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[The oligodendroglioma: the value of histologic and genetic diagnosis in predicting sensitivity to chemotherapy].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 18 Jun 2005
Kros J M
Abstract excerpt
During the past decade, there has been increasing interest in oligodendrogliomas because of their sensitivity to chemotherapy. However, making the histopathological diagnosis suffers from subjectivity in many cases. Oligodendrogliomas possess a 'genetic signature' that correlates well with the sensitivity of the tumour to chemotherapy, namely, the loss of parts of chromosome arms 1p and 19q. Hence, in cases of...
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