Eighty percent survival rate at 15 years for 1p/19q co-deleted oligodendroglioma treated with upfront chemotherapy irrespective of tumor grade.
Yasuo IwadateTomoo MatsutaniAyaka HaraSeiichiro HironoShiro IkegamiMasayoshi KobayashiDaisuke ItoDaisuke KawauchiKentaro HoriguchiAdo TamiyaYoshinori HiguchiPublished in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2018)
The long-term results drawn from 20-years of single institution experience show that the patients with 1p/19q co-deleted oligodendrogliomas can be successfully treated with up-front chemotherapy alone without compromising OS.