title: Case presentation - A five-year survival of the patient with glioblastoma brain tumor.
abstract: This paper presents an atypical case of a patient with brain tumor of the glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) type who achieved a 5-year survival. Some general information is provided including epidemiology, diagnostic and treatment procedures (surgery and radio-chemo-therapy), and prognosis of survival related to GBM. The course of the disease, including its main symptoms, individual reasons for the delay of adjuvant treatment, after the primary surgical treatment, 37-month period of the decease free survival, as well as comprehensive management after the tumor recurrence are also presented. Histopathology confirming the clinical diagnosis is discussed in a separate chapter.
authors.affiliation: Centrum Onkologii, Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Oddział w Gliwicach, Zakład Radioterapii, Poland.
authors.forename: Hubert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urbańczyk
authors.affiliation: Centrum Onkologii, Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Oddział w Gliwicach, Zakład Patologii Nowotworów, Poland.
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Strączyńska-Niemiec
authors.affiliation: Centrum Onkologii, Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Oddział w Gliwicach, Zakład Radioterapii, Poland.
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Głowacki
authors.affiliation: Centrum Onkologii, Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Oddział w Gliwicach, Zakład Patologii Nowotworów, Poland.
authors.forename: Dariusz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lange
authors.affiliation: Centrum Onkologii, Instytut im. Marii Skłodowskiej-Curie, Oddział w Gliwicach, Zakład Radioterapii, Poland.
authors.forename: Leszek
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Miszczyk
keywords: Brain tumors; Glioblastoma; Radiotherapy; Survival; Treatment