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. 2023 Jul 25;50(13):3982–3995. doi: 10.1007/s00259-023-06330-0

Table 1.

Clinical characteristics

Patient P01 P02 P03 P04 P05 P07 P08 P09 P10 P11
Age 31 78 71 58 54 39 68 73 63 60
Sex M M M F M F M F M M
Ethnicity White White White White Black Asian Other Asian Black White
Treatment type Surgery LG Surgery HG Surveillance LG, biopsy on progression† Surgery LG Surgery LG† Surveil-lance LG; Surgery† Surgery HG Surgery HG Surgery HG Surveil-lance LG; Surgery
Elective debulk Elective debulk Biopsy on transformation; chemoradiotherapy Elective debulk Biopsy; 1 cycle chemotherapy Debulk; chemoradiotherapy Debulk; chemoradiotherapy Debulk Debulk; chemoradiotherapy Complete debulk; chemoradiotherapy
Time (days) between FPIA and surgery 33 4 107 1 16 101 10 11 2 75
Number of samples taken for histology 8 3 2 3 2 2 3 2 2 2
Histopathology (including % expression in neoplastic cells) Diffuse astrocytic, Ki67 4%, p53 20% Astrocytic, Ki67 15–20%, p53 > 20% Diffuse astrocytic, Ki67 5%, p53 widespread expression Diffuse glioma, Ki67 15–20% Diffuse astrocytic, Ki67 2%, focal areas of early transformation Oligodendroglioma, Ki67 8%, p53 5% Cellular glial tumour with astrocytic morphology, Ki67 15%, p53 overexpressed > 20% Astrocytic, primitive neuronal components, Ki67 > 50%, p53 diffuse expressed Cellular glial tumour with astrocytic morphology, Ki67 15%, p53 focal overexpressed Oligodendroglioma, Ki67 10%, p53 not overexpressed
WHO grade histology II LGG astrocytoma IV HG GBM III astrocytoma IV HG GBM II L–focal areas of early transformation Mixed II and III IV HG GBM IV HG GBM IV HG GBM II LGG oligodendroglioma
WHO grade patient II LGG IV HGG III astrocytoma IV HGG III astrocytoma III oligodendroglioma IV HGG IV HGG IV HGG II oligodendroglioma
Routine CE-MRI (CE-T1 MRI and T2 FLAIR) for initial staging LGG HGG LGG but transformed on surveillance – HGG HGG HGG LGG HGG HGG HGG LGG
Molecular phenotype IDH1mu; ATRX loss; p53mu, 1p/19q aneuploidy IDHwt; MGMT-methylated; ATRXwt, p53wt IDH1mu; ATRX loss; p53 mu IDH1wt; MGMT unmethylated; p53wt;; EGFR-VIIImu, 1p/19q aneuploidy IDH1mu; ATRXmu; p53mu, 1p/19q aneuploidy; 1p/19q del in an aneuploid clone IDH1mu; ATRX loss; p53wt, 1p/19q del IDH1wt; ATRwt;; p53mu, MGMT unmethylated; TERTmu; pTENmu; CDK4 amplification IDH1wt; ATRXwt,; p53 mu, MGMT methylated > 25%; TERTmu; pTENmut IDH1/2wt; p53wt; MGMT methylation low < 5%, TERT mu; IDH1mu; ATRXwt; p53wt; 1p/19q del; TERT mu;
Overall survival (months) 64 1.6 61.2 7.05 42 29.03 5.5 3 13.7 25

Progressed or reclassified – originally surveillance for LGG

LGG, lower-grade glioma; HGG, higher-grade glioma