title: [Combined surgery and radiotherapy of glioblastoma multiforme--report of 73 cases].
abstract: A retrospective analysis of 73 patients with glioblastoma multiforme treated with surgery plus radiotherapy (63 cases) or surgery alone (10 cases) showed that the 5-year survival was 16% versus 0% and the median survival time was 14 versus 5 months. The median survival time in patients receiving postoperative radiotherapy was almost 3 times as long as that in patients treated with surgery alone. The difference in survival was insignificant between patients treated with a local extended field and those with whole brain plus local irradiation. The age, sex, course of disease, extent of operation and dose of irradiation are the factors influencing prognosis.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing.
authors.forename: Y H
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Lei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015996:Survival Rate