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

Lalezari 2013.

Study characteristics
Study design Cohort
Study setting Setting: University of California Los Angeles and Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles
Country: USA
Dates: diagnosed between 2000 and 2010.
Selection of participants People were retrospectively identified based on an electronic database query of adults with primary GBM receiving upfront TMZ and treated at the University of California Los Angeles or Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles. People whose samples were directed to the laboratory in an unselected manner were also included.
Participant characteristics Sample size: 418 (deaths: 356)
Age: median 57.6; range 22.3–90.0 years
Sex: 60.8% men
KPS: median NR; KPS 100: 13.9%; KPS 90: 47.6%; KPS 80: 24.6%; KPS 70: 6.2%; KPS ≤ 60: 7.2%; KPS missing: 0.5%
Tumour characteristics GBM: 100%
First diagnosis: 100%
Biopsy: 9.1%; subtotal resection: 47.8%; total resection: 41.9%; NR
IDH1 wild‐type: NR; IDH2 wild‐type: NR
Treatment regimen Combination of radiotherapy and TMZ: concurrent daily radiotherapy/TMZ followed by TMZ (Stupp, n = 235), maintenance dose TMZ overlapping with radiotherapy (modified Stupp, n = 127), TMZ after radiotherapy (pre‐Stupp, n = 48).
MGMT promoter methylation tests implemented MSP, PSQ, IHC
Dates and follow‐up Timing of MGMT assessment: FFPE samples from initial surgery prior to any treatment
Start time for follow‐up: NR; follow‐up: median 70; range 2–137 years
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