Quality of life outcomes in incidental and operated meningiomas (QUALMS): a cross-sectional cohort study.

Sumirat M KeshwaraConor S GillespieMohammad A MustafaAlan M GeorgeGeorge E RichardsonAbigail L ClynchJustin Z WangDavid D A LawsonCatherine E GilkesJ Osman FarahJawad YousafEmmanuel ChavredakisSamantha J MillsAndrew R BrodbeltGelareh ZadehChristopher P MillwardAbdurrahman I IslimMichael D Jenkinson

Published in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2022)

This study highlights the longer-term disease burden of patients with meningioma nearly one decade after diagnosis or surgery. Patients with actively monitored meningioma have similar HRQoL to operated meningioma patients. Healthcare professionals should be mindful of HRQoL impairments and direct patients to sources of support as needed.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
coronary artery disease
patient reported outcomes
weight loss
preterm birth
optical coherence tomography