A combination of TERT promoter mutation and MGMT methylation status predicts clinically relevant subgroups of newly diagnosed glioblastomas

The prognostic impact of TERT mutations has been controversial in IDH-wild tumors, particularly in glioblastomas (GBM). The controversy may be attributable to presence of potential confounding factors such as MGMT methylation status or patients’ treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of...

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Main Authors: Arita, Hideyuki, Yamasaki, Kai, Matsushita, Yuko, Nakamura, Taishi, Shimokawa, Asanao, Takami, Hirokazu, Tanaka, Shota, Mukasa, Akitake, Shirahata, Mitsuaki, Shimizu, Saki, Suzuki, Kaori, Saito, Kuniaki, Kobayashi, Keiichi, Higuchi, Fumi, Uzuka, Takeo, Otani, Ryohei, Tamura, Kaoru, Sumita, Kazutaka, Ohno, Makoto, Miyakita, Yasuji, Kagawa, Naoki, Hashimoto, Naoya, Hatae, Ryusuke, Yoshimoto, Koji, Shinojima, Naoki, Nakamura, Hideo, Kanemura, Yonehiro, Okita, Yoshiko, Kinoshita, Manabu, Ishibashi, Kenichi, Shofuda, Tomoko, Kodama, Yoshinori, Mori, Kanji, Tomogane, Yusuke, Fukai, Junya, Fujita, Koji, Terakawa, Yuzo, Tsuyuguchi, Naohiro, Moriuchi, Shusuke, Nonaka, Masahiro, Suzuki, Hiroyoshi, Shibuya, Makoto, Maehara, Taketoshi, Saito, Nobuhito, Nagane, Motoo, Kawahara, Nobutaka, Ueki, Keisuke, Yoshimine, Toshiki, Miyaoka, Etsuo, Nishikawa, Ryo, Komori, Takashi, Narita, Yoshitaka, Ichimura, Koichi
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4977715/