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Cystic glioblastoma: an evaluation of IDH1 status and prognosis.
Neurosurgery - 1 Jan 2014
Sarmiento J Manuel, Nuño Miriam, Ortega Alicia, Mukherjee Debraj, Fan Xuemo, Black Keith L, Patil Chirag G
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Controversy exists regarding the prognostic significance of cystic features in newly diagnosed glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) and the pathological origin of cystic GBMs. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether cystic GBMs develop from low-grade gliomas by evaluating IDH1 status and to evaluate the differences in overall survival between patients with cystic and noncystic tumors. METHODS: We retrospectively...
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