Advanced search×

Infant ependymoma in a 10-year AIEOP (Associazione Italiana Ematologia Oncologia Pediatrica) experience with omitted or deferred radiotherapy.

Maura M Massimino, Lorenza L Gandola, Salvina S Barra, Felice F Giangaspero, Cecilia C Casali, Paolo P Potepan, Concezio C Di Rocco, Paolo P Nozza, Paola P Collini, Elisabetta E Viscardi, Daniele D Bertin, Veronica V Biassoni, Armando A Cama, Claudia C Milanaccio, Piergiorgio P Modena, Rita R Balter, Giampiero G Tamburrini, Paola P Peretta, Maurizio M Mascarin, Giovanni G Scarzello, Paola P Fidani, Giuseppe Maria GM Milano, Iacopo I Sardi, Lorenzo L Genitori, and Maria Luisa ML Garrè

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 80(3):807-14 (2011) PMID 20646868

The protocols of the 1990s omitted or delayed irradiation, using upfront chemotherapy to spare the youngest children with ependymoma the sequelae of radiotherapy (RT). We treated 41 children under the age of 3 years with intracranial ependymoma between 1994 and 2003.

Copyright © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.02.048
Version: za2963e q8zad q8zb5 q8zc6 q8zd3 q8ze4 q8zfc q8zg6

Similar articles you may find interesting…

  1. Radiation-induced thyroid changes: A retrospective and a prospective view
    Maura M Massimino, Lorenza L Gandola, ... Paola P Collini

    Eur J Cancer 45(14):6 (2009) PMID 19608408

    Early treatment for hypothyroidism and ultrasound evaluation of the parenchyma are needed to limit nodule onset and growth....
  2. Does treatment of the pelvic nodes with IMRT increase late rectal toxicity over conformal prostate-only radiotherapy to 76 Gy?
    Giuseppe G Sanguineti, Matthew L ML Cavey, ... Vito V Vitale

    Strahlenther Onkol 182(9):543-9 (2006) PMID 16944377

    At 2 years, the estimated cumulative incidence of grade 2 late rectal toxicity is 6%+/-4% for WP-IMRT/PB and 21.2%+/-6% for P-3D-CRT (p=0.06). The difference became significant (HR [hazard ratio]=0.1, 95% CI [confidence interval]: 0.0-0.6; p=0.01) at multivariate analysis. None of the patients devel...
  3. To Bleed or Not to Bleed. A Prediction Based on Individual Gene Profiling Combined With Dose-Volume Histogram Shapes in Prostate Cancer Pati...
    Riccardo Valdagni, Tiziana Rancati, ... Manuela Gariboldi

    Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 74(5):10 (2009) PMID 19211196

    The predictive value of sensitivity and resistance to LRB of the genes identified by the study is promising and should be tested in a larger data set....