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Cost-effectiveness of IDH testing in diffuse gliomas according to the 2016 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system recommendations.
Neuro-oncology - 29 Nov 2017
DeWitt John C, Jordan Justin T, Frosch Matthew P, Samore Wesley R, Iafrate A John, Louis David N, Lennerz Jochen K
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BACKGROUND: Due to the decreasing prevalence of IDH1 mutations in older patients, the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of brain tumors proposed not to perform sequencing for isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) in glioblastoma patients ≥55 years old. We present a cost-effectiveness analysis to estimate the financial impact of these guidelines. METHODS: From 2010 to 2015 we performed 1023 IDH tests in...
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