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

Lattanzio 2015.

Study characteristics
Study design Cohort
Study setting Setting: Department of Neurosurgery, Santa Croce University Hospital, Cuneo
Country: Italy
Dates: tissue collected between 2006 and 2013
Selection of participants People with newly diagnosed GBM and treated with standard TMZ‐containing chemoradiotherapy protocols
Participant characteristics Sample size: 46 (deaths: 29)
Age: median 64.5; range 24–84 years
Sex: 76.1% men
KPS: NR
Tumour characteristics GBM: 100%
First diagnosis: 100%
Biopsy: NR; subtotal resection: NR; total resection: NR
IDH1 wild‐type: NR; IDH2 wild‐type: NR
Treatment regimen Standard TMZ‐containing chemoradiotherapy protocols
MGMT promoter methylation tests implemented MSP, PSQ
Dates and follow‐up Timing of MGMT assessment: for each participant, 2 samples of the primary tumour obtained: 1 collected during surgery, immersed in RNA later (Life Technologies, Carlsbad, CA, USA) and immediately snap‐frozen in liquid nitrogen, and 1 assembled from biopsy in FFPE sections using standard procedures.
Start time for follow‐up: date of first surgery; follow‐up: median 7.4 months; range NR
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