Breaking the barrier: Nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy as the new vanguard in brain tumor treatment

S Liu, MJ Li, B Liang, W Sun, Y Shao, X Hu… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The pursuit of effective treatments for brain tumors has increasingly focused on the
promising area of nanoparticle-enhanced radiotherapy (NERT). This review elucidates the …

[HTML][HTML] Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed glioblastoma in the elderly: what is the standard?

CW Wee - Brain tumor research and treatment, 2022 - synapse.koreamed.org
Nearly half of the patients with newly diagnosed glioblastomas are aged≥ 65 years.
Unfortunately, these elderly patients with glioblastoma (GBM-e) demonstrate detrimental …

Palliative care referral across the disease trajectory in high-grade glioma

RC Crooms, JW Taylor, N Jette, R Morgenstern… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Purpose Adults with high-grade glioma (HGG), WHO grade III or IV, have substantial
palliative care needs. Our aim was to determine occurrence, timing, and factors associated …

The feasibility of robot-assisted laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) for brain tumors in octogenarians

VM Lu, ME Gurses, KH Shah, J Chandar… - World neurosurgery, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The use of robot-assisted laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) is emerging as
a viable treatment option for brain tumors in patients aged 80–90 years (octogenarians) …

[HTML][HTML] Sarcopenia diagnosed using masseter muscle diameter as a survival correlate in elderly patients with glioblastoma

RA Morshed, JS Young, M Casey, EJ Wang, MK Aghi… - World neurosurgery, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Elderly patients with glioblastoma (GBM) have a worse prognosis than do
younger patients. The present study aimed to identify the patient, treatment, and imaging …

Surgical resection of glioblastoma in the very elderly: an analysis of survival outcomes using the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database

MA Horowitz, A Ghadiyaram, Y Mehkri… - Clinical Neurology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Patients with glioblastoma (GBM) often undergo surgery to prolong survival.
However, the use of surgery, and more specifically achieving gross total resection (GTR), in …

Survival After Newly-Diagnosed High-Grade Glioma Surgery: What Can We Learn From the French National Healthcare Database?

CC Depond, L Bauchet, D Elhairech… - Brain Tumor …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background This study aimed to assess the overall survival (OS) of patients after high-grade
glioma (HGG) resection and to search for associated prognostic factors. Methods A random …

Identification of RP11‐770J1. 4 as immune‐related lncRNA regulating the CTXN1–cGAS–STING axis in histologically lower‐grade glioma

Q Zhuang, C Liu, Y Hu, Y Liu, Y Lyu, Y Liao… - MedComm, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Human gliomas are lethal brain cancers. Emerging evidence revealed the regulatory role of
long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in tumors. Here, we performed a comprehensive analysis …

Age-independent benefits of postoperative rehabilitation during chemoradiotherapy on functional outcomes and survival in patients with glioblastoma

K Natsume, A Yoshida, H Sakakima… - Journal of Neuro …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the impact of early and continuous postoperative inpatient
rehabilitation during chemoradiotherapy on functional outcomes and overall survival (OS) in …

[PDF][PDF] The treatment of glioblastoma: Letter from Russia

SV Jargin - J Cancer Sci, 2024 - researchgate.net
In 1980-1981 the author worked as a nurse at the neurosurgery of the Botkin hospital in
Moscow. Patients with glioblastoma (GBM) were routinely operated on, while it was believed …