Table 2.

Prognostic Awareness in Malignant Glioma

Author	Patients	Timing	PA definition	Results
Anderson (1999) [20]	40 with brain tumors, 16 with MG	≤16 months of initial treatment	“Understanding the diagnosis and its implications”	49% had full PA 43% had limited PA 7% no PA
Cavers (2012) [24]	26 with suspected brain tumors, 17 with MG	≤ 6 months of initial treatment	“Awareness that progression of disease was likely”	“Most” possessed PA
Davies (1996) [19]	75 with MG	At diagnosis, after radiotherapy, and at recurrence	“Belief in the possibility of cure and thoughts about the possibility of death”	25% had full PA at diagnosis 52% had full PA at recurrence
Lyons (1996) [22]	20 with MG	Any time in disease course	“Understanding and acknowledging the seriousness of their illness”	“Some” did not understand prognosis “Others” did not want to know “Others” understood fully
Salander (1996) [21]	19 with MG	At diagnosis	“Awareness that the brain tumor exposed them to grave danger”	58% had full PA
Ward-Smith (1997) [23]	8 with MG	≤1 year from diagnosis	Awareness that prognosis is poor and awareness of survival statistics	100% had full PA