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Study design | Cohort | |
Study setting | Setting: VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam Country: the Netherlands Dates: diagnosis between 2005 and 2011 |
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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 |
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Participant characteristics | Sample size: 66 (deaths: NR) Age: NR Sex: % men NR KPS: NR |
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Tumour characteristics | GBM: 100% First diagnosis: 100% Biopsy: 3%; subtotal resection: NR; total resection: 97% IDH1 wild‐type: NR; IDH2 wild‐type: NR |
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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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