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Genetic pathways to primary and secondary glioblastoma.
The American journal of pathology - 1 May 2007
Ohgaki Hiroko, Kleihues Paul
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Glioblastoma is the most frequent and most malignant human brain tumor. The prognosis remains very poor, with most patients dying within 1 year after diagnosis. Primary and secondary glioblastoma constitute distinct disease subtypes, affecting patients of different age and developing through different genetic pathways. The majority of cases (>90%) are primary glioblastomas that develop rapidly de novo, without...
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