Steroids use and survival in patients with glioblastoma multiforme: a pooled analysis.

Fausto PetrelliAgostina De StefaniAntonio GhidiniLorenza BruschieriValentina RiboldiLorenzo DottoriniAlessandro IaculliAlberto ZaniboniFrancesca Trevisan

Published in: Journal of neurology (2020)

In patients with GBM and treated with RT and/or CT, association with steroids significantly reduces survival and PFS. Use of the lowest dose of glucocorticoids for the shortest period needed to achieve the treatment goals and prevention of steroid-associated complications are essential aims of treatment of this disease.

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