Time-dependent risk factors for epileptic seizures in glioblastoma patients: A retrospective analysis of 520 cases

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Objective: Epilepsy is a common comorbidity of glioblastoma. Seizures may occur in various phases of the disease. We aimed to assess potential risk factors for seizures in accordance with the point in time at which they occurred. Methods: We retrospectively analyzed medical files of adult patients with de novo glioblastoma treated at our institution between January 2006 and January 2020. We categorized seizures as preoperative seizures (POS), early postoperative seizures (EPS; before initiation of radio[chemo]therapy [RCT]), seizures during radiotherapy (SDR; during or <30 days after RCT), and posttherapeutic seizures (PTS; ≥30 days after completion of RCT). We addressed associations between patients' characteristics and their seizures. Results: In the final cohort (N = 520), 292 patients experienced seizures. POS, EPS, SDR, and/or PTS occurred in 29.6% (154/520), 6.0% (31/520), 13.8% (70/509), and 36.1% (152/421) of patients, respectively. POS occurred more frequently in patients with higher Karnofsky Performance Scale scores (odds ratio [OR] = 3.27, p =.001) and tumor location in the temporal lobe (OR = 1.51, p =.034). None of the parameters we analyzed was related to the occurrence of EPS. SDR were independently associated with tumor location (parietal lobe, OR = 1.86, p =.027) and POS, but not EPS, and were independent of RCT. PTS were independently associated with tumor progression (OR = 2.32, p

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Stritzelberger, J., Gesmann, A., Fuhrmann, I., Brandner, S., Welte, T. M., Balk, S., … Hamer, H. (2023). Time-dependent risk factors for epileptic seizures in glioblastoma patients: A retrospective analysis of 520 cases. Epilepsia, 64(7), 1853–1861. https://doi.org/10.1111/epi.17658

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