Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Re-irradiation for recurrent gliomas has been discussed controversially in the past. This was mainly due to only marginal palliation while being associated with a high risk for side effects using conventional radiotherapy.</p> <p>With modern high-prec...
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| author | Schulz-Ertner Daniela Debus Jürgen Combs Stephanie E |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Re-irradiation for recurrent gliomas has been discussed controversially in the past. This was mainly due to only marginal palliation while being associated with a high risk for side effects using conventional radiotherapy.</p> <p>With modern high-precision radiotherapy re-irradiation has become a more wide-spread, effective and well-tolerated treatment option. Besides external beam radiotherapy, a number of invasive and/or intraoperative radiation techniques have been evaluated in patients with recurrent gliomas.</p> <p>The present article is a review on the available methods in radiation oncology and summarizes results with respect to outcome and side effects in comparison to clinical results after neurosurgical resection or different chemotherapeutic approaches.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1535c237129d437983a3ed64e9cacba12022-12-21T18:49:01ZengBMCBMC Cancer1471-24072007-08-017116710.1186/1471-2407-7-167Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomasSchulz-Ertner DanielaDebus JürgenCombs Stephanie E<p>Abstract</p> <p>Re-irradiation for recurrent gliomas has been discussed controversially in the past. This was mainly due to only marginal palliation while being associated with a high risk for side effects using conventional radiotherapy.</p> <p>With modern high-precision radiotherapy re-irradiation has become a more wide-spread, effective and well-tolerated treatment option. Besides external beam radiotherapy, a number of invasive and/or intraoperative radiation techniques have been evaluated in patients with recurrent gliomas.</p> <p>The present article is a review on the available methods in radiation oncology and summarizes results with respect to outcome and side effects in comparison to clinical results after neurosurgical resection or different chemotherapeutic approaches.</p>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/167 |
| spellingShingle | Schulz-Ertner Daniela Debus Jürgen Combs Stephanie E Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas BMC Cancer |
| title | Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas |
| title_full | Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas |
| title_fullStr | Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas |
| title_short | Radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas |
| title_sort | radiotherapeutic alternatives for previously irradiated recurrent gliomas |
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