Announcing cIMPACT-NOW: the Consortium to Inform Molecular and Practical Approaches to CNS Tumor Taxonomy

authors

• Louis David N.
• Aldape Ken
• Brat Daniel J.
• Capper David
• Ellison David W.
• Perry Arie
• Hawkins Cynthia
• Paulus Werner
• Reifenberger Guido
• Figarella-Branger Dominique
• Wesseling Pieter
• Batchelor Tracy T.
• Cairncross J. Gregory
• Pfister Stefan
• Rutkowski Stefan
• Weller Michael
• Wick Wolfgang
• von Deimling Andreas

keywords

• Taxonomy
• Consortium
• Molecular
• CNS Tumor

abstract

The recent publication of the 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System (2016 CNS WHO) represents a significant advance in the classification of human brain tumors [ 1]. For the first time, a CNS WHO classification defines diagnostic entities by combining molecular and histological information. In doing so, the classification facilitates more precise diagnosis of well-understood entities and clearer designation of less-understood entities, which will in turn allow further study and likely future advances in their classifications.

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