Prognostic value of surgical resection over biopsy in elderly patients with glioblastoma: a meta-analysis

PS Pichardo-Rojas, D Pichardo-Rojas… - Journal of neuro …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Maximal-safe resection has been shown to improve overall survival in elderly
patients with glioblastoma in observational studies, however, the only clinical trial comparing …

Prognostic analysis and nomogram construction for older patients with IDH-wild-type glioblastoma

W Cao, L Xiong, L Meng, Z Li, Z Hu, H Lei, J Wu… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
As many countries face an ageing population, the number of older patients with
glioblastoma (GB) is increasing. Thus, there is an urgent need for prognostic models to aid …

Palliative care of older glioblastoma patients in neurosurgery

D Berthold, AP Carrasco, E Uhl, H Müller… - Journal of Neuro …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose The care of older neurosurgical patients at the end life is a particularly demanding
challenge. Especially, the specific needs of very old patients with glioblastoma at the end of …

Competing risk model to determine the prognostic factors and treatment strategies for elderly patients with glioblastoma

Z Liu, S Feng, Y Zhang, L Zhang, S Xu, J Li, H Cao… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
The prognostic factors and optimal treatment for the elderly patient with glioblastoma (GBM)
were poorly understood. This study extracted 4975 elderly patients (≥ 65 years old) with …

Extent of resection and survival outcomes of geriatric patients with glioblastoma: is there benefit from aggressive surgery?

V Lopez-Rivera, A Dono, CT Lewis, A Chandra… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective We examine the impact of age and extent of resection (EOR) on overall survival
(OS) in geriatric patients with Glioblastoma (GBM). Methods The SEER 18 Registries was …

[HTML][HTML] Cervical body composition on radiotherapy planning computed tomography scans predicts overall survival in glioblastoma patients

FM Troschel, BO Troschel, M Kloss, AS Troschel… - Clinical and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background and purpose Glioblastoma (GBM) patients face a strongly unfavorable
prognosis despite multimodal therapy regimens. However, individualized mortality …

Treatment Strategies for Glioblastoma in the Elderly: What Should We Focus on Compared to Younger Patients

HH Gull, AC Von Riegen, GT Beckmann, P Ketelauri… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Although the incidence of glioblastoma (GB) in people over 65 years is
more than twice as high as in younger people, no standard of care for the treatment of the …

Comparative analysis of the prognosis of external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) and EBRT plus brachytherapy for glioblastoma multiforme: a SEER population …

K Yang, Y Ma, G Chen, S Zeng, T Guo, Z Yang - Radiation Oncology, 2022 - Springer
Objective Radiotherapy is one of the effective ways to treat glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).
We aimed to explore the prognostic difference between external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) …

A novel scoring system proposal to guide surgical treatment indications for high grade gliomas in elderly patients: DAK-75

A Bianconi, R Presta, P La Cava, R De Marco… - Neurosurgical …, 2024 - Springer
High-grade gliomas are the most prevalent neurooncological desease in adults, their
incidence increases with age, peaking in the seventh decade. This paper aims to address …

[HTML][HTML] Refined efficacy and outcome estimates of surgical treatment in oldest-old patients with glioblastomas based on competing risk model and conditional survival …

L Zhao, K Gong - Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background and purpose To determine the refined estimates of the surgical effects on the
short-and long-term prognoses of oldest-old patients (aged≥ 80 years) with glioblastomas …