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WORLD NEUROSURGERY
卷 112, 期 -, 页码 E342-E347出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.01.045
关键词
Gender; Glioblastoma; Methylation; MGMT; PERNO
资金
- ''Programma di Ricerca Regione-Universita'' Project Emilia-Romagna in Neuro-Oncology (PERNO)
BACKGROUND: Clinical and molecular factors are essential to define the prognosis in patients with glioblastoma (GBM). O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) methylation status, age, Karnofsky Performance Status (KPS), and extent of surgical resection are the most relevant prognostic factors. Our investigation of the role of gender in predicting prognosis shows a slight survival advantage for female patients. METHODS: We performed a prospective evaluation of the Project of Emilia Romagna on Neuro-Oncology (PERNO) registry to identify prognostic factors in patients with GBM who received standard treatment. RESULTS: A total of 169 patients (99 males [58.6%] an d 70 females [41.4%]) were evaluated prospectively. MGMT methylation was evaluable in 140 patients. Among the male patients, 36 were MGMT methylated (25.7%) and 47 were unmethylated (33.6%); among the female patients, 32 were methylated (22.9%) and 25 were unmethylated (17.9%). Survival was longer in the methylated females compared with the methylated males (P = 0.028) but was not significantly different between the unmethylated females and the unmethylated males (P = 0.395). In multivariate analysis, gender and MGMT methylation status considered together (methylated females vs. methylated males; hazard ratio [HR], 0.459; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.242-0.827; P = 0.017), age (HR, 1.025; 95% CI, 1.002-1.049; P = 0.032), and KPS (HR, 0.965; 95% CI, 0.948-0.982; P < 0.001) were significantly correlated with survival. CONCLUSIONS: Survival was consistently longer among MGMT methylated females compared with males. Gender can be considered as a further prognostic factor.
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