Palliative care interventions and outcome in patients with glioblastoma - a retrospective, single-center study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with glioblastoma (GB) not only suffer from a life-threatening oncological disease but also present with severe neurological symptoms and high psychosocial distress. The unfavorable prognosis and the early decline in neurological functions and activities of daily living, such as mobility, lead to a significant deterioration in quality of life aspects. The need for palliative care (PC) therefore arises at an early stage and increases as the disease progresses but is often inadequately assessed and treated.

Methods

In this single-center, retrospective study, we investigated prognostic factors, survival outcomes and neuro-oncologically focused primary palliative care (nPPC) as well as specialized palliative care (SPC) interventions. Pearson's Chi-square test

SUBMITTER: Lind LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12836934 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature