The Influence of Frontal Lobe Tumors and Surgical Treatment on Advanced Cognitive Functions

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• 作者：Shengyu Fang¹ ; Yinyan Wang² ; Tao Jiang¹ ; ² ; ³ ; ^{taojiang1964@163.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author}
• 关键词：Brain tumor ; Cognitive function ; Frontal lobe ; Surgical treatment
• 刊名：World Neurosurgery
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：July 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：91
• 期：Complete
• 页码：340-346
• 全文大小：852 K

文摘

Brain cognitive functions affect patient quality of life. The frontal lobe plays a crucial role in advanced cognitive functions, including executive function, meta-cognition, decision-making, memory, emotion, and language. Therefore, frontal tumors can lead to serious cognitive impairments. Currently, neurosurgical treatment is the primary method to treat brain tumors; however, the effects of the surgical treatments are difficult to predict or control. The treatment may both resolve the effects of the tumor to improve cognitive function or cause permanent disabilities resulting from damage to healthy functional brain tissue. Previous studies have focused on the influence of frontal lesions and surgical treatments on patient cognitive function. Here, we review cognitive impairment caused by frontal lobe brain tumors.