Loss of nuclear ATRX expression showed a strong association with the WHO ( η 2 = 0.481) but failed to reach statistical significance ( p = 0.052) (Table 2 ).
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Surgical treatment and neurological outcome of infiltrating intramedullary astrocytoma WHO II-IV: a multicenter retrospective case series.
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The differing mean values showed a trend of dependence on the WHO grade without reaching statistical significance ( p = 0.093) in ANOVA modeling.
In spinal cord astrocytomas, radiotherapy failed to reach a statistically significant effect in most publications [ 29 , 33 ], although a positive trend has been described [ 22 ].
We did not observe any statistical association of surgical extent and survival, but, interestingly, we identified a highly significant prognostic clinical factor: the preoperative clinical status (classified via the modified McCormick grade) in univariate and multivariate testing.