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Infant-Type Hemispheric Glioma
A malignant astrocytoma that is characterized by receptor tyrosine kinase fusions in the NTRK family, ROS1, ALK, or MET genes, that arises in the cerebral hemisphere and occurs in early childhood.
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Overview
A malignant astrocytoma that is characterized by receptor tyrosine kinase fusions in the NTRK family, ROS1, ALK, or MET genes, that arises in the cerebral hemisphere and occurs in early childhood.
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