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Adult IDH wild-type lower-grade gliomas should be further stratified.
Neuro-oncology - 1 Oct 2017
Aibaidula Abudumijit, Chan Aden Ka-Yin, Shi Zhifeng, Li Yanxi, Zhang Ruiqi, Yang Rui, Li Kay Ka-Wai, Chung Nellie Yuk-Fei, Yao Yu, Zhou Liangfu, Wu Jinsong, Chen Hong, Ng Ho-Keung
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BACKGROUND: Astrocytoma of the isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) wild-type gene is described as a provisional entity within the new World Health Organization (WHO) classification. Some groups believe that IDH wild-type lower-grade gliomas, when interrogated for other biomarkers, will mostly turn out to be glioblastoma. We hypothesize that not all IDH wild-type lower-grade gliomas have very poor outcomes and the...
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