Poor prognosis despite aggressive treatment in adults with intramedullary spinal cord glioblastoma

Poor prognosis despite aggressive treatment in adults with intramedullary spinal cord glioblastoma

Highlights • Spine involvement of glioblastoma is rare. • We review five patients with intramedullary spinal cord glioblastoma who underwent surgery. • Prognosis is poor with a median survival in our series of 20 months. • New treatment strategies are necessary to improve survival in this patient po...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of clinical neuroscience 2015-10, Vol.22 (10), p.1628-1631
Hauptverfasser: Liu, Ann, Sankey, Eric W, Bettegowda, Chetan, Burger, Peter C, Jallo, George I, Groves, Mari L
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adult
Astrocytoma - surgery
Cervical Vertebrae
Glioblastoma
Glioblastoma - surgery
Humans
Intramedullary
Kaplan-Meier Estimate
Male
Middle Aged
Neurology
Neurosurgical Procedures
Oncology
Prognosis
Retrospective Studies
Spinal Cord Neoplasms - surgery
Spine
Thoracic Vertebrae
Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Spine involvement of glioblastoma is rare. • We review five patients with intramedullary spinal cord glioblastoma who underwent surgery. • Prognosis is poor with a median survival in our series of 20 months. • New treatment strategies are necessary to improve survival in this patient population.
ISSN:0967-5868
1532-2653
DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2015.05.008