Neurocognitive functioning is associated with functional independence in newly diagnosed patients with temporal lobe glioma

Cancer and treatment-related neurocognitive dysfunction has the potential to significantly disrupt the lives of survivors. While neurocognitive functioning is known to predict aspects of patient-reported quality of life in individuals with glioma, little is known regarding the association between neurocognitive functioning and clinician-rated functional independence.Newly diagnosed patients with glioma in the left (n = 73; 49% glioblastoma) or...