Journal article
Young adults diagnosed with high grade gliomas: Patterns of care, outcomes, and impact on employment
Umbreen Hafeez, Siddarth Menon, Bella Nguyen, Caroline Lum, Gregory Gaughran, Ganesalingham Pranavan, Lawrence Cher, Anna K Nowak, Hui K Gan, Sagun Parakh
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NEUROSCIENCE | ELSEVIER SCI LTD | Published : 2019
Abstract
There is limited information on the patterns of care and outcomes of high grade gliomas (HGGs) in young adults, in particular, the impact it has on a person's employment. We retrospectively identified young adult patients (age ≤ 40 years old) with newly diagnosed high grade gliomas treated between January 2013 and June 2018 across four major neuro-oncology centres in Australia. Patient demographics, tumour characteristics and treatment parameters were collected and outcomes determined. A total of 113 patients were identified with a median follow up of 27.0 months (range 1.0-70.2 months). The median age was 31 years, majority were male (65%) and employed (71.6%). IDH mutations were detected i..
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