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

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
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%
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
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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