Background This systematic review provides updated insights, from the published literature
in the past 5 years, based on the 2017 European Association of Neuro-Oncology (EANO) …

Background Assessment of prognostic awareness (PA) in patients with advanced cancer is
challenging because patient responses often indicate their hopes. The objectives of this …

Purpose Glioblastoma (GBM) is a devastating neuro-oncologic disease with invariably poor
prognosis. Despite this, research shows patients have unrealistic perceptions of their …

OBJECTIVE WHO grade III meningiomas, also known as malignant meningiomas (MMs),
are rare, and the heterogenous clinical course in patients with MM is not well described. To …

Context Prognostic information is considered important for advanced cancer patients and
primary informal caregivers to prepare for the end of life. Little is known about discordance in …

Despite the use of aggressive multimodality therapies, the prognosis of brain tumor patients
remains poor. Tumors of glial origin typically have the worst prognosis, with a predicted …

Abstract Purpose of Review High-grade gliomas (HGG) are rare brain tumors that cause
disproportionate suffering and mortality. Palliative care, whose aim is to relieve the …

When high-grade gliomas recur, patients, their families, and clinicians face difficult medical
decisions. There is no curable treatment, and the treatment options all come with a risk of …

Background High-grade gliomas are aggressive and life-threatening brain tumors. At the
time of recurrence, the patients and their families need to decide on future treatment. None …

Objective The aims of this study were to investigate the association between patients'
awareness of their terminal illness and the levels of anxiety and depression, whether the …