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Genetically heterogeneous glioblastoma recurring with disappearance of 1p/19q losses: case report.
Neurosurgery - 1 Jul 2007
Ito Motokazu, Wakabayashi Toshihiko, Natsume Atsushi, Hatano Hisashi, Fujii Masazumi, Yoshida Jun
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OBJECTIVE: Intratumor heterogeneity is of great importance in many clinical aspects of glioma biology, including tumor grading, therapeutic response, and recurrence. Modifications in the genetic features of a specific primary tumor recurring after chemo- and radiotherapy are poorly understood. We report a recurrent glioblastoma case exhibiting loss of heterozygosity (LOH) on chromosome 10q, while the primary...
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