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. 2022 Apr 29;10(2):83–93. doi: 10.14791/btrt.2022.0001

Table 8. Adjuvant treatment for patients with WHO grade 2 diffuse astrocytoma (IDH-mutant) and oligodendroglioma (IDH-mutant, 1p/19q codeletion) by KSNO, NCCN, and EANO guideline.

Guidelines Adjuvant treatment
KSNO - High risk group*
1) Standard RT & neoadjuvant or adjuvant PCV chemotherapy
2) Standard RT with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
3) Standard RT with adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
- Low risk group
1) Observation
2) Standard RT alone
3) Adjuvant PCV chemotherapy alone
NCCN - High risk group*
1) Standard RT with adjuvant PCV chemotherapy
2) Standard RT with adjuvant temozolomide chemotherapy
3) Standard RT with concurrent and adjuvant Temozolomide chemotherapy
- Low risk group
1) Consider clinical trial
2) Observation
EANO - Diffuse astrocytoma
1) Wait-and-see or
2) RT (50–54 Gy in 1.8–2.0 Gy fractions) followed by PCV (or temozolomide CCRT)
- Oligodendroglioma, IDH-mutant, 1p19q codeleted and Oligodendroglioma, NOS
1) Wait- and- see
2) RT (50–54 Gy in 1.8–2.0 Gy fractions) followed by PCV chemotherapy

*High risk includes patients who are older than 40 years or those who have not undergone gross total resection of the tumor; Low risk includes patients who are younger than 40 years and those who have undergone gross total resection of the tumor. CCRT, concurrent chemoradiotherapy; EANO, European Association of Neuro-Oncology; IDH, isocitrate dehydrogenase; KPS, Karnofsky Performance Scale; KSNO, Korean Society for Neuro-Oncology; MGMT, O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltrasferase; NCCN, National Comprehensive Cancer Network; PCV, procarbazine, CCNU, and vincristine; RT, radiotherapy; WHO, World Health Organization