How much is enough? The question of extent of resection in glioblastoma multiforme

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Institute for the Neurosciences at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, and Center for Neuro-oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Institute for the Neurosciences at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, and Center for Neuro-oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: EAChiocca@partners.org.

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Muhammad M Abd-El-Barr et al. World Neurosurg. 2014 Jul-Aug.

. 2014 Jul-Aug;82(1-2):e109-10.

doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2014.05.006. Epub 2014 May 9.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Institute for the Neurosciences at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, and Center for Neuro-oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Harvard Medical School, Institute for the Neurosciences at the Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, and Center for Neuro-oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Electronic address: EAChiocca@partners.org.

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Keywords: Extent of resection; GBM; Glioblastoma; Residual; Surgery; Survival; Volumetric.

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When gross total resection of a glioblastoma is possible, how much resection should be achieved?
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