Does reintervention improve survival in recurrent glioblastoma? Facing a temporal bias in the literature.
Juan Delgado-FernandezNatalia Frade-PortoGuillermo BlascoPatricia González-TarnoRicardo Gil-SimoesZhi-Qiang LiPaloma Pulido RivasRafael García de SolaPublished in: Acta neurochirurgica (2020)
There has been a temporal bias in the literature that has led to an overestimation of the positive effect of reintervention in recurrent GBM. However, reintervention could still be useful in some selected patients, who should be individualized according to prognostic factors related to the patient, biology of the tumour, and characteristics of surgical procedure.