title: Radiotherapy for brain tumors.
abstract: Improved techniques of radiotherapy have led to marked improvement in the results of radiotherapy for certain brain tumors, such as medulloblastoma and pineal germinoma, but results for malignant astrocytoma, the most common brain tumor, have been modest. This article reviews results of radiotherapy for brain tumors in adult patients over the last decade and comments on the new approaches being studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Laperriere
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bernstein
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D006979:Hyperthermia, Induced; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy
chemical_list: D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents