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ArticleNeuro-oncology2009

A pilot study of risk-adapted radiotherapy and chemotherapy in patients with supratentorial PNET.

Murali Chintagumpala, Tim Hassall, Shawna Palmer, David Ashley, Dana Wallace, Kimberly Kasow, Thomas E Merchant, Matthew J Krasin, Robert Dauser, Frederick Boop and 6 more

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Article in Neuro-oncology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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  13. Treatment outcome and patterns of failure in patients of pinealoblastoma: review of literature and clinical experience from a regional cancer centre in north India.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Murali ChintagumpalaTexas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA. mxchinta@txccc.org
Tim Hassall
Shawna Palmer
David Ashley
Dana Wallace
Kimberly Kasow
Thomas E Merchant
Matthew J Krasin
Robert Dauser
Frederick Boop
Robert Krance
Shiao Woo
Robyn Cheuk
Ching Lau
Richard Gilbertson
Amar Gajjar
Texas Children's Hospital · USBaylor College of Medicine · USRoyal Children's Hospital · AUSt. Jude Children's Research Hospital · USThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

Viral Vector Technology (VVTSR)P30CA021765 · NCI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI CHARLES ROBERTS · 1985 to 2026
$166.9M
NCI NIH HHS CA 21765NCI NIH HHS P30 CA021765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We undertook this study to estimate the event-free survival (EFS) of patients with newly diagnosed supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor (SPNET) treated with risk-adapted craniospinal irradiation (CSI) with additional radiation to the primary tumor site and subsequent high-dose chemotherapy supported by stem cell rescue. Between 1996 and 2003, 16 patients with SPNET were enrolled. High-risk (HR) disease was differentiated from average-risk (AR) disease by the presence of residual tumor (M(0) and tumor size > 1.5 cm(2)) or disseminated disease in the neuraxis (M(1)-M(3)). Patients received risk-adapted CSI: those with AR disease received 23.4 Gy; those with HR disease, 36-39.6 Gy. The tumor bed received a total of 55.8 Gy. Subsequently, all patients received four cycles of high-dose cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, and vincristine with stem cell support. The median age at diagnosis was 7.9 years; eight patients were female. Seven patients had pineal PNET. Twelve patients are alive at a median follow-up of 5.4 years. The 5-year EFS and overall survival (OS) estimates for all patients were 68% +/- 14% and 73% +/- 13%. The 5-year EFS and OS estimates were 75% +/- 17% and 88% +/- 13%, respectively, for the eight patients with AR disease and 60% +/- 19% and 58% +/- 19%, respectively, for the eight with HR disease. No deaths were due to toxicity. High-dose cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapy with stem cell support after risk-adapted CSI results in excellent EFS estimates for patients with newly diagnosed AR SPNET. Further, this chemotherapy allows for a reduction in the dose of CSI used to treat AR SPNET without compromising EFS.

Indexed as

Cranial IrradiationHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAdolescentAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsBrain NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolCisplatinCombined Modality TherapyCyclophosphamideDisease-Free SurvivalDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleGamma RaysHumansMaleCisplatinCyclophosphamideVincristine

Identifiers

PMID18796696
PMCPMC2718957
OpenAlexW2069372815

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