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Benefit from procarbazine, lomustine, and vincristine in oligodendroglial tumors is associated with mutation of IDH.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 10 Mar 2014
Cairncross J Gregory, Wang Meihua, Jenkins Robert B, Shaw Edward G, Giannini Caterina, Brachman David G, Buckner Jan C, Fink Karen L, Souhami Luis, Laperriere Normand J, Huse Jason T, Mehta Minesh P, Curran Walter J
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Patients with 1p/19q codeleted anaplastic oligodendroglial tumors who participated in RTOG (Radiation Therapy Oncology Group) 9402 lived much longer after chemoradiotherapy (CRT) than radiation therapy (RT) alone. However, some patients with noncodeleted tumors also benefited from CRT; survival curves separated after the median had been reached, and significantly more patients lived ≥ 10 years after CRT...
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