title: [Use of radiotherapy in the treatment of brain tumors].
abstract: The radiotherapy in the treatment of brain tumors is evaluated from a personal casuistics of 98 cases. It is confirmed that the postoperative irradiation gets only a temporal clinical improvement and a small increase in survival.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D001921:Brain / Q000528:radiation effects; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage
vernacular_title: Valor de la radioterapia en el tratamiento de tumores cerebrales.