Surgical resection plays a central role in the management of gliomas. In this study, we
review the evidence in support of extent of resection to improve survival, symptom …

This brief review explores the areas of cognitive impairment that have been observed in
cancer patients and survivors, the cognitive assessment tools used, and the management of …

Background Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) is the standard of care to improve intracranial
control following resection of brain metastasis. However, stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) to …

Importance Whole brain radiotherapy (WBRT) significantly improves tumor control in the
brain after stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), yet because of its association with cognitive …

Introduction Surgery is first-line therapy for glioblastoma, and there is evidence that gross
total resection is associated with improved survival. Gross total resection, however, is not …

Background Health-related quality of life and survival are two important outcome measures
in cancer research and practice. The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship …

Purpose Patient-reported outcomes (PROs), routinely collected as a part of cancer clinical
trials, have been linked with survival in numerous clinical studies, but a comprehensive …

OBJECTIVE Balancing the benefits of extensive tumor resection with the consequence of
potential postoperative deficits remains a challenge in malignant astrocytoma surgery …

Background A randomised trial published by the European Organisation for Research and
Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) Clinical …

The measurement of patient-reported outcomes, including health-related quality of life, is a
new initiative which has emerged and grown over the past four decades. Following the …