Differences in the prognostic role of age, extent of resection and tumor grade between astrocytoma IDHmt and oligodendroglioma: a single center cohort study.
Thijs van der VaartMaarten M J WijnengaKarin A van GarderenHendrikus Jan DubbinkPim J FrenchMarion SmitsClemens M F DirvenJohan M KrosArnaud J P E VincentMartin J Van Den BentPublished in: Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research (2024)
Our data support an initial strategy of extensive resection in both oligodendroglioma and astrocytoma patients. Other important prognostic factors differ between these tumor types, urging researchers and clinicians to keep treating these tumors as separate entities.