Early extracranial dissemination with prolonged survival in IDH-wildtype glioblastoma: case study and comprehensive literature review
Colin Burns, Cheng Chia Wu, Kei Suzuki, Grace Lee, Daniel Kim · 2026
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Description
Colin Burns and co-authors report a rare case of a brain tumor that had spread outside the skull very early, published in 2026. Spread of glioblastoma beyond the brain is rare and is linked to a poor outlook. The authors define early spread as spread found at, or within one month of, the first diagnosis.
Their patient was a woman in her sixties who had seizures and weakness on one side. She had near-total surgery, then drug and radiation care. A lung spot proved to be the same tumor in chest lymph nodes within a month. Yet she lived well past the usual span after spread was found. The report also reviews past cases and notes drug response may have helped, though that idea needs more proof.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Colin Burns, Cheng Chia Wu, Kei Suzuki, Grace Lee, Daniel Kim |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |