Publications by authors named "Gerard Plans Ahicart"

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  • This study evaluated the outcomes of 44 patients with recurrent glioblastoma who underwent reirradiation after an initial treatment, finding that median overall survival after the second treatment was 14.9 months.
  • The most common reirradiation method used was 35 Gy in 10 fractions, with mild acute side effects and a 40% rate of radiological response; however, many patients also experienced early distant progressions.
  • Factors like a Karnofsky index below 70 and smaller recurrence sizes were linked to better overall survival, suggesting reirradiation is a viable option, especially for patients in good health with smaller lesions.
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Brain metastases are tumors that arise from a tumor cell originated in another organ reaching the brain through the blood. In the brain this tumor cell is capable of growing and invading neighboring tissues, such as the meninges and bone. In most patients a known tumor is present when the brain lesion is diagnosed, although it is possible that the first diagnose is the brain tumor before there is evidence of cancer elsewhere in the body.

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Adult low-grade gliomas (Low Grade Gliomas, LGG) are tumors that originate from the glial cells of the brain and whose management involves great controversy, starting from the diagnosis, to the treatment and subsequent follow-up. For this reason, the Tumor Group of the Spanish Society of Neurosurgery (GT-SENEC) has held a consensus meeting, in which the most relevant neurosurgical issues have been discussed, reaching recommendations based on the best scientific evidence. In order to obtain the maximum benefit from these treatments, an individualised assessment of each patient should be made by a multidisciplinary team.

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Introduction: Glioblastoma (GBM) treatment starts in most patients with surgery, either resection surgery or biopsy, to reach a histology diagnose. Multidisciplinar team, including specialists in brain tumors diagnose and treatment, must make an individualize assessment to get the maximum benefit of the available treatments.

Material And Methods: Experts in each GBM treatment field have briefly described it based in their experience and the reviewed of the literature.

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