[Chemotherapy of brain tumors in children]

The present recovery rate of brain tumors (20% of solid tumors in children) is 50%. Besides the progress made in neurosurgery and radiotherapy, those of chemotherapy have indisputably had an impact on the improvement of the rate of recovery. Protocols in use differ according to the histologic type of the tumor (astrocytoma, glioma, medulloblastoma). Indications for therapeutic trials for phase II and III tumors will require a longer period of follow-up as well as strict analysis of the result.