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

Havik 2012.

Study characteristics
Study design Cohort
Study setting Setting: Department of Neurosurgery, Oslo University Hospital
Country: Norway
Dates: surgery between January 2005 and January 2009
Selection of participants Tumour samples from 134 people with glioma (diffuse astrocytoma WHO grade II (n = 10), oligodendroglioma WHO grade II (n = 6), oligoastrocytoma WHO grade II (n = 17), low‐grade neuroepithelial tumour not otherwise specified (n = 2), anaplastic astrocytoma WHO grade III (n = 4), anaplastic oligodendroglioma, WHO grade III (n = 6), anaplastic oligoastrocytoma WHO grade III (n = 3), GBM WHO grade IV (n = 86)) and 4 people with meningioma
Participant characteristics Sample size: 134 (deaths: NR)
Age: mean 58.5, SD 9.1 years
Sex: 53.5% men
KPS: NR
Tumour characteristics GBM: 64.2%
First diagnosis: NR
Biopsy: NR; subtotal resection: NR; total resection: NR
IDH1 wild‐type: NR; IDH2 wild‐type: NR
Treatment regimen Standard radiotherapy and concomitant TMZ, some also adjuvant TMZ
MGMT promoter methylation tests implemented MSP, PSQ, qMSP, PCR‐HRM
Dates and follow‐up Timing of MGMT assessment: not explicitly reported, but presumably on freshly frozen tumour samples obtained during resection/biopsy.
Start time for follow‐up: date of first surgery; follow‐up: median NR; range NR
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