胶质母细胞瘤的治疗方法目前尚不理想。尽管行广泛手术摘除,肿瘤仍然复发,放疗的效果也有限。但是,如能使患者症状暂时好转并延长生命,这种治疗仍有一定的意义。本文报导了英国某大学脑神经外科在1950年至1970年间,经组织学检查确诊为胶质母细胞瘤的患者共516例的分析资料。其中调查了术后存活时间者有349例,术后存活一个月以上的有238例;全部为幕上胶质母细胞瘤。在516例中有271例仅作活检 The treatment of glioblastoma is not yet ideal. Despite extensive surgical excision, the tumor is still relapsed and the radiotherapy effect is limited. However, such treatment is still relevant if the symptoms of the patient temporarily improve and prolong life. This article reports on a total of 516 patients who were diagnosed as glioblastoma by histology between 1950 and 1970 in a British university neurosurgical department. Among them, 349 patients were investigated for survival after surgery, and 238 patients survived more than one month after surgery; all were supratentorial glioblastoma. Of the 516 patients, 271 were biopsied