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ArticleNeuro-oncology2025

Canonical amplifications and CDKN2A/B loss refine IDH1/2-mutant astrocytoma prognosis.

Hia S Ghosh, Ruchit V Patel, Elizabeth B Claus, Luis Nicolas Gonzalez Castro, Patrick Y Wen, Keith L Ligon, David M Meredith, Wenya Linda Bi

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Hia S GhoshDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Ruchit V PatelHarvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3200-4810
Elizabeth B ClausDepartment of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Luis Nicolas Gonzalez CastroCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Patrick Y WenCenter for Neuro-Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0774-7700
Keith L LigonDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
David M MeredithDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Wenya Linda BiDepartment of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4635-0247

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMolecular features have been incorporated alongside histologic criteria to improve glioma diagnostics and prognostication. CDKN2A/B homozygous-loss associates with worse survival in IDH1/2-mutant astrocytomas (IDHmut-astrocytomas), the presence of which denotes a grade 4 tumor independent of histologic features. However, no molecular features distinguish survival amongst histologically defined grade 2 and 3 IDHmut-astrocytomas.

methodsWe assembled a cohort of patients ≥19 years old diagnosed with an IDHmut-astrocytoma between 1989 and 2020 from public datasets and several academic medical centers. Multivariate modeling and unbiased clustering were used to stratify risk.

resultsWe identified 998 IDHmut-astrocytoma patients (41.5% female; 85.6% white). Tumor grade, CDKN2A/B loss, and/or ≥1 focal amplification were associated with reduced survival. Grade 2/3 patients with intact CDKN2A/B and no focal amplifications survived the longest (OS 205.7 months). Survival for grade 2/3 cases with either CDKN2A/B hemizygous-loss or focal amplifications (80.4, 88.7 months respectively) did not differ significantly from grade 4 cases with intact CDKN2A/B and no amplifications (91.5 months, P = .93). Grade 4 patients with either hemizygous or homozygous loss of CDKN2A/B had the shortest survival (OS 31.9, 32.5 months respectively), followed by grade 4 cases with intact CDKN2A/B and focal gene amplifications (OS 55.9 months). Integrating CDKN2A/B status and amplifications alongside histopathologic grade refined overall survival prediction. Unbiased clustering revealed 9 distinct molecular profiles, with differential survival. IDHmut-astrocytomas with any CDKN2A/B loss clustered together, regardless of grade, and exhibited the poorest outcomes.

conclusionsCombining CDKN2A/B hemizygous-loss and focal gene amplifications reveals a group of IDHmut-astrocytoma patients with an intermediate prognosis, refining IDHmut-astrocytoma classification.

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AstrocytomaBiomarkers, TumorBrain NeoplasmsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16Gene AmplificationIsocitrate DehydrogenaseMutationAdultAgedFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedPrognosisBiomarkers, TumorCDKN2A protein, humanCDKN2B protein, humanCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p15Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16IDH1 protein, humanIDH2 protein, humanIsocitrate DehydrogenaseCDKN2A/B lossfocal amplificationgliomaIDH1/2-mutant astrocytomamolecular risk stratification

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