IDH1 and brain neoplasm: The majority of malignant primary brain tumors are adult-type diffuse gliomas, which are now classified into three categories: isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) mutant astrocytomas (CNS WHO grade 2–4), IDH-mutant and 1p/19q co-deleted oligodendrogliomas (CNS WHO grade 2–3), and IDH-wildtype (IDHwt) glioblastomas (CNS WHO grade 4) [6, 7].