Sex differences in length of survival with malignant astrocytoma, but not with glioblastoma

S Diete; T Treuheit; K Dietzmann; U Schmidt; C W Wallesch

doi:10.1023/a:1011849411227

Sex differences in length of survival with malignant astrocytoma, but not with glioblastoma

J Neurooncol. 2001 May;53(1):47-9. doi: 10.1023/a:1011849411227.

Authors

S Diete¹, T Treuheit, K Dietzmann, U Schmidt, C W Wallesch

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Otto-von-Guericke-University, Magdeburg, Germany.

PMID: 11678430
DOI: 10.1023/a:1011849411227

Abstract

In a retrospective analysis based on a malignant glioma databank, we describe effects of age, sex and diagnosis upon survival in patients with malignant cerebral glioma with a pre-treatment Karnofsky-index of 60 or more. All patients had been treated with 55-60Gy radiotherapy and nitrosurea-based adjuvant chemotherapy. We found an age-dependent sex effect upon survival in grade III astrocytoma patients, but not with glioblastoma.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Astrocytoma / diagnosis
Astrocytoma / mortality*
Astrocytoma / therapy
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
Brain Neoplasms / mortality*
Brain Neoplasms / therapy
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Female
Glioblastoma / diagnosis
Glioblastoma / mortality*
Glioblastoma / therapy
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Survival Rate