Department of Neurosurgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02114, USA.
Genes Dev. 2012 Apr 15;26(8):756-84. doi: 10.1101/gad.187922.112.
Glioblastoma is both the most common and lethal primary malignant brain tumor. Extensive multiplatform genomic characterization has provided a higher-resolution picture of the molecular alterations underlying this disease. These studies provide the emerging view that "glioblastoma" represents several histologically similar yet molecularly heterogeneous diseases, which influences taxonomic classification systems, prognosis, and therapeutic decisions.
胶质母细胞瘤既是最常见的也是最致命的原发性恶性脑肿瘤。广泛的多平台基因组特征分析为这种疾病的分子改变提供了更清晰的图像。这些研究提供了一个新的观点，即“胶质母细胞瘤”代表了几种组织学上相似但分子上不同的疾病，这影响了分类学分类系统、预后和治疗决策。
