{"title":"Lessons Learnt From Glioblastoma Surviving 20 Years Progression Free: A Case Report.","authors":"Vyom Bhargava","doi":"10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-24-00487","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Glioblastoma (GBM), the commonest primary brain tumor, mostly dies in 2-3 years, despite all the latest advances. Shorter lifespan justifying subtotal resection for functional preservation, a common, but not optimum scenario for patients. A 22-year-old man with raised intracranial pressure and focal deficits underwent Gross total removal (GTR). Following irradiation, he has survived for over 20 years since his first brain CT, and the latest MRI has no recurrence. This case provides the possibility of giving HOPE of living long to the next suspected glioblastoma during consent or counseling and a reason to achieve GTR in most cases to find some of such lucky cases. The specimen should be preserved for newer tests in the future. Building meaningful relationships with patients is needed for long follow-ups.</p>","PeriodicalId":19429,"journal":{"name":"Neurology India","volume":"73 3","pages":"541-543"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Neurology India","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4103/neurol-india.Neurol-India-D-24-00487","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/5/23 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"NEUROSCIENCES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Glioblastoma (GBM), the commonest primary brain tumor, mostly dies in 2-3 years, despite all the latest advances. Shorter lifespan justifying subtotal resection for functional preservation, a common, but not optimum scenario for patients. A 22-year-old man with raised intracranial pressure and focal deficits underwent Gross total removal (GTR). Following irradiation, he has survived for over 20 years since his first brain CT, and the latest MRI has no recurrence. This case provides the possibility of giving HOPE of living long to the next suspected glioblastoma during consent or counseling and a reason to achieve GTR in most cases to find some of such lucky cases. The specimen should be preserved for newer tests in the future. Building meaningful relationships with patients is needed for long follow-ups.
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Neurology India (ISSN 0028-3886) is Bi-monthly publication of Neurological Society of India. Neurology India, the show window of the progress of Neurological Sciences in India, has successfully completed 50 years of publication in the year 2002. ‘Neurology India’, along with the Neurological Society of India, has grown stronger with the passing of every year. The full articles of the journal are now available on internet with more than 20000 visitors in a month and the journal is indexed in MEDLINE and Index Medicus, Current Contents, Neuroscience Citation Index and EMBASE in addition to 10 other indexing avenues.
This specialty journal reaches to about 2000 neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-psychiatrists, and others working in the fields of neurology.
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