Open AccessTumor type, epilepsy burden, and seizure documentation: experiences at a single center neuro-oncology clinic
Author(s) -
Omar Bushara,
Alex Guzner,
Elizabeth Bachman,
Roger Stupp,
Rimas V. Lukas,
Jessica W. Templer
Publication year - 2021
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/npab032
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , documentation , cohort , brain tumor , neurosurgery , retrospective cohort study , pediatrics , cohort study , oncology , surgery , pathology , psychiatry , computer science , programming language
Patients with both primary and metastatic brain tumors have significant seizure burden due to their tumor. The management of tumor-related epilepsy (TRE) and optimizing antiepileptic drug (AED) regimens requires collaboration between neurologists and seizure specialists, which is facilitated by seizure documentation in clinic notes. We aim to describe seizure incidence in patients seen in neuro-oncology clinical practice. Further, in the subset of those patients with TRE, we aim to analyze seizure documentation.