Preoperative anemia is associated with prolonged hospital stay and increased facility discharges after glioblastoma resection.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite numerous operative and non-operative treatment modalities, patients with glioblastoma (GBM) have a dismal prognosis. Identifying predictors of survival and recurrence is an essential strategy for guiding treatment decisions, and existing literature demonstrates associations between hematologic data and clinical outcomes in cancer patients. As such, we provide a novel analysis that examines associations between preoperative hematologic data and postoperative outcomes following GBM resection.

Methods

We performed a retrospective analysis of patients who underwent GBM resection from January 2016 to December 2020. Standard demographic and clinical variables were collected, including pre-operative complete blood count (CBC), and inferential analyses were perfor

SUBMITTER: Almekkawi AK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11747236 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature