Interpretation on embryonal tumors in the 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System (fifth edition)

Yang WANG

Abstract


Embryonal tumors of central nervous system (CNS) are a class of highly heterogeneous brain tumors and the most common malignant brain tumors in children. Researches based on histology and molecular genetics can classify them. This kind of researches only can not stratify the prognosis of embryonic tumors, but also provide treatment guidance for them. The 2021 WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System (fifth edition) updated the classification of embryonal tumors. This article will interpret the updating from two aspects of medulloblastoma and other CNS embryonal tumors.

 

doi：10.3969/j.issn.1672⁃6731.2021.09.012


Keywords


Central nervous system neoplasms; Neoplasms, germ cell and embryonal; Guidelines; World Health Organization; Review

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