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. 2022 Mar 5;27(5):414–423. doi: 10.1093/oncolo/oyac023

Table 5.

Summary of studies reporting prognostic factors in anaplastic oligodendrogliomas within the 10 last years.

Author, year Study population Number of patients 1p/19q codeletion (n = %) Analysis restricted to 1p/19q codeleted AO Characteristics associated with worse prognosis (Refs.)
Clinico-radiological Histo-molecular Treatment related
Roux, 2020 O, AO 108 108 (100) No Growth rate ≥8 mm/year 16
Garton, 2020 O, AO 2514 1067 (42) No Older age, worse comorbidity index, infratentorial location Grade III No debulking, RT 17
Shin, 2020 AO 95 31 (32) No Ki67 (>20%), no IDH mutation 18
Lin, 2020 O, AO 186 186 (100) No Older age, lower KPS 19
Pouget, 2020 AO 220 220 (100) Yes Older age MCM6 ≥ 50% or
Ki67 ≥ 15%
20
Appay, 2019 AO, AA, GBM IDHm 911 483 (53) Yes Older age CDKN2A deletion 21
Kinslow, 2019 O, AO 3135 unknown No Year of diagnosis, older age, sex (male), single status, infratentorial location Grade III No debulking, RT 22
Chen, 2019 O, AO 412 333 (80) No Older age, grade III No 1p19q codeletion,
1p19q codeletion with polysomy
No GTR 23
Liu, 2019 AO 1899 Unknown No Older age, single status, multiple primary malignancies No surgery 9
Yeboa, 2018 O, AO 1618 1618 (100) No Older age, worse comorbidity index, lower income Astrocytoma/mixed glioma, grade III 24
Halani, 2018 O, AO 169 169 (100) No Older age Grade III, PI3K mutations 25
Appay, 2018 AO 227 227 (100) Yes Older age Necrosis, higher proliferative index, absence of SSTR2A expression 26
Rosenberg, 2018 AO 197 197 (100) Yes Older age Necrosis, severe nuclear atypia, deletion of peak 9p21.3; amplification of peaks 14q13.1, 11q14.2, 20q13.33, and 1q21.3; CN‐LOH peak 17p11.2; gain of 11p 27
Aoki, 2018 O, AO, A, AA 414 164 (39) No Age (≥60) Notch1 mutation No GTR 28
Zetterling, 2017 O, AO 214 64 (30) No Older age, non-frontal location, neurological deficit or personality change No IDH-mt and no 1p/19q codel 8
Figarella-Brnager, 2016 AO 157 157 (100) Yes Older age MVP, necrosis, mitosis, KI67 LI 29
Hu, 2017 O, AO 374 374 (100) No Older age Grade III, gene expression profile 30
Kamoun, 2016 AO, AA, GBM IDHm 156 80 (51) No Older age Grade III, gene expression profile 31
Kang, 2015 AO 376 95 (25) Yes Age (>45), KPS (<70), non-frontal lobe location No complete ­removal, no RT 32
Preusser, 2012 AO 281 76 (27) No Higher proliferative index 33
Lassman, 2011 AO 1013 301 (29) No Age (≥50), KPS (<70), non-frontal lobe location, bilateral hemispheric involvement No 1p/19q codeletion Biopsy, RT alone 7

AO, anaplastic oligodendroglioma; A, astrocytoma; AA, anaplastic astrocytoma; CN-LOH, copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity; GBM, glioblastoma; GTR, gross total resection; KPS, Karnofsky performance status; LI, label index; MVP, microvascular proliferation; O, oligodendroglioma; RT, radiotherapy.