Postoperative chemo-radiotherapy with temodal in patients with glioblastoma multiforme--survival rates and prognostic factors.

Unlabelled: Glioblastoma multiforme (GM) is the most malignant histological type of brain tumors. It affects the active age and independent of the applied general therapeutic methods in oncology the problem with the short survival of the patients still remains. In the recent years simultaneous application of Temodal and radiation therapy was introduced in medical practice.

Radionuclide therapy of cancer patients with bone metastases.

Objectives: We report our experience in the use of radionuclides in the treatment of bone metastases in patients with various primary cancers: breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, etc.

Material And Methods: Eighty-seven patients (53 women, 34 men) with bone metastases were treated for pain relief with either 32-P (71 patients) or 89-Sr (16 patients). Fifty-three of the patients had breast cancer, 27--rostate cancer, 6--lung cancer and 1--kidney cancer.