The impact and incidence of altered body image in patients with head and neck tumors: a systematic review

KK Manier, LS Rowe, J Welsh… - Neuro-Oncology …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Body image dissatisfaction is a common issue among patients with cancer and is associated
with difficulty coping, anxiety, and depression. Patients with tumors involving the head and …

Disease assessments in patients with glioblastoma

KA Phillips, DO Kamson, D Schiff - Current oncology reports, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review The neuro-oncology team faces a unique challenge when
assessing treatment response in patients diagnosed with glioblastoma. Magnetic resonance …

Quality of life after surgery for lower grade gliomas

AE Heffernan, Y Wu, LS Benz, RGW Verhaak… - Cancer, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Few large studies have investigated quality of life (QOL) for adults diagnosed
with lower grade glioma (LGG). Methods QOL was assessed for 320 adults with LGG (World …

Illness intrusiveness and subjective well-being in patients with glioblastoma

K Edelstein, L Coate, C Massey, NC Jewitt… - Journal of neuro …, 2016 - Springer
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common adult CNS malignancy but its impact on quality of
life (QOL) is poorly understood. In other patient populations, illness intrusiveness (the extent …

[HTML][HTML] Analysis of health-related quality of life in patients with brain tumors prior and subsequent to radiotherapy

C Bitterlich, D Vordermark - Oncology letters, 2017 - spandidos-publications.com
Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was evaluated for a patient cohort with benign or
malignant brain tumors prior and subsequent to radiotherapy. The following inclusion criteria …

[HTML][HTML] Inhibition of growth of U87MG human glioblastoma cells by Usnea longissima Ach.

B Emsen, O Ozdemir, T Engin, B Togar… - Anais da Academia …, 2019 - SciELO Brasil
Herbal medicines are efficient to reduce side effects in the fight against glioblastoma, which
plays a critical role within brain cancer species. The recent studies designated for testing the …

[HTML][HTML] The Suprasellar Meningioma Patient-Reported Outcome Survey: a disease-specific patient-reported outcome measure for resection of suprasellar …

AM Khalafallah, M Rakovec, K Burapachaisri… - Journal of …, 2021 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Suprasellar meningioma resection via either the transcranial approach (TCA) or
the endoscopic endonasal approach (EEA) is an area of controversy and active evaluation …

[HTML][HTML] Pretreatment geriatric assessments of elderly patients with glioma: development and implications

Y Wang, B Zhao, W Chen, L Liu, W Chen… - Aging and …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Glioma is the most frequent primary brain tumor affecting adults, and the most lethal type is
glioblastoma (GBM); currently, the available therapies only provide palliation. The …

[HTML][HTML] Determining an appropriate outcome measure in neurosurgical research: investigating meaningful, valid, and practical metrics

C Louie, EN D'Agostino, D Han, TC Ryken - Cureus, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Given the rapidly evolving pace of research and technology in the neurosurgical field, it is
critical to consider the parameters of valid, practical, and meaningful study outcome …

Therapy for recurrent high-grade gliomas: results of a prospective multicenter study on health-related quality of life

L Stöckelmaier, M Renovanz, J König, K Nickel… - World neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Objective To assess the impact of therapy on patients' health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
in recurrent high-grade glioma (HGG) in an unselected cohort. Methods In this prospective …