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. 2018 Mar 27;20(4):576-577.
doi: 10.1093/neuonc/noy002.

Females have the survival advantage in glioblastoma

Quinn T Ostrom  1 , Joshua B Rubin  2 , Justin D Lathia  3 , Michael E Berens  4 , Jill S Barnholtz-Sloan  1
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Females have the survival advantage in glioblastoma

Quinn T Ostrom et al. Neuro Oncol. .
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(A) Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) 18 (2007–2014) and Ohio Brain Tumor Study (OBTS) (2007–2017): (B) all glioblastoma cases and (C) IDH1/2 wildtype cases only.
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