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Molecular Genetics of Brain Tumours

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Malignant Brain Tumours

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Through the application of molecular biological techniques to the investigation of tumour biology, an understanding of some of the mechanisms involved in neoplasia is beginning to emerge. In studying tumours, it is important to determine which of the gross or submicroscopic alterations to the genome found in tumour cells are causative, and which are a consequence of transformation. In order to do this it is necessary to look for consistent changes, or changes specifically associated with the type or stage of tumour growth.

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  1. Institute of Neurology, Gough-Cooper Department of Neurological Surgery, The National Hospital, Queen Square, London, WC1N 3BG, UK

    David G. T. Thomas MA, FRCP(G), FRCS Ed. (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, G51 4TF, UK

    David I. Graham MBBCh, PhD, FRCPath, FRS(Ed) (Professor) (Professor)

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Jones, C.E., Harding, A.E. (1995). Molecular Genetics of Brain Tumours. In: Thomas, D.G.T., Graham, D.I. (eds) Malignant Brain Tumours. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1877-0_2

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