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Brain Lesions Associated with Communication-Related Quality of Life Surgical Removal of Primary Left-Hemisphere Tumours

Journal

APHASIOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 12, Pages 2029-2049

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ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2022.2145844

Keywords

brain tumours; surgery; quality of life; aphasia; neuroimaging; white matter

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This study found that post-treatment communication-related quality of life was associated with residual tumor, edema, and peri-resection treatment effects as well as white matter disconnection. However, mood-related quality of life and the primary resection lesion maps were not significantly associated with HRQoL.
Background: Long-term health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an important consideration in planning treatment for individuals with brain tumours. Aim: The current study examined relationships between HRQoL and anatomical location of the lesion in patients 6-24 months post-surgery. Methods: Following left-hemisphere tumour resection, 37 individuals underwent behavioural testing and MRI. A principal component analysis across 10 HRQoL measures identified two components explaining -62% of the variance: a communication-related and a mood-related component. Three lesion maps were generated per participant capturing (1) the primary resection, (2) the resection plus residual tumour, oedema, and peri-resection treatment effect (resection+), and (3) residual tumour, oedema, and peri-resection treatment effect alone (residual). Relationships between HRQoL components and lesion maps were examined using voxel-wise lesion symptom-mapping as well as general linear models predicting tract- and voxel-wise disconnection severities. Results: Communication-related quality of life was significantly associated with lesions comprising both the resection+ and residual tumour in the left medial inferior parietal lobe. Voxel-wise analyses of white matter disconnection severities revealed significant associations between communication-related quality of life and thalamostriatal fibres for the residual tumour lesions. None of the analyses involving mood-related quality of life or the primary resection lesion maps were significant. Conclusions: The findings highlight the role of the residual tumour, oedema, and peri-resection treatment effects and associated white matter disconnection in communication-related quality of life following treatment.

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