Diversity of cytogenetic and pathohistologic profiles in glioblastoma

Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics
Marco HasslerChristine Marosi

Abstract

We present a small series of patients with primary glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), and combine individual genetic data with pathohistologic characteristics and clinical outcome. Eighteen patients (12 men, 6 women, median age 51 years) with histologically proven GBM underwent surgical debulking followed by radiotherapy. Fifteen received concomitant chemotherapy. Histologic typing, immunohistochemistry for CD34, karyotypic analysis, and classification of the pattern of neovascularization was done in all patients. In 12/18, we performed methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction of the MGMT gene (O-6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase). The survival duration of patients spanned 3-58 months. By classical banding methods, 15/18 patients showed at least one aberration characteristic for primary glioblastoma (+7 in 7/18, deletions of 9p in 10/18 and -10 or deletions from 10q in 8/18 patients). We could not assess whether patients who survived for longer periods showed less complex or fewer aberrations than the patients who survived less than one year. Losses of 6p21(VEGF), 4q27(bFGF), and 12p11 approximately p13 (ING4) were associated with the "bizarre" pattern of neoangiogenesis. Methylation of the MGMT promoter was found in 3/12...Continue Reading

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