Surgical Management of Malignant Glioma in the Elderly

BackgroundThe median age for diagnosis of glioblastoma is 64 years and the incidence rises with increasing age to a peak at 75-84 years. As the total number of high-grade glioma patients is expected to increase with an aging population, neuro-oncological surgery faces new treatment challenges, espec...

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Main Authors: Julia Klingenschmid, Aleksandrs Krigers, Johannes Kerschbaumer, Claudius Thomé, Daniel Pinggera, Christian F. Freyschlag
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fonc.2022.900382/full