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Familial ependymoma

Known as: Pediatric Ependymoma, brain tumor, childhood ependymoma, ependymoma, childhood 
An ependymoma that arises from the central nervous system and occurs during childhood.
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AnaplasiaCalcinosisCentral Nervous SystemEpendymal cell

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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
Immunohistochemical analysis of H3K27me3 demonstrates global reduction in group-A childhood posterior fossa ependymoma and is a powerful predictor of outcome
Posterior fossa ependymomas (EPN_PF) in children comprise two morphologically identical, but biologically distinct tumor entities… 
Review
2017
Review
2017
Current therapy and the evolving molecular landscape of paediatric ependymoma.
Highly Cited
2016
Highly Cited
2016
Clinical evidence of variable proton biological effectiveness in pediatric patients treated for ependymoma.
Review
2011
Review
2011
Histopathological grading of pediatric ependymoma: reproducibility and clinical relevance in European trial cohorts
BackgroundHistopathological grading of ependymoma has been controversial with respect to its reproducibility and clinical… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Pediatric Ependymoma: Biological Perspectives
Pediatric ependymomas are enigmatic tumors that continue to present a clinical management challenge despite advances in… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Predicting change in academic abilities after conformal radiation therapy for localized ependymoma.
PURPOSE Conformal radiation therapy (CRT) aims to limit the highest radiation dose to the tissue volume at risk while sparing… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Hyperfractionated radiotherapy and chemotherapy for childhood ependymoma: final results of the first prospective AIEOP (Associazione Italiana di Ematologia-Oncologia Pediatrica) study.
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
ERBB receptor signaling promotes ependymoma cell proliferation and represents a potential novel therapeutic target for this disease.
PURPOSE This study was designed to investigate the biological and therapeutic significance of ERBB1, ERBB2, ERBB3, and ERBB4 in… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Prognostic factors in childhood ependymomas.
Between 1975 and 1989, 45 children with newly diagnosed intracranial ependymomas were treated at the authors' institution… 
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The biology of childhood ependymomas.
The biology of 74 childhood ependymomas has been retrospectively investigated in total population samples from three hospitals in… 
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