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. 2021 Mar 8;13(5):1147. doi: 10.3390/cancers13051147
ALT Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres
ATRX α-thalassemia/mental retardation syndrome X-linked
ctDNA Circulating Tumor Deoxyribonucleic Acid
CNS Central Nervous System
CSF CerebroSpinal Fluid
DAXX Death-associated protein 6
ddPCR Droplet digital Polymerase Chain Reaction
DC Dentritic Cells
DCE-MRI Dynamic Contrast Enhanced—Magnetic Resonance Imaging
DNA Deoxyribonucleic Acid
EGFR Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor
Erbb2 v-erb-b2 avian erythroblastic leukemia viral oncogene homolog 2
ETS E26 transformation-specific family transcription factor
IDH Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
IDH-wt Isocitrate Dehydrogenase—wild-type
IDH-mut Isocitrate Dehydrogenase—mutated
hTERT Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase
NGS New Generation Sequencing
MGMT O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NOS Not Otherwise Specified
OS Overall Survival
pHGG Pediatric High Grade Gliomas
PI3KR1 Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha
RNA Ribonucleic Acid
RdRP RNA-dependent RNA polymerase
TCGA The Cancer Genome Atlas
TERC Telomerase RNA template
TERTp TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter
TERTp-mut TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter mutated
TERTp-wt TElomerase Reverse Transcriptase Promoter wild-type
TP53 Tumor suppressor Protein 53
UTSS Upstream of the Transcription Start Site