title: Conventional external beam radiotherapy for central nervous system malignancies.
abstract: Fractionated external beam photon radiotherapy is an important component of the clinical management of malignant disease of the central nervous system. The practicing neurologist or neurosurgeon frequently relies on the consultative and treatment skills of a radiotherapist. This article provides a review for the nonradiotherapist of the place of conventional external beam radiotherapy in neuro-oncology.
mesh_terms: D000236:Adenoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001933:Brain Stem; D002648:Child; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008579:Meningioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D009837:Oligodendroglioma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010315:Particle Accelerators; D010871:Pinealoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011832:Radiation Injuries; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes