Conduite à tenir devant un gliome diffus de bas grade

Diffuse low-grade glioma is a rare entity affecting young adults. After an initial period of slow but patent growth, these tumors undergo malignant transformation, causing functional deterioration and ultimately death. Over the last decade, their management has changed considerably: while a wait and see attitude was recommended in the past, the strategy is now pro-active, involving a combination of treatment modalities (surgery, chemotherapy, radiotherapy) in a patient-specific order. Treatment options should be offered to patients only after careful discussion in a multidisciplinary meeting specialized in this pathology.