Glioblastoma Therapy
Studies from International Agency for Research on Cancer in the area of glioblastoma therapy published
Published in Cancer Weekly, June 2nd, 2009
New investigation results, 'Age as a predictive factor in glioblastomas: population-based study,' are detailed in a study published in Neuroepidemiology. "We evaluated 715 glioblastoma patients diagnosed during 1980-1994 in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland, to provide information on how patients were treated at the population level. Despite a general policy during the study period of treatment by surgical intervention aimed at maximum tumor removal followed by radiotherapy, there was a marked tendency toward limited treatment with advancing patient age," scientists writing in the journal Neuroepidemiology report.
"Of those younger than 65 years, 82% were...
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