Case Study of Rare Nervous System Tumor Reveals Hypermutation
March 12, 2021 Brain scan While deadly, gliosarcomas are a rare central nervous system tumor often overshadowed in research by more common tumors. These sarcomas can occur either in the brain or the spine (the latter is much less common). A team of Yale researchers saw an opportunity to expand on the limited knowledge available when they came across a gliosarcoma that claimed the life of a 65-year-old Yale New Haven patient shortly after doctors discovered it near her T4 vertebrae. The resulting They found that the tumor contained a high number of genetic mutations compared to the similar t...
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