Glioblastoma in patients over 70 years of age

• Main Authors: Smrdel Uros, Vidmar Marija Skoblar, Smrdel Ales
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2018-02-01
• Series: Radiology and Oncology
• Subjects: glioblastoma; age group over 70 years; elderly; prognostic factors; treatment
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/raon-2018-0010

Glioblastoma has in last 20 years seen the steady increase of incidence, which is most prominent in the group of older patients. These older than 70 years have significantly poorer prognosis than other patients and are considered a distinct group of glioblastoma patients. Modified prognostic factors are being used in these patients and this information is lately supplemented with the genetic and epigenetic information on tumour. The therapy is now often tailored accordingly. The aim of our study was to analyse the current treatment of the glioblastoma patients over 70 years of age to determine the impact of clinical prognostic factors.