SNO and EANO practice guideline update: Anticonvulsant prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors

To update the 2000 American Academy of Neurology (AAN) practice parameter on anticonvulsant prophylaxis in patients with newly diagnosed brain tumors.

Following the 2017 AAN methodologies, a systematic literature review utilizing PubMed, EMBASE Library, Cochrane, and Web of Science databases was performed. The studies were rated based on the AAN therapeutic or causation classification of evidence (class I-IV).