A staging system based on genetic markers could facilitate the stratification and prognostication of intracranial ependymomas, according to research published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Such neoplasms exhibit multiple varieties of histologic patterns. The cellularity and architecture of ependymoma vary considerably, not only from case to case, but also from area to area within ...

The 38 cases of the ependymal tumors included 29 classic ependymomas, 3 tanycytic, 3 myxopapillary, and 3 anaplastic ependymomas. The 41 nonependymal tumors consist of 6 astrocytomas, 4 central ...