Difference between revisions of "Diffuse astrocytoma"

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→‎Molecular: update on idh-wildtype astrocytoma
(WHO 2016 update)
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*Tp53 mutations in approx. 60% (80-90% in gemistocytic, 50% in fibrillary types).
*Tp53 mutations in approx. 60% (80-90% in gemistocytic, 50% in fibrillary types).
*MGMT promotor methylated in approx. 50%.
*MGMT promotor methylated in approx. 50%.
*The existence of diffuse astrocytoma, IDH wildtype is challenged.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Reuss | first1 = DE. | last2 = Kratz | first2 = A. | last3 = Sahm | first3 = F. | last4 = Capper | first4 = D. | last5 = Schrimpf | first5 = D. | last6 = Koelsche | first6 = C. | last7 = Hovestadt | first7 = V. | last8 = Bewerunge-Hudler | first8 = M. | last9 = Jones | first9 = DT. | title = Adult IDH wild type astrocytomas biologically and clinically resolve into other tumor entities. | journal = Acta Neuropathol | volume = 130 | issue = 3 | pages = 407-17 | month = Sep | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1007/s00401-015-1454-8 | PMID = 26087904 }}</ref>
**Most cases show genetic alterations compatible with glioblastoma.<ref>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Hasselblatt | first1 = M. | last2 = Jaber | first2 = M. | last3 = Reuss | first3 = D. | last4 = Grauer | first4 = O. | last5 = Bibo | first5 = A. | last6 = Terwey | first6 = S. | last7 = Schick | first7 = U. | last8 = Ebel | first8 = H. | last9 = Niederstadt | first9 = T. | title = Diffuse Astrocytoma, IDH-Wildtype: A Dissolving Diagnosis. | journal = J Neuropathol Exp Neurol | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Feb | year = 2018 | doi = 10.1093/jnen/nly012 | PMID = 29444314 }}</ref>


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