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Louis DN, Perry A, Wesseling P, et al. The 2021 WHO classification of tumors of the central nervous system: a summary. Neuro Oncol. 2021 Aug 2;23(8):1231-51.Full text  Abstract

National Comprehensive Cancer Network. NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology: central nervous system cancers [internet publication].Full text

Weller M, van den Bent M, Preusser M, et al. EANO guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of diffuse gliomas of adulthood. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2021 Mar;18(3):170-86.Full text  Abstract

Liau LM. Guidelines for newly diagnosed glioblastoma. J Neurooncol. 2008 Sept;89(3).Full text

American Association of Neurological Surgeons; Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Updated AANS/CNS guidelines for progressive glioblastoma patients. Jun 2022 [internet publication].Full text

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