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 *Median survival is measured in months.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Jubelirer | first1 = SJ. | title = A review of the treatment and survival rates of 138 patients with glioblastoma multiforme. | journal = W V Med J | volume = 92 | issue = 4 | pages = 186-90 | month =  | year =  | doi =  | PMID = 8772403 }}</ref>
 *Only about 5% can expect to survive more than three years.<ref name=pmid17785346>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Krex | first1 = D. | last2 = Klink | first2 = B. | last3 = Hartmann | first3 = C. | last4 = von Deimling | first4 = A. | last5 = Pietsch | first5 = T. | last6 = Simon | first6 = M. | last7 = Sabel | first7 = M. | last8 = Steinbach | first8 = JP. | last9 = Heese | first9 = O. | title = Long-term survival with glioblastoma multiforme. | journal = Brain | volume = 130 | issue = Pt 10 | pages = 2596-606 | month = Oct | year = 2007 | doi = 10.1093/brain/awm204 | PMID = 17785346 }}</ref>
+*Current classification recognizes three types:
+** Glioblastoma, IDH-wildtype (aka primary GBM, ICD-O: 9440/3).
+** Glioblastoma, IDH-mutant (aka secondary GBM, ICD-O: 9445/3).
+** Glioblastoma, NOS (lack of molecular data).
 ==Macroscopy==