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Medulloblastomics revisited: biological and clinical insights from thousands of patients

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Hovestadt, Volker, Ayrault, Olivier, Swartling, Fredrik J., Robinson, Giles W., Pfister, Stefan M., Northcott, Paul A.·2020·Nature Reviews Cancer

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Medulloblastoma, a malignant brain tumour primarily diagnosed during childhood, has recently been the focus of intensive molecular profiling efforts, profoundly advancing our understanding of biologically and clinically heterogeneous disease subgroups. Genomic, epigenomic, transcriptomic and proteomic landscapes have now been mapped for an unprecedented number of bulk samples from patients with medulloblastoma and, more recently, for single medulloblastoma cells. These efforts have provided pivotal new insights into the diverse molecular mechanisms presumed to drive tumour initiation, maintenance and recurrence across individual subgroups and subtypes. Translational opportunities stemming from this knowledge are continuing to evolve, providing a framework for improved diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. In this Review, we summarize recent advances derived from this continued molecular characterization of medulloblastoma and contextualize this progress towards the deployment of more effective, molecularly informed treatments for affected patients.

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  1. [122]Sharma T Second-generation molecular subgrouping of medulloblastoma: an international meta-analysis of Group 3 and Group 4 subtypes. Acta Neuropathol 138, 309– 326, doi: 10.1007/s00401-019-02020-0 (2019). 31076851 PMC6660496 · DOI · Paper page

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Authors
Hovestadt, V., Ayrault, O., Swartling, F. J., Robinson, G. W., Pfister, S. M., & Northcott, P. A.
Affiliations
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • Université Paris-Sud (FR)
  • Uppsala University (SE)
  • St. Jude Children's Research Hospital (US)
  • German Cancer Research Center (DE)
Corresponding author
Northcott, Paul A.
Venue
Nature Reviews Cancer
Published
2019-12-09
Volume
20
Issue
1
Pages
42-56
ISSN
  • 1474-175X (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1768
OpenAlex
W2991944835
Cited by
271
References
155
Citations by year
2026: 26 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 44 · 2023: 53 · 2022: 36 · 2021: 45 · 2020: 17 · 2019: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
3.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
National Cancer Institute (R01CA232143)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
Keywords
medulloblastoma, molecular subtypes, single-cell profiling, genomic profiling, epigenetic profiling, gene expression profiling, proteomic profiling, tumor heterogeneity, tumor recurrence, pediatric brain tumors, targeted therapy, diagnosis
MeSH terms
Animals, Combined Modality Therapy, Disease Susceptibility, Humans, Medulloblastoma, Neoplasm Metastasis, Neoplasm Staging, Prognosis, Recurrence, Biomarkers, Tumor, Treatment Outcome, Disease Management, Genomics, Molecular Diagnostic Techniques, Proteomics, Genetic Association Studies, Epigenomics, Tumor Microenvironment

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