[The place of surgery in the treatment of supra-tentorial malignant gliomas (author's transl)].
The natural history of malignant gliomas is compared to the mean survival duration after surgery alone and/or surgery associated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy. In the state of the art a combined treatment by surgery and roentgentherapy offers the best prognosis but does not allow for more than 35% of expectation of life at the end of the first year. According to the severity of the general prognosis the present authors advocate a strict care for the functional integrity. An improved knowledge in the biology of cerebral gliomas justifies further consideration in the surgical treatment preparing the expected effects of radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D005910:Glioma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007427:Intracranial Pressure; D011379:Prognosis; D013223:Statistics as Topic
Place de la chirurgie dans le traitement des gliomes malins supra-tentoriels.