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Radiation therapy given postoperatively to patients with malignant intra-cranial tumors increases survival, compared with surgery alone (1). In the management of certain tumors, a subtential cure rate can be obtained with relatively high doses of radiation given on large brain volumes. Nevertheless, quality of survival must be limited by radiation brain injury classified as acute, early delayed and late delayed. Neuropsychologic impairment is a delayed injury which is well analysed in numerous reports on children. To our knowledge, only one report concerns adults (2), and it would be misleading to extrapolate child results from adult patients, owing to the fact that the child brain is more sensitive to radiation therapy.
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Maire, J.P., Coudin, B., Caudry, M., Guerin, J. (1987). Neuropsychologic Impairment in Adults with Brain Tumors after Radiation Therapy. In: Chatel, M., Darcel, F., Pecker, J. (eds) Brain Oncology Biology, diagnosis and therapy. Developments in Oncology, vol 52. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-3347-7_59
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