An evaluation now provides a good marker for the future. I had one a year ago after radiation, but still in Temodar. [I am a 60 year man with college degree and owner of a tech business with Anaplastic Astrosytoma DX 07/06, no surgery, radiation with concurrent Temodar then six months of 5/23 Temodar ending last April].
The test lasts about a hour and consists of reading, word repeating, and board game type work. It compares patient scores with those of similar ages and abilities. It measures intelligence based on word use and word knowledge, memory based on word repetition and visual work at the game board, organization based on word repetition, and general cognition. I remember being very disappointed in my ability to repeat back a list of 8 or so words, getting only 3 or 4 after several repetitions, but my personal physician, knowing my poor organizational ability(ADD), thinks that I would have scored similarly before the radiation. So it important, I think, to have someone who knows the patient review the report with them. There are too many variables that the test giver might not consider, such as time since last meal, sleep issues, and other distractions.
But the test is a starting point for comparison.
Larry