Glioblastomas: correlation between oligodendroglial components, genetic abnormalities, and prognosis

Correlation between genetic alteration a

Correlation between genetic alteration and long-term clinical outcome of patients with oligodendroglial tumors, with identification of a consistent region of deletion on chromosome arm 1p

✍ Naoya Hashimoto; Mamoru Murakami; Yoshinobu Takahashi; Masahito Fujimoto; Johji 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 167 KB

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND In oligodendroglial tumors, allelic losses on chromosome arms 1p and 19q are not only diagnostic molecular markers but also statistically significant predictors of both chemosensitivity and longer recurrence‐free survival. In the current study, the authors attempted to an