Emergency surgical decompression and long-term survival of glioblastoma presenting in coma in old age: case report and review of prognostic factors

Oxf Med Case Reports. 2022 Jul 26;2022(7):omac074. doi: 10.1093/omcr/omac074. eCollection 2022 Jul.

Abstract

We present a case demonstrating that older age does not exclude long-term survival with glioblastoma. This is a malignant neoplasm with a median life expectancy of 14 months in patients treated with radical intent. Survival is dependent on several independent and interacting prognostic factors of which advancing age is a negative factor. We present a septuagenarian with a 3.5-year survival following aggressive management. The potential to improve glioblastoma survival in an elderly population by examination of additional prognostic factors and identifying biomarkers warrants further research.

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