Concurrent chemotherapy and reduced-dose cranial spinal irradiation followed by conformal posterior fossa tumor bed boost for average-risk medulloblastoma: efficacy and patterns of failure

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2004-01-11
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PURPOSE:Toreviewtheefficacyandpatternsoffailureinaverage-riskmedulloblastomapatientstreatedwithconcurrentchemotherapyandreduced-dosecranialspinalirradiationandaconformaltumorbedboost.METH-ODSANDMATERIALS:Thirty-threepatientswithaveragerisk(definedas<==1.5cm(2)ofresidualtumorafterresection,age>3years,andnoinvolvementofthecerebrospinalfluidorspine)medulloblastomawerediagnosedatourinstitutionbetweenJanuary1994andDecember2001.Theywereenrolledinaninstitutionalpilot