CNS Tumor with BCOR/BCORL1 Fusion: A Rare Tumor Entity
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Case Presentation
3. Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
CNS | central nervous system tumor |
BCOR | BCL6 corepressor gene |
CT | computed tomography |
GTR | gross total resection |
ITD | internal tandem duplication |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
RT | radiation therapy |
SRS | stereotactic radiosurgery |
STR | subtotal resection |
t-SNE | t-distributed stochastic neighbor embedding |
TMZ | temozolomide |
UMAP | uniform manifold approximation and projection |
WHO | World Health Organization |
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PMID | Age | Sex | Location | Fusion | Initial Diagnosis | Treatment | PFS (Months) | OS (Months) |
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Pisapia et al. [30] | 15 | M | right frontal, left temporal, left occipital | BCOR:CREBBP | diffuse astrocytic glioma, with molecular features of glioblastoma | RT with concomitant TMZ | 18 | 27 |
Baressi et al. [18] | 45 | M | right frontal | CREBBP:BCORL1 | - | RT and TMZ | 1 | 1 |
Yamazaki et al. [16] | 17 | F | right frontal | CREBBP:BCORL1 | - | resection | 18 | - |
Tauziède-Espariat et al. [20] | 13 | M | right temporal | EP300:BCOR | - | GTR and chemotherapy | 16 | 16 |
Tauziède-Espariat et al. [20] | 27 | M | left frontal | EP300:BCOR | - | GTR, chemotherapy and focal RT | 27 | 27 |
Tauziède-Espariat et al. [19] | 64 | M | left frontal | EP300:BCOR | high-grade glioneuronal tumor | GTR | 12 | 12 |
Tauziède-Espariat et al. [19] | 40 | M | within the right lateral ventricle | EP300:BCOR | high-grade glioneuronal tumor | STR, carboplatin and VP16 | 12 | 12 |
Torre et al. [21] | 12 | M | right frontal | EP300:BCOR | oligodendroglioma | extraventricular drainage, STR | 4.5 | 6 |
Torre et al. [21] | 10 | F | left basal ganglia and thalamus | EP300:BCOR | glioblastoma | STR | 1 | 7 |
Torre et al. [21] | 18 | M | right medial occipital | EP300:BCOR | dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNET) versus glioneuronal tumor | STR | 15 | 42 |
Fukuoka et al. [32] | 72 | M | occipital | EP300:BCORL1 | anaplastic ependymoma G3 | resection, RT (40 Gy), chemotherapy | 24 | 33 |
Xu et al. [31] | 43 | F | right frontotemporal | EP300:BCOR | - | NTR, RT (5200 cGy), adjuvant chemotherapy | 8 | 8 |
Xu et al. [31] | 54 | M | right frontal | EP300:BCOR; BCOR-L3MBTL2 | - | GTR, RT (6000 cGy) and adjuvant TMZ | 16 | 16 |
Yamazaki et al. [16] | 18 | F | right frontal | - | - | resection | 33 | - |
Yamazaki et al. [16] | 21 | F | right frontal | - | - | resection, RT (54 Gy), TMZ | 89 | - |
Yamazaki et al. [16] | 25 | F | right frontal | - | - | resection, SRS, adjuvant chemotherapy with bevacizumab, surgery, later addition of ifosfamide, cisplatin, and etoposide | - | 115 |
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Lou, J.; Yong, W.; Aldape, K.; Chu, E.; Hui, C.; Hsu, F.P.K.; Zheng, M.; Ribeiro, A.; Fote, G.; Na, D.; et al. CNS Tumor with BCOR/BCORL1 Fusion: A Rare Tumor Entity. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2025, 26, 6729. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26146729
Lou J, Yong W, Aldape K, Chu E, Hui C, Hsu FPK, Zheng M, Ribeiro A, Fote G, Na D, et al. CNS Tumor with BCOR/BCORL1 Fusion: A Rare Tumor Entity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2025; 26(14):6729. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26146729
Chicago/Turabian StyleLou, Jerry, William Yong, Kenneth Aldape, Eleanor Chu, Caressa Hui, Frank P. K. Hsu, Michelle Zheng, Anatevka Ribeiro, Gianna Fote, Daniel Na, and et al. 2025. "CNS Tumor with BCOR/BCORL1 Fusion: A Rare Tumor Entity" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 26, no. 14: 6729. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26146729
APA StyleLou, J., Yong, W., Aldape, K., Chu, E., Hui, C., Hsu, F. P. K., Zheng, M., Ribeiro, A., Fote, G., Na, D., & Yuen, C. A. (2025). CNS Tumor with BCOR/BCORL1 Fusion: A Rare Tumor Entity. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 26(14), 6729. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms26146729