Location of Glioblastoma and its Significance in Response to Treatment

Abstract

Basal ganglia and thalamus glioblastomaDeep seated glioblastoma -tumors in the basal ganglia, insula and thalamus, have been shown to carry a worse prognosis as compared to glioblastoma in other locations [22,28,29]. However, extent of resection, a known predictor of outcome in glioblastoma, has also been shown to be significantly lower in deep seated glioblastomas [30][31][32][33]. It is unclear whether the worse prognosis is merely a representation of the lesser extent of resection or an actual survival difference. There has been no direct assessment of This work is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License ANN.MS.ID.000613.