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How do you approach treatment of a grade 4 IDH-mutant astrocytoma, a diagnosis now distinct from glioblastoma according to the 2021 WHO Classification for CNS Tumors?

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Medical Oncology · Nebraska Medcal Center

This is an excellent question. The short answer is that until we have more data on this new entity, I would treat an IDH mutant (mt) grade 4 astrocytoma as I would have prior to the 2021 WHO revision, that is to say, with concurrent chemoradiation therapy and adjuvant Temodar for 6 cycles (or a clin...

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