Kim 2016.
Study characteristics | ||
Study design | Cohort | |
Study setting | Setting: University College of Medicine, Busan; Ungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Changwon Country: South Korea Dates: tissue collected between 1997 and 2012 |
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Selection of participants | Study set included FFPE brain tumour tissue diagnosed as GBM. All people underwent surgical resection or biopsy sampling of their tumours | |
Participant characteristics | Sample size: 104 (deaths: 79) Age: mean 51.4; range 26.4–87.2 years Sex: 55.8% men KPS: median NR; KPS ≥ 70: 71.2%; KPS < 70: 28.8% |
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Tumour characteristics | GBM: 100% First diagnosis: NR Biopsy: 4.8%; subtotal resection: 57.7%; total resection: 37.5% IDH1 wild‐type: NR; IDH2 wild‐type: NR |
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Treatment regimen | Concurrent TMZ chemoradiotherapy | |
MGMT promoter methylation tests implemented | MSP, PSQ | |
Dates and follow‐up | Timing of MGMT assessment: not explicitly reported but presumably on tissue harvested during biopsy/resection Start time for follow‐up: date of diagnosis; follow‐up: median NR; range 3.2–41.5 months |
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