[Survival of patients with anaplastic cerebral gliomas treated with a combination of surgery and radiotherapy]. / Przezycie chorych na anaplastyczne glejaki mózgu leczonych metoda skojarzona--operacja i napromienianiem.

ABSTRACT

The survival time was analysed in 42 patients with anaplastic cerebral gliomas after treatment by surgery and radiotherapy. The obtained therapeutic results were comparable with those reported in world literature the 6-month survival rate was 60%, the 1-year survival rate was 31%, and at 2 years 19% of the patients were alive. A group of patients poorly tolerating radiotherapy was isolated, these patients required administration of brain-oedema-reducing drugs. The survival time after treatment in patients with well-controlled oedema was similar to that obtained in the whole group.