Gliomatosis cerebri in children: A poor prognostic phenotype of diffuse gliomas with a distinct molecular profile
Background. The term gliomatosis cerebri (GC), a radiology-defined highly infiltrating diffuse glioma, has been abandoned since molecular GC-associated features could not be established. Methods. We conducted a multinational retrospective study of 104 children and adolescents with GC providing compr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Fundació Sant Joan de Déu |
| Repositorio: | r-FSJD. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica de la Fundació Sant Joan de Déu |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:fsjd.fundanetsuite.com:p26285 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://fsjd.fundanetsuite.com/Publicaciones/ProdCientif/PublicacionFrw.aspx?id=26285 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | chromosome 6 gliomatosis cerebri H3-wild-type and IDH-wild-type pedHGG_RTK2 pediatric-type glioma pediatric-type high-grade glioma |
| Sumario: | Background. The term gliomatosis cerebri (GC), a radiology-defined highly infiltrating diffuse glioma, has been abandoned since molecular GC-associated features could not be established. Methods. We conducted a multinational retrospective study of 104 children and adolescents with GC providing comprehensive clinical and (epi-)genetic characterization. Results. Median overall survival (OS) was 15.5 months (interquartile range, 10.9-27.7) with a 2-year survival rate of 28%. Histopathological grading correlated significantly with median OS: CNS WHO grade II: 47.8 months (25.2-55.7); grade III: 15.9 months (11.4-26.3); grade IV: 10.4 months (8.8-14.4). By DNA methylation profiling (n = 49), most tumors were classified as pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma (pedHGG), H3-/IDH-wild-type (n = 31/49, 63.3%) with enriched subclasses pedHGG_RTK2 (n = 19), pedHGG_A/B (n = 6), and pedHGG_MYCN (n = 5), but only one pedHGG_RTK1 case. Within the pedHGG, H3-/IDH-wild-type subgroup, recurrent alterations in EGFR (n = 10) and BCOR (n = 9) were identified. Additionally, we observed structural aberrations in chromosome 6 in 16/49 tumors (32.7%) across tumor types. In the pedHGG, H3-/IDH-wild-type subgroup TP53 alterations had a significant negative effect on OS. Conclusions. Contrary to previous studies, our representative pediatric GC study provides evidence that GC has a strong predilection to arise on the background of specific molecular features (especially pedHGG_RTK2, pedHGG_A/B, EGFR and BCOR mutations, chromosome 6 rearrangements). Key Points The presence of gliomatosis cerebri (GC) phenotype may be considered as an independent dismal prognostic factor in hemispheric pediatric-type diffuse gliomas. The methylome-based subtypes pediatric-type diffuse high-grade glioma (pedHGG)_RTK2A/B and (provisional) pedHGG_A/B were significantly associated with GC. EGFR and BCOR alterations and rearrangements of chromosome 6 were the most common genetic features in pediatric GC. |
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