EPID-07. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN COGNITION, SPEED OF PRESENTATION AND SEMANTIC VERBAL FLUENCY TEST IN PATIENTS WITH NEW INTRA-CEREBRAL TUMORS

Patients with brain tumors often have subtle cognitive change, which may go unnoticed by patient and family doctor. This may result in delays in diagnosis. We studied the relationship between first and subsequent symptoms and semantic verbal fluency test (SVFT), a quick cognitive screening test. (Normal median SVFT for 60–79 age range who have 12 years of education = 17 animals; 10th percentile is 12 animals). Patients with new intrinsic brain...