Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1854151 | Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy | 2016 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
We report an exceptional case of a very late local failure in a 9-year-old boy presenting with a chordoma of the cranio-cervical junction. The child was initially treated with a combination of surgical resection followed by high dose photon–proton radiation therapy. This aggressive therapy allowed a 9-year remission with minimal side-effects. Unfortunately, he subsequently presented with a local failure managed with a second full-dose course of protons. The child died one year later from local bleeding of unclear etiology.
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Authors
Jean-Louis Habrand, Jean Datchary, Stéphanie Bolle, Anne Beaudré, Ludovic de Marzi, Kévin Beccaria, Dinu Stefan, Jacques Grill, Rémi Dendale,