Table 2.
Glioma biomarker | Features | |
---|---|---|
1 | IDH | IDH mutant |
Predominantly hypoenhancing diffuse gliomas | ||
80% LGG and 10% GBM | ||
Better survival | ||
IDH wild type | ||
Predominantly enhancing gliomas | ||
90% of GBM | ||
Worse survival | ||
2 | 1P/19q codeletion | 30% of LGG |
1P/19q codeletion + IDH mutant glioma | ||
Defines oligodendroglioma | ||
“poorly circumscribed” margins | ||
1P/19q non codeletion + / − IDH mutant glioma | ||
Defines astrocytoma | ||
“circumscribed” margins | ||
(T2-FLAIR mismatch) pattern | ||
3 | MGMT mutation | 33–57% of diffuse glioma patients |
Better prognosis | ||
4 | EGFR mutation | 40% of glioblastoma patients |
Splice variant (EGFRvIII) | ||
31% of glioblastoma |
IDH isocitrate dehydrogenase, MGMT methylation of O-6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase, EGFR epidermal growth factor receptor