Tumor metabolism, the ketogenic diet and β-hydroxybutyrate: novel approaches to adjuvant brain tumor therapy

EC Woolf, N Syed, AC Scheck - Frontiers in molecular neuroscience, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Malignant brain tumors are devastating despite aggressive treatments such as surgical
resection, chemotherapy and radiation therapy. The average life expectancy of patients with …

Symptom management and quality of life in glioma patients

FW Boele, M Klein, JC Reijneveld… - CNS …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Symptoms of fatigue, cognitive deficits, depression and changes in personality and behavior
are frequently reported in patients with glioma. These symptoms have a large impact on the …

Do carer's levels of unmet needs change over time when caring for patients diagnosed with high-grade glioma and how are these needs correlated with distress?

GKB Halkett, EA Lobb, T Shaw, MM Sinclair… - Supportive Care in …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The aim of the current study was to determine how carer needs changed
longitudinally and understand associations between unmet needs and distress. Methods …

Long-term wellbeing and neurocognitive functioning of diffuse low-grade glioma patients and their caregivers: A longitudinal study spanning two decades

FW Boele, PWM den Otter, JC Reijneveld… - Neuro …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Background While patients with diffuse low-grade glioma (LGG) often survive for years, there
is a risk of tumor progression which may impact patients' long-term health-related quality of …

Distress and psychological morbidity do not reduce over time in carers of patients with high-grade glioma

GKB Halkett, EA Lobb, T Shaw, MM Sinclair… - Supportive Care in …, 2017 - Springer
Purpose This study aimed to determine how carer distress and psychological morbidity
change over time following a patient's diagnosis of high-grade glioma (HGG) and identify …

Carers of patients with high-grade glioma report high levels of distress, unmet needs, and psychological morbidity during patient chemoradiotherapy

A Long, GKB Halkett, EA Lobb, T Shaw… - Neuro-oncology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background Few studies have explored the unmet needs of carers of people with high-
grade glioma. We aimed to determine carers' levels of distress during treatment, understand …

[HTML][HTML] Study of factors determining caregiver burden among primary caregivers of patients with intracranial tumors

M Dhandapani, S Gupta, S Dhandapani… - Surgical neurology …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Caregivers of patients with intracranial tumors handle physical, cognitive, and
behavioral impairments of patients. The purpose of this study was to assess the magnitude …

Vivekananda yoga program for patients with advanced lung cancer and their family caregivers

K Milbury, S Mallaiah, G Lopez, Z Liao… - Integrative cancer …, 2015 - journals.sagepub.com
Background. The primary purpose of this study was to establish the feasibility of a couple-
based Vivekananda Yoga (VKC) intervention in lung cancer patients and caregivers …

NeuroCARE: A randomized controlled trial of a psychological intervention for caregivers of patients with primary malignant brain tumors

DA Forst, AF Podgurski, SM Strander… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - ascopubs.org
PURPOSE Caregivers of patients with primary malignant brain tumors (PMBT) experience
significant psychological distress. We assessed the effect of a psychological intervention …

Interaction of quality of life, mood and depression of patients and their informal caregivers after surgical treatment of high-grade glioma: a prospective study

M Sacher, J Meixensberger, W Krupp - Journal of neuro-oncology, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Patients who are diagnosed with high-grade gliomas (HGG) have poor
prognoses and often experience rapid declines in functional and cognitive status, which …