Newly diagnosed Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) during COVID-19 pandemic : changes in therapeutic approach to minimize in-hospital SARS-COV-2 contagion in pre-vaccine era

COVID-19 pandemic revolutionized the way in which cancer patients are treated worldwide. Regarding neuro-oncological patients, usually considered frail and with lower life-expectancy in respect to other oncological patients, the international scientific community had to urgently reorganize the treatment approach in order to minimize the risk of in-hospital contagious. For GBM patients, adjuvant treatments have been evaluated with even much more attention with regard to the expected efficacy. As a consequence, an hypofractioned radiotherapy regimen has been preferred in order to reduce the daily hospital accesses and, especially in pMGMT unmethylated patients, chemotherapy with Temozolomide was avoided. Here, we made a comprehensive evaluation of the neurooncological community suggestions regarding GBM treatment in the pre-vaccine era of COVID-19 pandemic.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:93

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Acta bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis - 93(2022), 3 vom: 01. Juli, Seite e2022067

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Internò, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Rudà, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Sergi, Maria Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Soffietti, Riccardo [VerfasserIn]
Porta, Camillo [VerfasserIn]

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Vaccines

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Date Completed 04.07.2022

Date Revised 23.08.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.23750/abm.v93i3.12452

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NLM34296562X