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HOUT-21. REAL-WORD EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF RADIOTHERAPY AND CHEMOTHERAPY IN ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH GLIOBLASTOMA BASED ON AGE AND PERFORMANCE STATUS: A NATIONAL CANCER DATABASE ANALYSIS

Authors :
Hesham Elhalawani
Karine A. Al Feghali
Caroline Chung
Pamela K. Allen
Samantha M. Buszek
Neil Chevli
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Oxford University Press, 2018.

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This retrospective study evaluates the impact of Karnofsky performance status (KPS) in addition to age on the management and outcomes of elderly patients with glioblastoma (GBM). METHODS: The National Cancer Database (NCDB) was queried between 2004–2015 for GBM patients with age 60 and reported KPS. Four groups were created: Age 60/ KPS

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Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
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