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| Journal Article | DKFZ-2026-01775 |
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2026
Springer Nature
[London]
Abstract: Meningiomas in pediatric and adolescent/young adult patients are poorly characterized biologically and clinically, and risk stratification is largely extrapolated from adult tumors. We analyze 293 tumors from patients aged 0-39 years using integrated histopathological and molecular profiling. Youth-onset meningiomas are enriched for NF2 and SMARCE1 alterations and exhibit a gain-dominated copy-number landscape, including recurrent chr17q gain, whereas canonical adult high-risk features, such as chr1p loss, lack prognostic significance. Adult-derived prognostic frameworks, including WHO grade, methylation-based stratification and integrated risk scores, fail to predict progression in patients ≤21 years of age. Tumors segregate into age-enriched epigenetic clusters defined by SMARCE1, NF2 and BAP1 alterations. Among NF2-altered tumors, patterns of Merlin inactivation, shaped by germline status and co-occurring copy-number variations, delineate biologically divergent subsets. In patients ≤21 years, extent of resection is the dominant predictor of outcome, while molecular features further refine risk assessment. These findings define pediatric and young adult meningiomas as a distinct molecular entity and support age-adapted risk refinement that integrates molecular features with strong clinical determinants.
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