Table 4: Association of BRAF gene fusion with glioma histological subtype.
|
No. |
Histopathology |
BRAF fusion present |
BRAF fusion absent |
Total |
P value |
||
|
No. |
% |
No. |
% |
||||
|
1. |
Fibrillary astrocytoma |
0 |
00 |
11 |
100 |
11 |
0.001 |
|
2. |
Pilocytic astrocytoma |
8 |
80 |
2 |
20 |
10 |
|
|
3. |
Glioblastoma |
0 |
00 |
8 |
100 |
8 |
|
|
4. |
Anaplastic astrocytoma |
0 |
00 |
5 |
100 |
5 |
|
|
5. |
Ependymoma |
0 |
00 |
3 |
100 |
3 |
|
|
6. |
Oligodendroglioma |
1 |
33 |
2 |
67 |
3 |
|
|
Total |
9 |
22 |
31 |
78 |
40 |
||
Fisher exact test used.