The Usefulness of Computed Tomography During and After Radiation Therapy in Patients with Brain Tumors

Abstract

Two years of experience with 100 patients in the serial study of brain tumors during and after radiation therapy showed that computed tomography is useful in depiction of regression or growth of primary and metastatic intracranial tumors, recognition of untoward sequelae of radiation therapy, e.g., necrosis and edema and appreciation of changes in tumor density and ventricular size. Representative cases are discussed and illustrated.