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Assessment of tumor angiogenesis as a prognostic factor of survival in patients with oligodendroglioma.

Abstract：

:According to World Health Organization (WHO) and Daumas-Duport grading systems, progression of oligodendrogliomas (ODGs) to a higher grade (WHO grade III, grade B) is associated with increased angiogenesis. Based on multivariate assessment of molecular, pathological, and radiological parameters, we further assessed the influence of tumor angiogenesis on tumor progression and patient survival. Patients with a diagnosis of ODG, consecutively treated in a single institution, were reviewed and reclassified according to WHO and Daumas-Duport grading systems. MRI scans were reviewed to assess contrast enhancement and necrosis. Tissue sections were used for pathology review and to evaluate immunostaining of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGF-R), Ki-67, and CD34. Multivariate analysis was performed to assess the impact of tumor angiogenesis-related pathological and radiological factors on patient survival. One hundred thirty-four patients with pure ODG were included in this study. Multivariate analysis identified four independent poor prognostic factors: necrosis, absence of seizure, increased vascularization, and age >55 years. A subgroup of patients with tumor necrosis, increased vascularization, and absence of seizures had a significantly worse outcome than predicted, with a median overall survival of 14.2 months. VEGF expression was significantly higher in this subgroup and correlated with disease progression regardless of histologic grade. Based on the presence of radiological or pathological necrosis, contrast enhancement or endothelial hyperplasia, and absence of seizures, a high risk group of ODG can be identified with significantly worse overall survival. Also, VEGF over-expression in ODG constitutes an early marker for predicting tumor progression.

journal_name

J Neurooncol

journal_title

Journal of neuro-oncology

authors

Quon H,Hasbini A,Cougnard J,Djafari L,Lacroix C,Abdulkarim B

doi

10.1007/s11060-009-9961-x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2010-01-01 00:00:00

pages

277-85

issue

eissn

0167-594X

issn

1573-7373

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Assessment of tumor angiogenesis as a prognostic factor of survival in patients with oligodendroglioma.