Clinical deterioration during or after brain irradiation may be due to progression of neoplasm or radiation induced necrosis of the neoplasm and/or of normal brain tissues, or a combination of all. Eight patients with histologically documented radiation induced lesions of the brain are included in this study. The radiation therapy included the fractional schedule, group A, who received 280 to 300 rads daily, to a total dose of 4500 to 5000 rads and weekly exposure did not exceed 900 rads. Group B patients were exposed to 850 rads, daily dose on day 1, 3, 21 and 23 to a total dose of 3400 rads. The incidence of radiation induced lesions of brain was 3.4% in patients group A and 8.7% in group B patients (without statistical significance). The median time of onset of these lesions after completion of radiation therapy was significantly shorter in group B patients (8.5 months) as opposed to group A patients (21 months).
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