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Giant cell glioblastoma is a distinctive subtype of glioma characterized by vulnerability to DNA damage.
Brain tumor pathology - 1 Jan 2020
Ogawa Kaoru, Kurose Akira, Kamataki Akihisa, Asano Kenichiro, Katayama Kosuke, Kurotaki Hidekachi
Abstract excerpt
Giant cell glioblastoma (GC-GBM) consists of large cells with pleomorphic nuclei. As a contrast to GC-GBM, we defined monotonous small GBM (MS-GBM) as GBM that consists of small cells with monotonous small nuclei, and compared the DNA damage as well as other pathological features. GC-GBM showed minimal invasion (< 2 mm) and focal sarcomatous areas. TERTp was wild type in GC-GBM but mutant in MS-GBM. OLIG2...
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