Ali I Rae, Amol Mehta, Michael Cloney, Connor J Kinslow, Tony J C Wang, Govind Bhagat, Peter D Canoll, George J Zanazzi, Michael B Sisti, Sameer A Sheth, E Sander Connolly, Guy M McKhann, Jeffrey N Bruce, Fabio M Iwamoto, Adam M Sonabend
BACKGROUND: Cytoreductive surgery is considered controversial for primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). OBJECTIVE: To investigate survival following craniotomy or biopsy for PCNSL. METHODS: The National Cancer Database-Participant User File (NCDB, n = 8936), Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER, n = 4636), and an institutional series (IS, n = 132) were used. We retrospectively investigated the relationship between craniotomy, prognostic factors, and survival for PCNSL using case-control design...
April 4, 2018: Neurosurgery