RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Hypothalamic gliomas in children
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 1047
OP 1052
DO 10.1136/jnnp.37.9.1047
VO 37
IS 9
A1 Clifford Roberson
A1 Kenneth Till
YR 1974
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/37/9/1047.abstract
AB Twenty children with gliomas of the hypothalamus were studied. Management was by radiotherapy alone, or operative treatment with or without radiotheraoy, and in some cases treatment was withheld entirely. One half of the children died within one year of presentation, whereas the remainder are alive and well after many years. An attempt is made by analysis of the results to determine when surgery or radiotherapy or a combination of the two may appropriately be employed in the management of this condition.