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HERNANDEZ OCHOA, Jaqueline et al. Radiation therapy in patients with primary brain tumors. V.I. Lenin, November 2014 - May 2017. Multimed [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.6, pp. 1306-1319. ISSN 1028-4818.

Primary tumors of the brain constitute a heterogeneous group of neoplasms with biological behavior and with a very different prognosis. Its incidence has increased in recent years in all age groups. A prospective descriptive study of 58 patients with primary brain tumors was performed, attended in the Radiotherapy office of the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Hospital Oncology in the period from November 2014 to May 2017, with the objective of determining the physical symptoms and Cognitive manifestations in patients treated for primary brain tumors. The variables of age and sex, histological diagnosis, cancer treatment, physical symptoms and cognitive manifestations were characterized. The age group between 40 and 59 years was the most affected (51.72%), being in the most frequent male sex this pathology (65.52%). The histological type that predominated was astrocytoma in 77.11%. Radiation therapy was used in 100% of patients, and concurrent to nimotuzumab in 43 patients. The most frequent physical symptoms were sleep disorders (39.28%), and within the cognitive manifestations identified visual problems reached 35%. The physical symptoms and cognitive manifestations produced, either by the primary tumor or by the cancer treatment in patients with primary brain tumors, are factors that negatively influence the quality of life of these patients.

Palabras clave : Primary brain tumors; Radiation therapy.

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