histopathological classification of gliomas is often clinically inadequate due to the diversity of tumors that fall within the same class. The goal of the present study was to identify prognostic molecular features in diffusely infiltrating gliomas using gene expression profiling."

"We selected 3456 genes expressed in gliomas, including 3012 genes found in a gliomal expressed sequence tag collection. The expression levels of these genes in 152 gliomas (100 glioblastomas, 21 anaplastic astrocytomas, 19 diffuse astrocytomas, and 12 anaplastic oligodendrogliomas) were measured using...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-03-03)

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