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Genetic landscape of extreme responders with anaplastic oligodendroglioma.
Oncotarget - 30 May 2017
Holdhoff Matthias, Cairncross Gregory J, Kollmeyer Thomas M, Zhang Ming, Zhang Peixin, Mehta Minesh P, Werner-Wasik Maria, Souhami Luis, Bahary Jean-Paul, Kwok Young, Hartford Alan C, Chakravarti Arnab, Yegnasubramanian Srinivasan, Vogelstein Bert, Papadopoulos Nickolas, Kinzler Kenneth, Jenkins Robert B, Bettegowda Chetan
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BACKGROUND: The NRG Oncology RTOG 9402 trial showed significant survival benefit in patients with 1p/19q co-deleted anaplastic oligodendrogliomas (AO) who received both radiation (RT) and chemotherapy (PCV regimen) versus RT alone. Substantial separation of the survival curves was only seen after 7.3 years. We aimed to determine whether there are specific genetic alterations that distinguish co-deleted AO...
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