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[Analyses of IDH1 mutation and MGMT promoter methylation status for 5 cases of long-term survivors with glioblastoma].
No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery - 1 Feb 2012
Kamoshima Yuuta, Motegi Hiroaki, Terasaka Shunsuke, Kobayashi Hiroyuki, Yamaguchi Shigeru, Murata Junichi, Tanaka Shinya, Houkin Kiyohiro
Abstract excerpt
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor with an extremely poor prognosis in spite of multimodal treatment approaches. The median survival time of patients with GBM is 15 months, and only 3-5% of patients survive longer than 36 months. Those patients who survive over 36 months after the initial diagnosis are defined as long-term survivors. In this study, we...
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