Radiation fractionation schedules published during the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review of the quality of evidence and recommendations for future …

DJ Thomson, SS Yom, H Saeed, I El Naqa… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Numerous publications during the COVID-19 pandemic recommended the use of
hypofractionated radiation therapy. This project assessed aggregate changes in the quality …

Critical view of novel treatment strategies for glioblastoma: failure and success of resistance mechanisms by glioblastoma cells

T Burster, R Traut, Z Yermekkyzy, K Mayer… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
According to the invasive nature of glioblastoma, which is the most common form of
malignant brain tumor, the standard care by surgery, chemo-and radiotherapy is particularly …

Surgical outcome and molecular pattern characterization of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme: A single-center retrospective series

N Montemurro, GN Fanelli, C Scatena, V Ortenzi… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective Despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment of the disease, the prognosis
of patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains poor. While the value of molecular …

[PDF][PDF] COVID reference

BS Kamps, C Hoffmann - Munich: Steinhauser Verlang, 2020 - amedeo.com
In not even a year after the discovery of COVID-19, several vaccines have been licensed
and hundreds of millions of people will be vaccinated within months. Soon the number of …

A snapshot of European neurosurgery December 2019 vs. March 2020: just before and during the Covid-19 pandemic

T Mathiesen, M Arraez, T Asser, N Balak, S Barazi… - Acta …, 2020 - Springer
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 or Covid-19),
which began as an epidemic in China and spread globally as a pandemic, has necessitated …

Cancer therapy and treatments during COVID-19 era

SM Akula, SL Abrams, LS Steelman, S Candido… - Advances in biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic has put a serious strain on health treatments as well at the
economies of many nations. Unfortunately, there is not currently available vaccine for SARS …

EAN consensus statement for management of patients with neurological diseases during the COVID‐19 pandemic

TJ von Oertzen, A Macerollo, MA Leone… - European journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background and purpose The recent SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic has posed multiple
challenges to the practice of clinical neurology including recognition of emerging …

Treatment of high-grade glioma patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: Impact on overall survival, tumor size and delay of treatment

M Mischkulnig, B Hopp, LI Wadiura, F Khalaveh… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Throughout the last years, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
posed a major challenge to the optimal and timely treatment of neurooncological patients …

The risk and prevalence of COVID-19 infection in colorectal cancer patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MH Antikchi, H Neamatzadeh, Y Ghelmani… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Patients with cancer might be at an increased risk of infection with COVID-19
and a more severe disease course. However, different tumor types have differing …

Implementation, relevance, and virtual adaptation of neuro-oncological tumor boards during the COVID-19 pandemic: a nationwide provider survey

N Schäfer, E Bumes, F Eberle, V Fox, F Gessler… - Journal of Neuro …, 2021 - Springer
Purpose Neuro-oncology tumor boards (NTBs) hold an established function in cancer care
as multidisciplinary tumor boards. However, NTBs predominantly exist at academic and/or …