A staging system based on genetic markers could facilitate the stratification and prognostication of intracranial ependymomas, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

This work included 79 cases of primary CNS tumors )38 ependymal tumors and 41 nonependymal CNS tumors). Of the 29 classic ependymomas studied, 24 (82.76%) cases were intracranially located ...

The histologic classification of gliomas has been designed to identify groups of patients with different prognoses, but the grading systems for gliomas on light microscopic examination remain ...