Quality of life is an important area of clinical neurooncology that is increasingly relevant as
survivorship increases and as patients experience potential morbidities associated with new …

Background Depression is a common and important complication of primary cerebral
glioma. However, observational studies of this relationship have not been systematically …

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has become an important outcome measure in clinical
trials in primary brain tumor (ie, glioma) patients, because they have an incurable disease …

BACKGROUND: The traditional neurosurgical approach to cerebral lesions is based on the
classic view of a rigid brain organization in fixed “eloquent” areas. However, this method is …

Abstract Measurement of Health Related Quality of Life (HRQL) in brain tumour patients is
important because brain tumours and brain tumour treatment usually affect physical …

Objective: To determine the association of symptom burden to work limitation among
working survivors of malignant brain tumors. Methods: Working adults with malignant brain …

Objectives: To assess patients with recurrent high grade brain glioma with the aim of
evaluating facets of quality of life (QOL) and their association with mood, cognition, and …

Object The aim in this study was to assess the state and trait types of anxiety as well as
current depression before and after surgery in patients affected by brain tumors. The …

Background Potential treatment-related neurotoxicity and the indolent course of the disease
mainly feed the controversy concerning the optimal timing of surgery and radiotherapy in …

Gliomas are malignant primary brain tumors and yet incurable. Palliation and the
maintenance or improvement of the patient's quality of life is therefore of main importance …