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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: David Jones
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-11265 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Cancer research 20081101 21
Brain tumors are the most common solid tumors of childhood, and pilocytic astrocytomas (PA) are the most common central nervous system tumor in 5 to 19 year olds. Little is known about the genetic alterations underlying their development. Here, we describe a tandem duplication of approximately 2 Mb at 7q34 occurring in 66% of PAs. This rearrangement, which was not observed in a series of 244 higher-grade astrocytomas, results in an in-frame fusion gene incorporating the kinase domain of the BRAF ...[more]