Pathology: commonly monitored glioblastoma markers: EFGR, EGFRvIII, PTEN, and MGMT.

Neurosurg Clin N Am

Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University, 1201 Welch Road, MSLS p309, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

Published: April 2012

The purpose of this article is to update the neurosurgical field on current molecular markers important to glioblastoma biology, treatment, and prognosis. The highlighted biologic markers in this article include epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), EGFR variant III (EGFRvIII), phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (PTEN), and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT).

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