Astrocytic glioma

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The prognosis for astrocytic glioma is dismal: post-operative survival of a patient with glioblastoma multiforme, the most aggressive form of this disease, is often not more than a year.
The prognosis for most patients with astrocytic glioma is poor, and postoperative life expectancy has not significantly improved in the last decade despite advances in diagnosis, surgery, and adjuvant therapy.
(CCG-E07) * Risk of astrocytic glioma is associated with a history of seizures and epilepsy in first or second degree relatives (OR=2.
Inactivation of p53 sensitizes astrocytic glioma cells to BCNU and temozolomide, but not cisplatin.
Neuregulin-1 enhances survival of human astrocytic glioma cells.
We conducted a matched case-control study to investigate risk factors for the two most common types of brain tumors in children, astrocytic glioma and primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET).
Pediatric Astrocytic Glioma Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas may have upregulated expression of CD34 May 27th, 2003 Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytomas tend to upregulate CD34 antigen, and this could help differential diagnosis.
2006 Feb ;11:165-80 [Pubmed] [Scholar] [SelectDrop] [HideShow] Inactivation of p53 sensitizes astrocytic glioma cells to BCNU and temozolomide, but not cisplatin.

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