Open AccessGeographic and socioeconomic considerations for glioblastoma treatment in the elderly at a national level: a US perspective
Author(s) -
Victor M. Lu,
Cole T. Lewis,
Yoshua Esquenazi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
neuro-oncology practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.666
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2054-2585
pISSN - 2054-2577
DOI - 10.1093/nop/npaa029
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , medicine , radiation therapy , odds ratio , odds , glioblastoma , chemotherapy , demography , surgery , gerontology , logistic regression , population , environmental health , sociology , cancer research
Treatment for glioblastoma (GBM) in elderly (age > 65 years) patients can be affected by multiple geographic and socioeconomic parameters. Correspondingly, the aim of this study was to determine trends in treatment of elderly GBM patients in the United States.
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