cIMPACT-NOW (the consortium to inform molecular and practical approaches to CNS tumor taxonomy): a new initiative in advancing nervous system tumor classification

David N Louis¹, Ken Aldape², Daniel J Brat³, David Capper^{4

5}, David W Ellison⁶, Cynthia Hawkins⁷, Werner Paulus⁸, Arie Perry⁹, Guido Reifenberger¹⁰, Dominique Figarella-Branger¹¹, Pieter Wesseling^{12

13}, Tracy T Batchelor¹⁴, J Gregory Cairncross¹⁵, Stefan M Pfister¹⁶, Stefan Rutkowski¹⁷, Michael Weller¹⁸, Wolfgang Wick¹⁹, Andreas von Deimling^{4

5}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
² Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
⁴ Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁵ Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.
⁶ Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
⁷ Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Munster, Munster, Germany.
⁹ Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
¹⁰ Department of Neuropathology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site, Essen/Duesseldorf, Germany.
¹¹ Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, La Timone Hospital, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
¹² Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
¹³ Department of Pathology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹⁴ Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
¹⁵ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
¹⁶ Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, & Immunology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
¹⁷ Department of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
¹⁹ Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 27997995
PMCID: PMC8028991
DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12457

cIMPACT-NOW (the consortium to inform molecular and practical approaches to CNS tumor taxonomy): a new initiative in advancing nervous system tumor classification

David N Louis et al. Brain Pathol. 2017 Nov.

. 2017 Nov;27(6):851-852.

doi: 10.1111/bpa.12457. Epub 2016 Dec 20.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
² Department of Pathology, Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
³ Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
⁴ Department of Neuropathology, Institute of Pathology, Ruprecht-Karls-University, Heidelberg, Germany.
⁵ Clinical Cooperation Unit Neuropathology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany.
⁶ Department of Pathology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN.
⁷ Department of Paediatric Laboratory Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
⁸ Institute of Neuropathology, University Hospital Munster, Munster, Germany.
⁹ Department of Pathology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
¹⁰ Department of Neuropathology, Heinrich Heine University, Duesseldorf, and German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) partner site, Essen/Duesseldorf, Germany.
¹¹ Department of Pathology and Neuropathology, La Timone Hospital, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France.
¹² Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
¹³ Department of Pathology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology and University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
¹⁴ Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
¹⁵ Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada.
¹⁶ Division of Pediatric Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Department of Pediatric Oncology, Hematology, & Immunology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany.
¹⁷ Department of Pediatric Haematology and Oncology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.
¹⁹ Neurology Clinic and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany; Clinical Cooperation Unit Neurooncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; German Cancer Consortium (DKTK) Core Center Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 27997995
PMCID: PMC8028991
DOI: 10.1111/bpa.12457

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References

1. Louis DN, Ohgaki H, Wiestler OD, Cavenee WK World Health Organization Histological Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System. 4th edition update ed. International Agency for Research on Cancer: Lyon, France; 2016.
1. Louis DN, Perry A, Reifenberger G, von Deimling A, Figarella‐Branger D, Cavenee WK et al (2016) The 2016 World Health Organization Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System: a summary. Acta Neuropathol 131:803–820. - PubMed
1. Louis DN, Aldape K, Brat D, Capper D, Ellison DW, Hawkins C et al (2017) Announcing cIMPACT‐NOW: the consortium to inform molecular and practical approaches to CNS tumor taxonomy. Acta Neuropathol. - PubMed
1. Louis DN, Perry A, Burger P, Ellison DW, Reifenberger G, von Deimling A et al (2014) International Society Of Neuropathology–Haarlem consensus guidelines for nervous system tumor classification and grading. Brain Pathol 24:429–435. - PMC - PubMed

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