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Extent of resection as an independent predictor of survival for patients with glioblastoma as defined by the new WHO 2021 classification.
Journal of neurosurgery - 1 Sept 2026
Catalino Michael P, Suki Dima, Ballester Leomar, Andersen Clark R, Ramadoss Preeti, Prabhu Sujit S, Weinberg Jeffrey S, Poon Candice C, Cezayirli Phillip Cem, Brahimaj Bledi, McCutcheon Ian E, Ferguson Sherise D, Ene Chibawanye I, Kim Betty Y S, Raza Shaan M, Demonte Franco, Lang Frederick F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Extent of resection (EOR) has previously been demonstrated to have an impact on survival in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). However, with the World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 reclassification of GBMs based on IDH-mutation status, patients with "IDH-mutant GBMs," who typically survive long term, were reclassified as WHO grade 4 IDH-mutant astrocytomas and removed from the GBM taxonomy. Therefore,...
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- Humans
- Glioblastoma
- Brain Neoplasms
- Female
- Male
