SEOM guideline for the treatment of malignant glioma.
High-grade gliomas are an infrequent disease diagnosed usually in the fifth or sixth decade. Careful histopathological diagnosis is essential because tumour grade and type condition the treatment. Magnetic resonance with gadolinium is considered the standard radiologic exploration and should be followed by tissue sampling. Treatment of these patients should be decided in a multidisciplinary committee. Surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy are the basis of patients' treatment, with the best results obtained when the three of them can be used.
Medical Oncology Service, Hospital General Universitario, Valencia, Spain. berrocal_alf@telefonica.net
Alfonso
A
Berrocal
Miguel
M
Gil
Óscar
Ó
Gallego
Carmen
C
Balaña
Pedro
P
Pérez Segura
Jesús
J
García-Mata
Gaspar
G
Reynes
D000465:Algorithms; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005910:Glioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008495:Medical Oncology / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D012008:Recurrence; D013030:Spain