Jimenez J, Alert J, Beldarrain L, Montalvo J, Roca C
Neoplasma. 1983;30(1):93-6.
Tumors of the nervous system are the third most common malignant disease in Cuban children, after leukemia and lymphoma. In 138 patients with the diagnosis of brain tumor results of treatment by surgery and radiation were studied. The survival rate at 1, 3 and 5 years was 50, 40 and 37.6%. The best results were achieved in astrocytomas, mid grain and brain stem tumors and oligodendrogliomas.
