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[Role of TERT mutation for treatment prognosis in patients with IDH-negative anaplastic astrocytoma].
Zhurnal voprosy neirokhirurgii imeni N. N. Burdenko - 1 Jan 2022
Belyaev A Yu, Kobyakov G L, Shmakov P N, Telysheva E N, Strunina Yu V, Usachev D Yu
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OBJECTIVE: To study the effect of TERT mutation on overall and relapse-free survival in patients with IDH-negative diffuse astrocytomas grade III (anaplastic gliomas). MATERIAL AND METHODS: The study included 45 patients aged 45.5 years. Forty-two patients underwent resection of tumor, other 3 ones - stereotactic biopsy. TERT mutation was identified in 21 patients. External beam radiation therapy was performed in...
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