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. 2021 Mar 12;2021(3):CD013316. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013316.pub2

Barault 2015.

Study characteristics
Study design Cohort
Study setting Setting: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam
Country: the Netherlands
Dates: diagnosis between 2005 and 2011
Selection of participants Eligible people had a histopathological diagnosis of supratentorial GBM. The GBM validation‐set consisted of tissue samples from people with newly diagnosed GBM, who had surgery and chemoradiation with follow‐up ≥ 2 years.
Inclusion criteria: adults aged > 17 years; a new histopathological diagnosis of supratentorial GBM between 2005 and 2011, verified by an independent neuropathologist; no prior brain tumour treatment to exclude dedifferentiated glioma; pre‐ and postoperative MRI within 3 days of surgery; standard adjuvant therapy
Participant characteristics Sample size: 66 (deaths: NR)
Age: NR
Sex: % men NR
KPS: NR
Tumour characteristics GBM: 100%
First diagnosis: 100%
Biopsy: 3%; subtotal resection: NR; total resection: 97%
IDH1 wild‐type: NR; IDH2 wild‐type: NR
Treatment regimen Standard adjuvant therapy consisting of radiotherapy and concomitant TMZ, followed by 6 monthly cycles of adjuvant TMZ
MGMT promoter methylation tests implemented PSQ, methyl‐beaming
Dates and follow‐up Timing of MGMT assessment: not explicitly reported, but presumably on material obtained during resective surgery, prior to adjuvant therapy with 30 × 2 Gy radiotherapy and concomitant TMZ, followed by 6 monthly cycles of adjuvant TMZ.
Start time for follow‐up: NR; follow‐up: median NR; range NR
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