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BACKGROUND Despite aggressive treatment with surgery and chemo-radiation therapy, it is difficult to cure patients with glioblastoma (GBM). The end-of-life (EOL) phase of patients with GBM, and related problems, have not yet been adequately studied. Unlike in other countries, most cancer patients died in the hospital (84%) in 2017, but the Japanese government has recommended palliative home care and the number of deaths at home has recently been increasing. This study explores the current situation of EOL care for GBM patients in Japan. METHODS We retrospectively examined the clinical course and EOL phase of 166 consecutive patients who were treated in our hospital between 2010 and 2017. RESULT: In total, 107 patients died; 27 (25.7%) at home, 24 (22.8%) in hospice care, 8 (7.6%) in nursing homes, 46 (43.9%) in hospitals (long-term care hospitals [LTCH; 19.8%], our hospital [13.3%], and other neurosurgical hospitals [10.4%]). According to our previous research, in 2001–2005, 6% of GBM patients died at home, 3% in hospice case, and 91% in the hospital. The KPSof patients who started palliative home care or transferred to another hospital was 50–60. The median survival time and length of EOL phase for patients who died at home were 498 and 76.5 days; 395 and 103 days in hospice care; 533 days and 149 days in LTCH; 374 days and 52 days in our hospital; 338 and 75.5 days in other neurosurgical hospital; and 557 days and 37 days in nursing homes, respectively. CONCLUSION The number of GBM patients who died at home in Japan is increasing, and we must consider the problems of the EOL phase and improve the quality of EOL care.

QOLP-40. END-OF-LIFE CARE FOR GLIOBLASTOMA PATIENTS IN JAPAN