Carlos Rodríguez RC, Orozco CA, Liu WYC

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Brain tumors are the second most common cancer and the leading cause of death according to the surveillance, epidemiology and survival in this population per year, with a slight predominance in males. Brain tumors are classified according to their histological types. The 40 % are infratentorial, supratentorial, 54% and 6% are located in the medulla. Diagnosis is made with CT and MRI and treatment primarily is surgery or radiotherapy and oncology treatment if necessary. Radiotherapy is providing different modalities in the treatment for many children with central nervous system tumors and recent improvements in technology and treatment planning of radiotherapy offer significant opportunities for major therapeutic benefits of a high probability of long-term survival with a significant risk reduction in the development of complications in the short and long term in pediatric patients.