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Magnetic resonance imaging characteristics predict epidermal growth factor receptor amplification status in glioblastoma.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Dec 2005
Aghi Manish, Gaviani Paola, Henson John W, Batchelor Tracy T, Louis David N, Barker Fred G
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PURPOSE: Two clinical-molecular glioblastoma subtypes have been described: "primary" glioblastomas arise de novo in older patients and often overexpress epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR); "secondary" glioblastomas progress from lower-grade tumors in younger patients and commonly have TP53 mutations. EGFR overexpression correlates in experimental gliomas with increased angiogenesis, edema, and invasion. No...
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