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Practice Guideline
. 2018 Jan;20(1):3-15.
doi: 10.1007/s12094-017-1790-3. Epub 2017 Nov 9.

SEOM clinical guideline of diagnosis and management of low-grade glioma (2017)

J M Sepúlveda-Sánchez  1 , J Muñoz Langa  2 , M Á Arráez  3 , J Fuster  4 , A Hernández Laín  5 , G Reynés  2 , V Rodríguez González  6 , E Vicente  7 , M Vidal Denis  8 , Ó Gallego  9
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Practice Guideline

SEOM clinical guideline of diagnosis and management of low-grade glioma (2017)

J M Sepúlveda-Sánchez et al. Clin Transl Oncol. 2018 Jan.

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Abstract

Diffuse infiltrating low-grade gliomas include oligodendrogliomas and astrocytomas, and account for about 5% of all primary brain tumors. Treatment strategies for these low-grade gliomas in adults have recently changed. The 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification has updated the definition of these tumors to include their molecular characterization, including the presence of isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutation and 1p/19p codeletion. In this new classification, the histologic subtype of grade II-mixed oligoastrocytoma has also been eliminated. The precise optimal management of patients with low-grade glioma after resection remains to be determined. The risk-benefit ratio of adjuvant treatment must be weighed for each individual.

Keywords: Astrocytoma; Guideline; Low-grade glioma; Neurooncology; Oligodendroglioma.

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Conflict of interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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This article does not contain any studies with human participants performed by any of the authors.

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Fig. 1
*It is recommended to start with immunochemistry for R132H-mutant IDH1 followed by IDH1 and IDH2 sequencing of the tumors that were negative for R132H-mutant IDH1 by immunochemistry. **Characteristic but not necessary for diagnosis. ***Recommended to confirm the astrocytic subtype but not necessary for diagnosis. Usually performed with immunochemistry. ****Characteristic but not necessary for diagnosis
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Diffuse grade 2 astrocytoma: Left parietal mass with low T1 signal and high and heterogenious T2 signal with cystic areas withoyt contrast enhancement. Sagital T1 sequence (a), Axial T2 (b) and T1 postcontrast sequence (c). Perfussion MRI shows no elevation of rCBV (d). MRI spectroscopy: low NAA peak without lactate peak (e). Post process DTI (tractography): Left piramidal tracts displacement (f)
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Therapeutic algorithm for difuse low-grade gliomas
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