Peter C Burger

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1 The 2007 WHO classification of tumours of the central nervous system. Acta Neuropathol 2007 49.11
2 The WHO classification of tumors of the nervous system. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2002 8.62
3 The genetic landscape of the childhood cancer medulloblastoma. Science 2010 8.34
4 Phase III study of craniospinal radiation therapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy for newly diagnosed average-risk medulloblastoma. J Clin Oncol 2006 4.72
5 Histopathologic grading of medulloblastomas: a Pediatric Oncology Group study. Cancer 2002 3.23
6 Autoimmune hypophysitis. Endocr Rev 2005 2.86
7 Monomorphous angiocentric glioma: a distinctive epileptogenic neoplasm with features of infiltrating astrocytoma and ependymoma. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2005 2.58
8 Frequent gains at chromosome 7q34 involving BRAF in pilocytic astrocytoma. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2008 2.40
9 Temozolomide in the treatment of high-grade gliomas in children: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Neuro Oncol 2011 2.39
10 Platelets in inflammation and thrombosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2003 2.37
11 Angiocentric glioma: a case series. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2009 2.21
12 Small cell astrocytoma: an aggressive variant that is clinicopathologically and genetically distinct from anaplastic oligodendroglioma. Cancer 2004 2.11
13 Immunohistochemical detection of EGFRvIII in high malignancy grade astrocytomas and evaluation of prognostic significance. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2004 1.85
14 High-grade astrocytoma in very young children. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2007 1.77
15 Extent of surgical resection is independently associated with survival in patients with hemispheric infiltrating low-grade gliomas. Neurosurgery 2008 1.72
16 Pathologist interobserver variability of histologic features in childhood brain tumors: results from the CCG-945 study. Pediatr Dev Pathol 2007 1.70
17 The influence of central review on outcome associations in childhood malignant gliomas: results from the CCG-945 experience. Neuro Oncol 2003 1.66
18 c-myc overexpression causes anaplasia in medulloblastoma. Cancer Res 2006 1.66
19 Primary Intraosseous Skull Base Cavernous Hemangioma: Case Report. Skull Base 2003 1.63
20 Histopathological and molecular prognostic markers in medulloblastoma: c-myc, N-myc, TrkC, and anaplasia. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2004 1.62
21 BRAF alterations in primary glial and glioneuronal neoplasms of the central nervous system with identification of 2 novel KIAA1549:BRAF fusion variants. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2012 1.60
22 Outcome analysis of childhood low-grade astrocytomas. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008 1.56
23 Metalloproteinase inhibitors improve the recovery and hemostatic function of in vitro-aged or -injured mouse platelets. Blood 2003 1.49
24 Pilocytic and pilomyxoid hypothalamic/chiasmatic astrocytomas. Neurosurgery 2004 1.47
25 Anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors: refining the correlation among histopathology, 1p 19q deletion and clinical outcome in Intergroup Radiation Therapy Oncology Group Trial 9402. Brain Pathol 2008 1.46
26 Defining future directions in spinal cord tumor research: proceedings from the National Institutes of Health workshop. J Neurosurg Spine 2010 1.45
27 Astroblastoma: radiologic-pathologic correlation and distinction from ependymoma. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2002 1.44
28 Clinicopathologic aspects of 1p/19q loss and the diagnosis of oligodendroglioma. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2007 1.43
29 Isochromosome 17q is a negative prognostic factor in poor-risk childhood medulloblastoma patients. Clin Cancer Res 2005 1.40
30 IDH1 mutations are common in malignant gliomas arising in adolescents: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Childs Nerv Syst 2010 1.39
31 Outcome of children with centrally reviewed low-grade gliomas treated with chemotherapy with or without radiotherapy on Children's Cancer Group high-grade glioma study CCG-945. Cancer 2003 1.38
32 The prognostic value of histological grading of posterior fossa ependymomas in children: a Children's Oncology Group study and a review of prognostic factors. Mod Pathol 2007 1.38
33 MYCC and MYCN oncogene amplification in medulloblastoma. A fluorescence in situ hybridization study on paraffin sections from the Children's Oncology Group. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2002 1.37
34 Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of cranial nerves and intracranial contents: a clinicopathologic study of 17 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 2009 1.36
35 The prognostic impact of histology and 1p/19q status in anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors. Cancer 2005 1.34
36 Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the brain: cytopathologic characteristics and differential diagnosis. Cancer 2005 1.33
37 Use of personalized molecular biomarkers in the clinical care of adults with glioblastomas. J Neurooncol 2012 1.32
38 Solitary fibrous tumors in the central nervous system. A clinicopathologic review of 18 cases and comparison to meningeal hemangiopericytomas. Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003 1.29
39 Issues of diagnostic review in brain tumor studies: from the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008 1.25
40 Spectrum of pilomyxoid astrocytomas: intermediate pilomyxoid tumors. Am J Surg Pathol 2010 1.23
41 Embryonal tumors with abundant neuropil and true rosettes: a distinctive CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumor. Am J Surg Pathol 2009 1.23
42 Clinical utility of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in morphologically ambiguous gliomas with hybrid oligodendroglial/astrocytic features. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2003 1.18
43 Malignant gliomas with primitive neuroectodermal tumor-like components: a clinicopathologic and genetic study of 53 cases. Brain Pathol 2008 1.18
44 Clinicopathologic and genetic profile of intracranial marginal zone lymphoma: a primary low-grade CNS lymphoma that mimics meningioma. J Clin Oncol 2005 1.17
45 INI1 protein expression distinguishes atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor from choroid plexus carcinoma. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2005 1.17
46 Outcome of children with metastatic medulloblastoma treated with carboplatin during craniospinal radiotherapy: a Children's Oncology Group Phase I/II study. J Clin Oncol 2012 1.17
47 Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the central nervous system and its relationship to inflammatory pseudotumor. Hum Pathol 2008 1.13
48 Anaplasia in pilocytic astrocytoma predicts aggressive behavior. Am J Surg Pathol 2010 1.13
49 Time trends in oligodendroglial and astrocytic tumor incidence. Neuroepidemiology 2008 1.12
50 Primary neurosurgery for pediatric low-grade gliomas: a prospective multi-institutional study from the Children's Oncology Group. Neurosurgery 2011 1.12
51 hTERT gene amplification and increased mRNA expression in central nervous system embryonal tumors. Am J Pathol 2003 1.11
52 MR imaging characteristics of pilomyxoid astrocytomas. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2003 1.10
53 Disseminated oligodendroglial-like leptomeningeal tumor of childhood: a distinctive clinicopathologic entity. Acta Neuropathol 2012 1.09
54 Comparative genomic hybridization detects an increased number of chromosomal alterations in large cell/anaplastic medulloblastomas. Brain Pathol 2002 1.08
55 Phase 2 study of idarubicin in pediatric brain tumors: Pediatric Oncology Group study POG 9237. Neuro Oncol 2003 1.07
56 Imaging findings of CNS atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2004 1.06
57 Pineal gland lesions: a cytopathologic study of 20 specimens. Cancer 2005 1.06
58 Ependymomas with neuronal differentiation: a morphologic and immunohistochemical spectrum. Acta Neuropathol 2006 1.06
59 Investigation of human brain tumors for the presence of polyomavirus genome sequences by two independent laboratories. Int J Cancer 2005 1.05
60 Primary anaplastic large cell lymphoma of the central nervous system: prognostic effect of ALK-1 expression. Am J Surg Pathol 2003 1.04
61 Induction chemotherapy and conformal radiation therapy for very young children with nonmetastatic medulloblastoma: Children's Oncology Group study P9934. J Clin Oncol 2012 1.03
62 Pilomyxoid astrocytoma: a review. MedGenMed 2004 1.02
63 Molecular diagnosis of oligodendroglioma in paraffin sections. Lab Invest 2003 1.02
64 Lhermitte-Duclos disease: a report of 31 cases with immunohistochemical analysis of the PTEN/AKT/mTOR pathway. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2005 1.00
65 Anaplasia and grading in medulloblastomas. Brain Pathol 2003 1.00
66 Influence of tumor grade on time to progression after irradiation for localized ependymoma in children. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2002 1.00
67 Infiltrative astrocytomas with granular cell features (granular cell astrocytomas): a study of histopathologic features, grading, and outcome. Am J Surg Pathol 2002 0.98
68 Clinicopathologic features of pediatric oligodendrogliomas: a series of 50 patients. Am J Surg Pathol 2014 0.97
69 Cortical ependymoma: an unusual epileptogenic lesion. J Neurosurg 2011 0.94
70 Gliosarcoma arising in oligodendroglial tumors ("oligosarcoma"): a clinicopathologic study. Am J Surg Pathol 2007 0.94
71 Invasive adenoma and pituitary carcinoma: a SEER database analysis. Neurosurg Rev 2014 0.94
72 Morphologic characteristics and immunohistochemical profile of diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas. Am J Surg Pathol 2013 0.94
73 Akt activation is a common event in pediatric malignant gliomas and a potential adverse prognostic marker: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Neurooncol 2010 0.93
74 Polymer delivery of camptothecin against 9L gliosarcoma: release, distribution, and efficacy. J Neurooncol 2002 0.91
75 Erlotinib inhibits growth of a patient-derived chordoma xenograft. PLoS One 2013 0.90
76 Ependymal tumors with sarcomatous change ("ependymosarcoma"): a clinicopathologic and molecular cytogenetic study. Am J Surg Pathol 2008 0.89
77 Prognostic significance of contrast-enhancing low-grade gliomas in adults and a review of the literature. Neurol Res 2009 0.89
78 Spinal cord tumours: advances in genetics and their implications for treatment. Nat Rev Neurol 2013 0.88
79 Mismatch repair deficiency is an uncommon mechanism of alkylator resistance in pediatric malignant gliomas: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2010 0.88
80 Prognostic factors in pediatric high-grade astrocytoma: the importance of accurate pathologic diagnosis. J Neurooncol 2009 0.88
81 Medulloblastomas with systemic metastases: evaluation of tumor histopathology and clinical behavior in 23 patients. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2003 0.88
82 PD-1, PD-L1, PD-L2 expression in the chordoma microenvironment. J Neurooncol 2014 0.87
83 Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging to differentiate between nonneoplastic lesions and brain tumors in children. J Magn Reson Imaging 2006 0.87
84 PAX2(-)/PAX8(-)/inhibin A(+) immunoprofile in hemangioblastoma: A helpful combination in the differential diagnosis with metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma to the central nervous system. Am J Surg Pathol 2011 0.87
85 Granular cell astrocytomas show a high frequency of allelic loss but are not a genetically defined subset. Brain Pathol 2003 0.86
86 Papillary tumor of the pineal region in a 15-month-old boy. J Neurosurg Pediatr 2011 0.85
87 Corticotroph carcinoma of the pituitary: a clinicopathological study. Report of four cases. J Neurosurg 2002 0.85
88 Primary sarcomas of the brain and spinal cord: a study of 18 cases. Am J Surg Pathol 2002 0.85
89 Proton magnetic resonance spectroscopic imaging in pediatric pilomyxoid astrocytoma. Childs Nerv Syst 2004 0.84
90 Transmission of glioblastoma multiforme following bilateral lung transplantation from an affected donor: case study and review of the literature. Neuro Oncol 2004 0.84
91 Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of pilomyxoid astrocytoma. Neurol Res 2008 0.84
92 Intramedullary amputation neuromas associated with spinal ependymomas. Am J Surg Pathol 2009 0.82
93 Rapid malignant transformation of low-grade astrocytomas: report of 2 cases and review of the literature. World Neurosurg 2009 0.82
94 Molecular markers that identify human astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2002 0.82
95 Histopathological correlates with survival in reoperated glioblastomas. J Neurooncol 2013 0.80
96 Biologic risk stratification of medulloblastoma: the real time is now. J Clin Oncol 2004 0.80
97 Pre- and post-operative plasma glial fibrillary acidic protein levels in patients with newly diagnosed gliomas. J Neurooncol 2012 0.80
98 Gliosarcoma: cytopathologic characteristics on fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and intraoperative touch imprint. Diagn Cytopathol 2004 0.80
99 Outcome and prognostic factors for children with supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors treated with carboplatin during radiotherapy: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015 0.80
100 Rhabdoid meningioma: cytopathologic findings in cerebrospinal fluid. Diagn Cytopathol 2003 0.79
101 ICAM-1 and beta2 integrin deficiency impairs fat oxidation and insulin metabolism during fasting. Mol Med 2006 0.79
102 Histopathologic grading of adult medulloblastomas. Cancer 2007 0.79
103 Multifocal complex glioneuronal tumor in an elderly man: an autopsy study: case report. Neurosurgery 2009 0.78
104 Traumatic facial nerve neuroma with facial palsy presenting in infancy. Otol Neurotol 2010 0.78
105 Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumors of infancy: clinical and radiologic findings. Pediatr Neurol 2003 0.78
106 Diffusion tensor imaging in a child with hypertrophic olivary degeneration. Cerebellum 2013 0.78
107 Concomitant conus medullaris ependymoma and filum terminale lipoma: case report. Neurosurgery 2006 0.77
108 Melanocytic colonization of a meningothelial meningioma: histopathological and ultrastructural findings with immunohistochemical and genetic correlation: case report. Neurosurgery 2003 0.77
109 Extreme drug resistance in primary brain tumors: in vitro analysis of 64 resection specimens. J Neurooncol 2002 0.76
110 Molecular diagnosis of metastasizing oligodendroglioma: a case report. J Mol Diagn 2004 0.76
111 Hypertrophic neuropathy of the cauda equina: case report. Neurosurgery 2004 0.76
112 Impact of tumor location and pathological discordance on survival of children with midline high-grade gliomas treated on Children's Cancer Group high-grade glioma study CCG-945. J Neurooncol 2014 0.75
113 Lipoglioblastoma: a lipidized glioma radiologically and histologically mimicking adipose tissue. World Neurosurg 2009 0.75
114 Keratinized squamous cells in fine needle aspiration of the brain. Cytopathologic correlates and differential diagnosis. Acta Cytol 2003 0.75
115 Medulloblastoma with myogenic differentiation: long-term survival in a patient treated with aggressive combination therapy and autologous stem cell transplantation. J Neurooncol 2011 0.75
116 In Memoriam: F. Stephen Vogel, MD. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2016 0.75
117 Complex choristoma of the gyrus rectus: a distinct clinicopathologic entity? Am J Surg Pathol 2006 0.75
118 Colloid cyst of the third ventricle: cytomorphologic features on stereotactic fine-needle aspiration. Diagn Cytopathol 2002 0.75
119 Microglioma in a child - a further case in support of the microglioma entity and distinction from histiocytic sarcoma. Clin Neuropathol 2016 0.75
120 Intracavernous trigeminal ganglion amyloidoma: case report. Neurosurgery 2007 0.75
121 Neurocytoma of the VIIIth cranial nerve: case report. Neurosurgery 2005 0.75