Open AccessButterfly glioma of the corpus callosum
Author(s) -
Amit Agrawal
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.48769
Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , radiation therapy , corpus callosum , oncology , glioblastoma , glioma , temozolomide , adjuvant therapy , chemotherapy , adjuvant , surgery , intensive care medicine , pathology , cancer research
The prognosis of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is poor even with aggressive first-line therapy, which includes surgery, radiation therapy, and adjuvant chemotherapy. Although the ideal course of treatment for elderly patients with newly diagnosed GBM is still undecided and requires further studies, the new chemotherapeutic agents administered with or without concomitant radiation therapy have shown promising results. However, in our setting, where resources are limited and newer treatment options are expensive, it is often difficult to deliver the best care to the patient.