Emily C Hardin, Simone Schmid, Alexander Sommerkamp, Carina Bodden, Anna-Elisa Heipertz, Philipp Sievers, Andrea Wittmann, Till Milde, Stefan M Pfister, Andreas von Deimling, Svea Horn, Nina A Herz, Michèle Simon, Ashwyn A Perera, Amedeo Azizi, Ofelia Cruz, Sarah Curry, An Van Damme, Miklos Garami, Darren Hargrave, Antonis Kattamis, Barbara Faganel Kotnik, Päivi Lähteenmäki, Katrin Scheinemann, Antoinette Y N Schouten-van Meeteren, Astrid Sehested, Elisabetta Viscardi, Ole Mikal Wormdal, Michal Zapotocky, David S Ziegler, Arend Koch, Pablo Hernáiz Driever, Olaf Witt, David Capper, Felix Sahm, David T W Jones, Cornelis M van Tilburg
BACKGROUND: The international, multicenter registry LOGGIC Core BioClinical Data Bank aims to enhance the understanding of tumor biology in pediatric low-grade glioma (pLGG) and provide clinical and molecular data to support treatment decisions and interventional trial participation. Hence, the question arises whether implementation of RNA sequencing (RNA-Seq) using Fresh Frozen (FrFr) tumor tissue in addition to gene panel and DNA methylation analysis improves diagnostic accuracy and provides additional clinical benefit...
April 19, 2023: Neuro-oncology