Association between Early Diagnosis, Surgery and Prognosis in Patients with High-Grade Glioma: Retrospective Analysis of a Real-World Healthcare Claims Database in Japan
Abstract
High-grade gliomas, especially glioblastoma, are associated with poor prognosis. We investigated the prognostic impact of first visiting a neurosurgery department or other departments among patients with high-grade gliomas in real-world clinical practice in Japan. We analyzed health insurance claims data from the Japan Medical Data Centre Claims Database for 540 patients with records of C71 (malignant neoplasm of the brain), surgery, radiotherapy, and temozolomide, indicative of high-grade gliomas. The median age was 54 years, 70.9% of the patients were aged
Fields of Study & Subjects
Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
Cancer survivorship and care
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Neurologia medico-chirurgica
- Volume
- 66
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 152–161
- Publication date
- 29 January 2026
- Language
- EN