Prognostic factors and survival in a prospective cohort of patients with high-grade glioma treated with carmustine wafers or temozolomide on an intention-to-treat basis.

Background: Patients with high-grade glioma can be treated with carmustine wafers or following the Stupp protocol. As far as we are aware, no scientific evidence has been published comparing the two treatments. The primary objective of this study was to analyse the survival of groups of patients with each of these treatment modalities.

Predictive factors for a good prognosis following surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy: a cohort study in Spain.

To investigate the outcome of temporal lobe epilepsy surgery and identify the variables which predict a good prognosis with respect to seizures in postoperative follow-up after two and four years. This retrospective study included 115 selected patients who underwent surgery for temporal lobe epilepsy between 1996 and 2007. In the second year after surgery 86.