BRAIN TUMORGUIDE CORRECTIONS

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Page xiv under the Personalized Help box insert the following:
Top First Things
The most important, immediate issues upon diagnosis can be found in a Checklist of the Top Ten First Things found starting on Page 82 of this Guide.
Page 9 (as shown at the bottom of the page), last paragraph under the heading "Mutations in IDH-1 and IDH-2". Replace the last sentence in its entirety with this sentence:
Such tumors in adults with an absence of the ATRX protein and an abundance of p53 protein are diagnosed as astrocytomas.
Page 347, under the table. Replace the text and link as follows:
An organization called Gliogene is engaged in a study of familial brain tumors. A link to their site is: https://med.stanford.edu/bondylab/projects/gliogene-project.html