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Genetic and Epigenetic Features of Rapidly Progressing IDH-Mutant Astrocytomas.
Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology - 1 Jul 2018
Richardson Timothy E, Sathe Adwait Amod, Kanchwala Mohammed, Jia Gaoxiang, Habib Amyn A, Xiao Guanghua, Snuderl Matija, Xing Chao, Hatanpaa Kimmo J
Abstract excerpt
IDH-mutant astrocytomas are significantly less aggressive than their IDH-wildtype counterparts. We analyzed The Cancer Genome Atlas dataset (TCGA) and identified a small group of IDH-mutant, WHO grade II-III astrocytomas (n = 14) with an unexpectedly poor prognosis characterized by a rapid progression to glioblastoma and death within 3 years of the initial diagnosis. Compared with IDH-mutant tumors with the...
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