Abstract

Patients with Glioblastoma Multiforme (GBM) have a prognosis of 16-21 months and high care needs due to progressive neurological deficits, cognitive impairment, and behavioural change. They often do not express the usual symptoms generally associated with advanced incurable cancer. They therefore represent a challenge to the classic palliative care assessment of needs. We aim to review patients with GBM who were referred to a hospital specialist palliative care (HSPC) service in a quaternary centre to inform service development.

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