[Dynamics of neurological symptoms during immediate and long-term periods after radiotherapy of patients with brain metastases of malignant tumors].
The paper treats of 60 patients with metastases to the brain, subjected to radiotherapy coupled with hormonal treatment. The control group was made up of 17 patients who did not undergo radiotherapy. It has been concluded that radiotherapy noticeably increases (4-fold) the lifetime of patients with metastases to the brain and that its efficacy depends on timely diagnosis of the latter ones and early terms of the treatment onset.
Shcherbenko
O I
OI
Kholodova
N B
NB
Il'in
V I
VI
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Dinamika nevrologicheskikh simptomov v blizhaĭshie i otdalennye periody posle luchevoĭ terapii bol'nykh s metastazami zlokachestvennykh opukholeĭ v golovnoĭ mozg.