Authors
Adrienne Johnson, Eric Severson, Laurie Gay, Jo‐Anne Vergilio, Julia Elvin, James Suh, Sugganth Daniel, Mandy Covert, Garrett M Frampton, Sigmund Hsu, Glenn J Lesser, Kimberly Stogner‐Underwood, Ryan T Mott, Sarah Z Rush, Jennifer J Stanke, Sonika Dahiya, James Sun, Prasanth Reddy, Zachary R Chalmers, Rachel Erlich, Yakov Chudnovsky, David Fabrizio, Alexa B Schrock, Siraj Ali, Vincent Miller, Philip J Stephens, Jeffrey Ross, John R Crawford, Shakti H Ramkissoon
Publication date
2017/12/1
Journal
The oncologist
Volume
22
Issue
12
Pages
1478-1490
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Description
Background
Pediatric brain tumors are the leading cause of death for children with cancer in the U.S. Incorporating next‐generation sequencing data for both pediatric low‐grade (pLGGs) and high‐grade gliomas (pHGGs) can inform diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic decision‐making.
Materials and Methods
We performed comprehensive genomic profiling on 282 pediatric gliomas (157 pHGGs, 125 pLGGs), sequencing 315 cancer‐related genes and calculating the tumor mutational burden (TMB; mutations per megabase [Mb]).
Results
In pLGGs, we detected genomic alterations (GA) in 95.2% (119/125) of tumors. BRAF was most frequently altered (48%; 60/125), and FGFR1 missense (17.6%; 22/125), NF1 loss of function (8.8%; 11/125), and TP53 (5.6%; 7/125) mutations were also detected. Rearrangements were identified in 35% of pLGGs …
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