Strahlentherapie und Onkologie : Organ der Deutschen Röntgengesellschaft ... [et al]
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A retrospective evaluation was made on the results of primary or postoperative radiotherapy in 162 patients with grade I to IV astrocytomas. The greatest part of the overall group was built by 113 patients suffering from glioblastoma multiforme. ⋯ The survival of patients with malignant gliomas is not influenced by the radicality of the operation and the extension of the target volume to the whole brain (total-brain irradiation and boost). Thus in the treatment of malignant astrocytomas, the less extensive surgical and radiotherapeutical intervention seems an adequate method to manage this disease.