Single radiation dose before surgery may improve brain tumor control

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>= 18 years * Clear clinical and radiographic evidence of primary high grade glioma (HGG) as judged by the Mayo multidisciplinary neuro-oncology team (World Health Organization \[WHO\] grade III-IV, including glioblastoma) regardless of IDH and MGMT status * Patients who underwent a previous biopsy confirming high grade glioma are eligible for enrollment * Planned neurosurgical resection of tumor * Judged to not be at risk of significant clinical risk (i.e. herniation) with radiation-induced edema prior to resection * Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) performance status (PS) 0, 1, or 2 * Negative pregnancy test done =\< 14 days prior to registration, for women of childbearing potential only. Patients over 50 years of age who decline pregnancy testing are still eligible without a pregnancy test. * Ability to complete questionnaire(s) by themselves or with assistance * Provide written informed consent * Willing to receive adjuvant radiotherapy at enrolling institution at the time of registration * Willing to provide tissue and/or blood samples for correlative research purposes Exclusion Criteria: * Any of the following: * Pregnant women * Nursing women who are unwilling to cease during therapy * Men or women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to employ adequate contraception * Prior history of cranial radiotherapy * Unwillingness to participate in study * Investigator discretion that enrollment on the study would pose undo harm or risk to the patient * Non-MRI compatible implanted medical device * Use of systemic anti-cancer therapy within the previous 3 months * Medical contraindication to craniotomy and tumor resection * Pathologic confirmation of grade I-II glioma, brain metastasis, or other brain tumor * Note: Patients with a history of grade I-II glioma are eligible if they have only received surgery as treatment and now there is concern for transformation to grade III-IV tumor * Primary spinal cord glioma or primary brainstem glioma * Residual tumor of excessive volume or eloquent location per investigator discretion * Patients who are unwilling or unable to comply with study procedures