Hyperfractionated irradiation for adults with brainstem gliomas
โ Scribed by David Linstadt; David Larson; Michael Edwards; Michael Prados; William Wara
- Book ID
- 107964056
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 233 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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## BACKGROUND. Brainstem gliomas often respond to radiotherapy but long term disease control is exceptional. The concomitant administration of a chemotherapy agent with radiosensitizing properties such as carboplatin may increase the efficacy of radiotherapy.
## BACKGROUND. Efforts to improve local control and survival by increasing the dose of once-daily radiation therapy beyond 70 Gray (Gy) for patients with malignant gliomas have as yet been unsuccessful. Hyperfractionated radiation therapy (HF) should allow for delivery of a higher total dose witho