Rate of biopsy prior to resection among patients with high-grade glioma: a nationwide database analysis
A low proportion of patients with high-grade glioma underwent additional surgery for biopsy prior to resection. This finding provides a baseline as preresection biopsy might become more common in the context of investigational drug development requiring pretreatment baseline specimens.
Authors
- Stephen Bagley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7117-0539)
- Susanna Howard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3639-8877)
- Daniel Y. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9962-9295)
- Jesse Y. Hsu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1522-6534)
- Tony Liu
- Christina Jackson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4210-7976)
- John T. Farrar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8656-5157)
Institutions
- Mount Holyoke College (US)
- Translational Therapeutics (United States) (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of neurosurgery
- Published
- 2025-11-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.6.jns25618
- Primary Topic
- Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00