title: Genetic markers in adult high-grade gliomas.
abstract: Diffuse gliomas are the most common primary central nervous system malignancy in adults and most are high grade. Although current morphologic classification by the World Health Organization provides considerable information, significant variability continues to exist in each diagnostic category. Recent molecular advances define distinct molecular signatures and elucidate gliomagenesis pathways, leading to alternative methods for subclassification beyond morphology alone. In addition, each newly described molecular aberration represents a potential new biomarker with variable diagnostic, prognostic, and predictive value for further guiding patient management. In this review, we summarize the most commonly used genetic biomarkers in the workup of adult high-grade gliomas.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
authors.forename: Melike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pekmezci
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Electronic address: Arie.Perry@ucsf.edu.
authors.forename: Arie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perry
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016543:Central Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods; D005819:Genetic Markers; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D005819:Genetic Markers