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. 2020 Jul 6;12(7):1817. doi: 10.3390/cancers12071817

Table 5.

Prognostic factors in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma.

Factor Details Reference
IDH1/2 mutation Incompatible with diagnosis [4,5,7]
1p/19q co-deletion Incompatible with diagnosis [4]
MGMT Promoter methylation predicts improved response to temozolomide, especially in the presence of TERTp mutation [122,123,143,144,145,148]
Chromosomes 19 & 20 Co-gain correlates with better clinical outcome [129,142]
Chromosomes 1 & 19 Isolated gain of either chromosome, in the absence of CDK4/MDM2 co- amplification correlates with better clinical outcome [139]
BRAF (V600E) Mutation is correlated with better outcome [152,153]
EGFR amplification, 7+/10−, TERTp mutation Alteration of any of these factors correlates with worse clinical outcome; GBM-C0 status correlates with better clinical outcome [129]
Total copy number variation (CNV) Elevated CNV correlates with worse clinical outcome than IDH-mutant lower- grade gliomas, however, no in-group effects [52,129]
CDK4/MDM2 Co-amplification is correlated with worse clinical outcome [120,121,139]
EGFR/PTEN/CDKN2A Co-alterations of these three genes is correlated with worse clinical outcome [141]
PIK3CA Mutations are correlated with worse clinical outcome [140]
H3K27M Mutation in midline glioma correlates with worse clinical outcome; grade IV equivalent (cIMPACT-NOW update 2) [169,173,174,175,177]

NOTE: Molecular alterations in white: Definitional; green: Overall positive effect on prognosis; red: Overall negative effect on prognosis.