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University Hospitals of Cleveland
Study: Patients 75 years and older with brain tumors may benefit from more aggressive treatment
June 3rd, 2008
A new study from University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UHCMC) finds that elderly patients – 75 years old and older-- with malignant brain tumors are not treated as aggressively as patients between 65 and 75 years old. Furthermore, the researchers find that if patients over 75 years old are treated aggressively, such as with surgery and radiation, they have better survival rates. The findings appear in the April issue of the Journal of Neurosurgery. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Medicare-linked database, the researchers led by Jill S. Barnholtz-Sloan, Ph.D., of the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University and...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-06-03)
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