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Dr Bala

07/13/21 11:27 PM

#389191 RE: survivor1x #389189

survivor1x,

Read up from the link in post #389065 by Flipper. I am learning about the new designations for these brain cancer types too. DCVax-L will be truly efficacious in the case of the "true" GBM.
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Umibe5690

07/14/21 4:43 AM

#389203 RE: survivor1x #389189

pGBM=GBM is composed of two molecular sub groups and the signature is TERT, NF1, VEGFA(B) for MES and mostly ERGF amplification as a result of overexpression of the ERGFviii protein in HLA-1&2 for classical. Both are IDHwt and both have DNA methylation in varying degrees in addition to non-methylation which is a more aggressive category with a shorter mOS. For example, non- methylated MES has an mOS of about 11.5 months. MES is a rather large category and makes up anywhere between 30-48% of pGBM depending upon the literature one reads. This bodes extremely well for the trial results especially where 45% of the categorized group(N=38 of the initial group of trial patients were uncategorized) were MGMT methylated. JMHO.