Open AccessRadiotherapy for brain tumors
Author(s) -
Laperriere Normand J.,
Bernstein Mark
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
ca: a cancer journal for clinicians
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 62.937
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1542-4863
pISSN - 0007-9235
DOI - 10.3322/canjclin.44.2.96
Subject(s) - radiation therapy , medulloblastoma , astrocytoma , medicine , germinoma , brain tumor , ependymoma , glioma , radiology , pathology , cancer research
Improved techniques of radiotherapy have led to marked improvement inthe results of radiotherapy for certain brain tumors, such asmedulloblastoma and pineal germinoma, but results for malignantastrocytoma, the most common brain tumor, have been modest. This articlereviews results of radiotherapy for brain tumors in adult patients over thelast decade and comments on the new approaches being studied.