RACE AND PROGNOSIS OF BRAIN-TUMOR PATIENTS ENTERING MULTICENTER CLINICAL-TRIALS - A REPORT FROM THE RADIATION-THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP

We investigated the possible influence of race on the survival of pati ents with malignant gliomas enrolled in three consecutive trials of th e Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) retrospectively using the gr oup's statistical database. There were no statistical differences betw een the survival rates for black patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GEM) and those for the white patients. The limited influence of ther apy on this disease may be responsible in part for this result.