title: Clinical cure of glioblastoma--two case reports.
abstract: We report two cases of "decade survivor" of glioblastoma. Case 1 is a 34-year-old female who developed a tumor in the left frontal pole, and Case 2 is a 46-year-old male with a left frontal tumor. Both tumors were surgically excised and the patients received postoperative chemo-radiotherapy. Histological re-evaluation of the resected tumor tissue confirmed the most malignant type of glioma-glioblastoma. We speculate that the entire extent of tumors had been extirpated by surgery in both cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kawano
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakazato
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D005260:Female; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010784:Photomicrography; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome