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Prognostic Implication of Histological Oligodendroglial Tumor Component: Clinicopathological Analysis of 111 Cases of Malignant Gliomas

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Title: Prognostic Implication of Histological Oligodendroglial Tumor Component: Clinicopathological Analysis of 111 Cases of Malignant Gliomas
Authors: Kanno, Hiromi Browse this author
Nishihara, Hiroshi Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Narita, Takuhito Browse this author
Yamaguchi, Shigeru Browse this author
Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Browse this author
Tanino, Mishie Browse this author
Kimura, Taichi Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Terasaka, Shunsuke Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Tanaka, Shinya Browse this author →KAKEN DB
Issue Date: 24-Jul-2012
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Journal Title: PLoS One
Volume: 7
Issue: 7
Start Page: e41669
Publisher DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041669
Abstract: The favorable prognosis of high-grade oligodendroglial tumor such as glioblastoma (GBM) with oligodendroglioma component (GBMO) has been suggested; however, the studies which examine the prognostic significance of oligodendroglial tumor were limited. In this study, we performed a histopathology-based reevaluation of 111 cases of high grade gliomas according to the latest World Health Organization (WHO), and compared the clinical outcomes between oligodendroglial tumors and pure astrocytic tumors. The survival analysis revealed that the patients with high grade oligodendroglial tumor including GBMO significantly indicated better prognosis compared to the patients with high grade pure astrocytic tumors (GBM and AA, anaplastic astrocytoma) as expected, and the obtained survival curves were almost identical to those from the patients with conventional Grade III or Grade IV tumors, respectively. Moreover, if the cases of oligodendroglial tumor were histopathologically excluded, the patients with AA exhibited extremely poor prognosis which was similar to that of GBM, suggesting that the histological identification of oligodendroglial tumor component, even partially, prescribe the prognosis of high grade glioma patients. This is the prominent report of retrospective clinicopathological analysis for high-grade gliomas throughout Grade III and IV, especially referring to the prognostic value of histological oligodendroglial tumor component; in addition, our results might offer an alternative aspect for the grading of high-grade astrocytic/oligodendroglial tumors.
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Type: article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2115/50038
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