title: Survival and quality of life after continuous accelerated radiotherapy of glioblastomas.
abstract: One hundred and thirty three patients were given radiotherapy after subtotal resection of glioblastoma with different total doses and fractionation schedules including 38 patients receiving continuous accelerated fractionation with 3 fractions of 1.6 Gy per day up to 60 Gy in 2 weeks. Tolerance of the accelerated schedule was as good as of the conventional schedules but overall survival was not improved.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage