Radiation therapy for incompletely resected supratentorial low-grade glioma in adults.
In this review on current concepts in radiation therapy in the treatment of incompletely resected supratentorial low-grade glioma, a number of important issues are discussed. They include indication for radiation therapy, timing (early vs delayed), dose response issue, impact of modern neuroimaging, 'optimal' treatment fields, impact of histology, new and promising approaches as well as quality of life in this disease are also discussed. This disease remains a focus of investigations in neuro-oncology owing to the fact that a number of questions discussed in the text are still far from being optimally addressed and answers are, therefore, lacking. New studies and more patients are needed to get more insight into this disease.
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Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital, Tuebingen, Germany. bjeremic@med.uni-tuebingen.de
Bamberg
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D000328:Adult; D005910:Glioma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011788:Quality of Life; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D015173:Supratentorial Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors