Diagnostic delay and outcome in immunocompetent patients with primary central nervous system lymphoma in Spain: a multicentric study.

Roser VelascoS MercadalN VidalM AlañáM I BarcelóM J Ibáñez-JuliáS BobilloR Caldú AgudE García MolinaP MartínezP CacabelosA MuntañolaG García-CatalánJ M SanchoI CamroT LadoM E ErroL Gómez-VicenteA SalarA C CaballeroM Solé-RodríguezJ Gállego Pérez-LarrayaN HuertasJ EstelaM BarónN Barbero-BordalloM EncuentraI DlouhyJ BrunaF Grausnull null

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2020)

Corticosteroids withdrawal before surgery does not decrease the risk of a negative biopsy but delays diagnosis. In this community-based study, only 73.4% of patients could receive HD-MTX-based chemotherapy and OS remains poor, particularly in elderly patients ≥ 70 years.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
minimally invasive
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
acute coronary syndrome
radiation therapy
patient reported outcomes
ultrasound guided
cerebrospinal fluid
percutaneous coronary intervention
rectal cancer