Multi-Institution Prospective Trial of Reduced-Dose Craniospinal Irradiation (23.4 Gy) Followed by Conformal Posterior Fossa (36 Gy) and Primary Site Irradiation (55.8 Gy) and Dose-Intensive Chemotherapy for Average-Risk Medulloblastoma

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
8240073	International Journal of Radiation OncologyBiologyPhysics	2008	6 Pages	PDF

Abstract

This prospective trial has demonstrated that irradiation of less than the entire PF after 23.4 Gy craniospinal irradiation for average-risk medulloblastoma results in disease control comparable to that after treatment of the entire PF.

Keywords

Radiotherapy Chemotherapy Conformal radiotherapy Pediatrics

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Physics and Astronomy Radiation

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Multi-Institution Prospective Trial of Reduced-Dose Craniospinal Irradiation (23.4 Gy) Followed by Conformal Posterior Fossa (36 Gy) and Primary Site Irradiation (55.8 Gy) and Dose-Intensive Chemotherapy for Average-Risk Medulloblastoma

Authors

Thomas E. D.O., Ph.D., Larry E. M.D., Matthew J. M.D., Dana M.S., Murali M. M.D., Shiao Y. M.D., David M. M.B.B.S., Maree M.B.B.S., Stewart J. M.B.B.S., Verity M.B.B.S., Amar M.D.,