EPCO-35. GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMAS
Alanya H, Yalcin K, Hilton B, Gultekin B, Mishra-Gorur K, McGuone D, Gunel M, Omay S, Erson-Omay Z. EPCO-35. GENOMIC CHARACTERIZATION OF GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING PITUITARY ADENOMAS. Neuro-Oncology 2024, 26: viii9-viii9. PMCID: PMC11553213, DOI: 10.1093/neuonc/noae165.0034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGH-secreting pituitary adenomasWhole-exome sequencingPituitary adenomasGNAS mutationsCopy number variationsSporadic GH-secreting pituitary adenomasGrowth hormone (GH)-secreting pituitary adenomasGenomic profilingGrowth hormone secreting pituitary adenomaSecreting pituitary adenomasBlood samplesComprehensive genomic characterizationSomatic GNAS mutationsSingle nucleotide variantsMatched blood samplesGenomic instabilityAssessment of genomic instabilityStatistically significant differenceTumor sizeClinical featuresTumor samplesClinical dataTumorExome sequencingBrain tumorsHeterozygous CDKN2A Loss is Associated with Recurrence and Survival in High, But Not Low Grade Meningiomas
Tabor J, O'Brien J, Valero S, Pappajohn A, McGuone D, Erson-Omay Z, Yasuno K, Gunel M, Moliterno J. Heterozygous CDKN2A Loss is Associated with Recurrence and Survival in High, But Not Low Grade Meningiomas. Neurosurgery 2024, 70: 203-203. DOI: 10.1227/neu.0000000000002810_112.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchProgression-free survivalHigh-grade meningiomasOverall survivalNF2 mutationsDecreased PFSLow grade meningiomasWHO grading criteriaLow-grade meningiomasAssociated with recurrenceSomatic NF2 mutationsHigher recurrence rateSomatic driver mutationsAggressive clinical characteristicsIncreased chromosomal instabilityLoss of CDKN2A/BHigh-copy number variationCDKN2A mutationsCopy number variationsAggressive meningiomasLow-grade onesProliferative indexCDKN2A lossGrade meningiomasRecurrence rateMitotic count