Journal article
Interstitial radiation in recurrent malignant gliomas
Applied neurophysiology, Vol.50(1-6), pp.292-294
1987
DOI: 10.1159/000100729
PMID: 3329866
Abstract
Twelve patients with recurrent supratentorial gliomas were treated with implanted 125I seeds. The interval from initial surgery to interstitial radiation ranged from 3 months to 9 years. The techniques for brachytherapy included volume implantation by craniotomy in one, stereotactic implantation with low-activity seeds in 7 and high-activity seeds in 4 patients. The total dose received ranged from 5,500 to 27,000 cGy. CT scans performed sequentially on all patients showed progressive attenuation in areas previously enhancing, suggestive of tumor necrosis produced by the interstitial sources. The mean and median survival of these patients was 23 and 22 weeks, with the 4 most recent patients still alive.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Interstitial radiation in recurrent malignant gliomas
- Creators
- Patrick W Hitchon - Division of Neurosurgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa CityShirish K JaniJohn C VanGilderJohn C GoderskyShirley Doornbos
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Applied neurophysiology, Vol.50(1-6), pp.292-294
- DOI
- 10.1159/000100729
- PMID
- 3329866
- NLM abbreviation
- Appl Neurophysiol
- ISSN
- 0302-2773
- Publisher
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 1987
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984040482002771
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