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

Dahlrot 2018 (NS cohort).

Study characteristics
Study design Cohort
Study setting Setting: Nordic study (validation cohort)
Country: Denmark
Dates: diagnosis between January 2003 and May 2008.
Selection of participants People included in a collaborative Nordic Study (NS) with WHO grade 3 and 4 gliomas treated with radiotherapy and different combinations of TMZ. Minimum 15 mm2 vital tumour tissue was required for inclusion.
Participant characteristics Sample size: 92 (deaths: 64)
Age: NR
Sex: 57% men
KPS: median NR ECOG performance status: 0–1: 64 (94%); 2: 4 (6%)
Tumour characteristics GBM: 100%
First diagnosis: 100%
Biopsy: NR; subtotal resection: NR; total resection: NR
IDH1 wild‐type: 94%; IDH2 wild‐type: NR
Treatment regimen Radiotherapy and different combinations of TMZ
MGMT promoter methylation tests implemented PSQ, DIF
Dates and follow‐up Timing of MGMT assessment: NR
Start time for follow‐up: date of randomisation; follow‐up: median 17.5; range 0.5–129 months
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