Genetic landscape of common brain tumors holds key to personalized treatment

January 24, 2013, from MedWorm: Brain Tumor

Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes, an international team of researchers report. Knowledge of the genomic profile of the tumors and their location in the brain make it possible for the first time to develop personalized medical therapies for meningiomas, which currently are only managed surgically. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)

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