[Postoperative radiotherapy of glial tumors of the central nervous system].
The authors analysed the survival time of 372 patients subjected to radiotherapy after operations for central nervous system tumours of glial origin. Subtentorial gliomas with a better prognosis than supratentorial gliomas accounted for 82% of cases in this group of 67 children, and cerebellar medulloblastoma most sensitive to radiation accounted for 85%. In the group of 305 adults supratentorial tumours were found in 90.8% of cases, and the very malignant multiform glioblastoma was present in 50.8% of cases. In view of these differences the five-year survival rate was 31.3% in children than 40 years; no sex differences were found between the groups with different survival rates. Postoperative radiotherapy of malignant gliomas is of great value prolonging the life of the patients and improving its quality.
Kukolewska-Machnicka
J
J
Kliniki Radioterapii Instytutu Radiologii AM w Warszawie.
Wisławski
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013997:Time Factors
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