Article
[Lower-grade Gliomas].
No shinkei geka. Neurological surgery - 1 May 2021
Motomura Kazuya
Abstract excerpt
Lower-grade gliomas(LGGs)belong to the group of World Health Organization(WHO)grade II and grade III brain tumors and are slow-growing primary brain tumors. Surgical resection is the initial first-line treatment, followed by chemotherapy, while radiotherapy is often reserved in case of recurrence. Based on the WHO 2016 molecular classification, LGGs are genetically classified into three distinct subtypes based on...
Topics
- Brain Neoplasms
- Glioma
- Humans
- Isocitrate Dehydrogenase
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
