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  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Pathology
  • The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi Pathology

Overview

Tarik Tihan is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily spans medicine, with significant contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study in which Tarik Tihan operates are:

  • Medicine
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these, their subfields of focus include:

  • Genetics
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cancer Research

Their published work addresses several main topics, notably:

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Brain Metastases and Treatment
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management
  • Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments
  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics

Tarik Tihan has published extensively in notable venues, including:

  • Neuro-Oncology
  • Acta Neuropathologica
  • Brain Pathology
  • PubMed
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The following are some recent papers authored or co-authored by them:

  • Brain and other central nervous system tumor statistics, 2021 (2021), published in CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians
  • Clinical, radiologic, and genetic characteristics of histone H3 K27M-mutant diffuse midline gliomas in adults (2020), published in Neuro-Oncology Advances
  • Pediatric bithalamic gliomas have a distinct epigenetic signature and frequent EGFR exon 20 insertions resulting in potential sensitivity to targeted kinase inhibition (2020), published in Acta Neuropathologica
  • Intracranial mesenchymal tumor with FET-CREB fusion-A unifying diagnosis for the spectrum of intracranial myxoid mesenchymal tumors and angiomatoid fibrous histiocytoma-like neoplasms (2020), published in Brain Pathology
  • Detection of glioma infiltration at the tumor margin using quantitative stimulated Raman scattering histology (2021), published in Scientific Reports

The scientist frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors who have contributed alongside them in multiple publications. These collaborators include:

  • Melike Pekmezci
  • Arie Perry
  • Andrew W. Bollen
  • David A. Solomon
  • Mitchel S. Berger

Tarik Tihan has been recognized by receiving the award from The Science Academy Society of Turkey - Bilim Akademisi for contributions to pathology.

Best Publications

  • Glioma Groups Based on 1p/19q, IDH, and TERT Promoter Mutations in Tumors

    Jeanette E Eckel-Passow;Daniel H Lachance;Annette M. Molinaro;Kyle M. Walsh

  • Loss of tumor suppressor PTEN function increases B7-H1 expression and immunoresistance in glioma

    Andrew T Parsa;James S Waldron;Amith Panner;Courtney A Crane

  • Role of Extent of Resection in the Long-Term Outcome of Low-Grade Hemispheric Gliomas

    Justin S. Smith;Edward F. Chang;Kathleen R. Lamborn;Susan M. Chang

  • Brain tumor epidemiology: consensus from the Brain Tumor Epidemiology Consortium.

    Melissa L. Bondy;Michael E. Scheurer;Beatrice Malmer;Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan

  • Brain and other central nervous system tumor statistics, 2021

    Kimberly D Miller;Quinn T Ostrom;Carol Kruchko;Nirav Patil

  • Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system: a highly malignant tumor of infancy and childhood frequently mistaken for medulloblastoma: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.

    Peter C. Burger;I. T. Yu;Tarik Tihan;Henry S. Friedman

  • Variants in the CDKN2B and RTEL1 regions are associated with high grade glioma susceptibility

    Margaret Wrensch;Robert B. Jenkins;Jeffrey S. Chang;Ru Fang Yeh

  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Protein Kinase B/Akt, and Glioma Response to Erlotinib

    Daphne A. Haas-Kogan;Michael D. Prados;Tarik Tihan;David A. Eberhard

  • The hypoxic response of tumors is dependent on their microenvironment

    Barbara Blouw;Hanqiu Song;Tarik Tihan;Jenel Bosze

  • High-resolution CT imaging of carotid artery atherosclerotic plaques.

    Max Wintermark;Sumayya Jawadi;J. H. Rapp;T. Tihan

  • Pediatric astrocytomas with monomorphous pilomyxoid features and a less favorable outcome

    Tarik Tihan;Paul G. Fisher;James L. Kepner;Catherine Godfraind

  • Diffuse Midline Gliomas with Histone H3-K27M Mutation: A Series of 47 Cases Assessing the Spectrum of Morphologic Variation and Associated Genetic Alterations

    David A. Solomon;Matthew D. Wood;Tarik Tihan;Andrew W. Bollen

  • Nuclear Localization and Mutation of β-Catenin in Medulloblastomas

    Charles G. Eberhart;Tarik Tihan;Peter C. Burger

  • Differentiation of Low-Grade Oligodendrogliomas from Low-Grade Astrocytomas by Using Quantitative Blood-Volume Measurements Derived from Dynamic Susceptibility Contrast-Enhanced MR Imaging

    Soonmee Cha;Tarik Tihan;Forrest Crawford;Nancy J. Fischbein

  • Frequent gains at chromosome 7q34 involving BRAF in pilocytic astrocytoma

    Eli E. Bar;Alex Lin;Tarik Tihan;Peter C. Burger

  • Adult infiltrating gliomas with WHO 2016 integrated diagnosis: additional prognostic roles of ATRX and TERT.

    Melike Pekmezci;Terri Rice;Annette M. Molinaro;Kyle M. Walsh

  • Volumetric extent of resection and residual contrast enhancement on initial surgery as predictors of outcome in adult patients with hemispheric anaplastic astrocytoma.

    G Evren Keles;Edward F Chang;Kathleen R Lamborn;Tarik Tihan

  • Solitary fibrous tumors in the central nervous system. A clinicopathologic review of 18 cases and comparison to meningeal hemangiopericytomas.

    Tarik Tihan;Michael Viglione;Marc K. Rosenblum;Alessandro Olivi

  • A clinicopathologic reappraisal of brain stem tumor classification : Identification of pilocytic astrocytoma and fibrillary astrocytoma as distinct entities

    Paul G. Fisher;Steven N. Breiter;Benjamin S. Carson;Moody D. Wharam

  • Monomorphous angiocentric glioma: a distinctive epileptogenic neoplasm with features of infiltrating astrocytoma and ependymoma.

    Min Wang;Tarik Tihan;Amyn Mohammed Rojiani;Surender R. Bodhireddy

Frequent Co-Authors

Arie Perry
Arie Perry University of California, San Francisco
Mitchel S. Berger
Mitchel S. Berger University of California, San Francisco
David A. Solomon
David A. Solomon University of California, San Francisco
Susan M. Chang
Susan M. Chang University of California, San Francisco
Andrew T. Parsa
Andrew T. Parsa Northwestern University
Joanna J. Phillips
Joanna J. Phillips University of California, San Francisco
Nalin Gupta
Nalin Gupta University of California, San Francisco
Peter C. Burger
Peter C. Burger Johns Hopkins University
Michael D. Prados
Michael D. Prados University of California, San Francisco
Margaret R. Wrensch
Margaret R. Wrensch University of California, San Francisco

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