Glioblastoma is the most common malignant brain tumor in adults and the most lethal, with a median survival of about 17 months after diagnosis. Even after surgeons remove all visible tumor and patients receive follow-up treatment, the cancer almost always returns.
Now, researchers at UC San Francisco and the University of Michigan have developed an AI approach that can predict, with a high degree of accuracy, where the cancer is likely to recur first. In glioblastoma, most recurrences occur at or close to the tumor cavity.