%0 Journal Article
%T Glioblastoma: approach to treat elderly patients
%A Pontes
%A Luciola de Barros
%A Karnakis
%A Theodora
%A Malheiros
%A Suzana Maria Fleury
%A Weltman
%A Eduardo
%A Brandt
%A Reynaldo Andr¨¦
%A Guendelmann
%A Rafael Aliosha Kaliks
%J Einstein (SŁżo Paulo)
%D 2012
%I Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa Albert Einstein
%R 10.1590/S1679-45082012000400021
%X treating elderly cancer patients is a challenge for oncologists, especially considering the several therapeutic modalities in glioblastoma. extensive tumor resection offers the best chance of local control. adequate radiotherapy should always be given to elderly patients if they have undergone gross total resection and have maintained a good performance status. rather than being ruled out, chemotherapy should be considered, and temozolomide is the chosen drug. a comprehensive geriatric assessment is a valuable tool to help guiding treatment decisions in elderly patients with glioblastoma.
%K glioblastoma [therapy]
%K aged
%K geriatric assessment
%K radiotherapy
%K antineoplasic agents
%K alkylating [therapeutic use].
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1679-45082012000400021&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en