Treatment of glioblastoma in Greenlandic patients

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Simone Frandsen, Alice Juhl Pedersen, Ole Gredal, Søren Møller, Uka Wilhjelm Geissler, Dorte Schou Nørøxe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2023
• Subjects: Glioblastoma; Greenland; Inuit; brain cancer; temozolomide; radiotherapy; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; greenlandic; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; inuit
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2023.2285077; https://doaj.org/article/e4a1520eaa1747a3a180ecf3576ad7c6

ABSTRACTGlioblastoma (GBM), WHO grade IV, is the most common primary malignant brain tumour among adults with a devastating overall survival of 14–22 months. Standard treatment of GBM includes maximum safe resection, radiotherapy plus concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide (TMZ), given over a period...