Functional Outcome and Overall Survival in Patients with Primary or Secondary CNS Lymphoma after Surgical Resection vs. Biopsy.

Cancers (Basel) · 2023 · PMC10647498 · PMID 37958439

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Regarding the type of surgery, resection was identified as the most influential predictor for longer OS compared to stereotactic biopsy (HR 0.609, 95% CI 0.370–1.001; p = 0.051), but this association did not reach statistical significance.

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The existing literature on this subject matter now provides compelling evidence pointing towards a statistical trend in favour of extended OS and PFS in cases involving craniotomy with resection, as opposed to the purely diagnostic stereotactic biopsy procedure.

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