Characteristics and outcomes of elderly patients with diffuse gliomas: a multi-institutional cohort study by Kansai Molecular Diagnosis Network for CNS Tumors.
Takahiro SasakiJunya FukaiYoshinori KodamaTakanori HiroseYoshiko OkitaShusuke MoriuchiMasahiro NonakaNaohiro TsuyuguchiYuzo TerakawaTakehiro UdaYusuke TomoganeManabu KinoshitaNamiko NishidaShuichi IzumotoYoshikazu NakajimaHideyuki AritaKenichi IshibashiTomoko ShofudaDaisuke KanematsuEma YoshiokaMasayuki ManoKoji FujitaYuji UematsuNaoyuki NakaoKanji MoriYonehiro KanemuraPublished in: Journal of neuro-oncology (2018)
This community-based study reveals characteristics and outcomes of elderly glioma patients in a real-world setting. Elderly patients have several potential factors for poor prognosis, but resection followed by RT + TMZ could lengthen duration of survival.