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Absence of IDH1-R132H mutation predicts rapid progression of nonenhancing diffuse glioma in older adults.
Annals of diagnostic pathology - 1 Jun 2012
Olar Adriana, Raghunathan Aditya, Albarracin Constance T, Aldape Kenneth D, Cahill Daniel P, Powell Suzanne Z, Goodman J Clay, Fuller Gregory N
Abstract excerpt
Advanced age and contrast enhancement portend a poor prognosis in diffuse glioma (DG). Diffuse glioma may present as nonenhancing tumors that rapidly progress in weeks to months to a pattern of ring enhancement, characteristic of glioblastoma (GBM). Mutations involving isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) have recently emerged as important diagnostic and prognostic markers in DG. R132H is the most common mutation,...
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