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Open Journal of Modern Neurosurgery, 2012, 2, 1-5 /10.4236/ojmn.2012.21001 Published Online January 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojmn) Effects of Socioeconomic on Survival for Adult Glioblastoma Multiform Patients in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1999-2009 1 2 3 3 Jose Carlos Lynch , Leonardo Welling , Claudia Escosteguy , Alessandra G. L. Pereira , Ricardo Andrade4, Celestino Pereira4 1Head of Neurosurgery Department, Neurosurgery Department of Hospital dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 2Resident, Neurosurgery Department of Hospital dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 3Staff of the Epidemiology Department, Neurosurgery Department of Hospital dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 4Neurosurgeon, Neurosurgery Department of Hospital dos Servidores do Estado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Email: cneuroamericas@.br Received September 20, 2011; revised October 8, 2011; accepted October 30, 2011 ABSTRACT Backgrond: To compare the survival of glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) patients operated on at public hospital with that of patients operated on at the private hospital. Method: We carried out a retrospective analysis of the patients’ medical records, the surgical reports, and the pre and post-operative images of patients with a histopathological con- firmed adult supratentorial glioblastoma multiform (GBM). Sixty-three patients were treated at public hospital and 21 at private hospitals. Results: The present study revealed that the survival of patients treated in private hospitals was statis- tically superior to that