ArticleChild's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery2014
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma in children and adolescents: a single-center experience.
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- The trends in diagnosis, management, and care of patients with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas: Perspectives from a tertiary care hospital of pakistan.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2024Article
- Contemporary survival endpoints: an International Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Registry study.Neuro-oncology · 2017Article
- Pediatric Brain Tumors: Current Knowledge and Therapeutic Opportunities.Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology · 2016Review
- Pediatric thalamic tumors in the MRI era: a Canadian perspective.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2016Article
- Has hypofractionated radiotherapy become the standard of care in pediatric DIPG?Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2015Article
- Managing teenage/young adult (TYA) brain tumors: a UK perspective.CNS oncology · 2015Review
- Role of Radiation Therapy in the Management of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma: A Systematic Review.Advances in radiation oncologyReview
- Pediatric Brainstem Gliomas: An Institutional Experience.Asian journal of neurosurgeryArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) have a very poor prognosis. Only radiotherapy (XRT) has proven to be effective in delaying the disease progression. Several chemotherapy schedules have been applied so far, but none demonstrated significant improvements in progression and survival.
methodsWe retrospectively analyzed the clinical data of children diagnosed with DIPG at our center (Pediatric Hospital "Regina Margherita," Turin, Italy) between 1999 and 2013. Progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were used to describe the outcomes.
resultsTwenty-four children were included in our report. Patients diagnosed before March 2003 (n = 12) were treated with XRT and vincristine (VCR); the remaining 12 patients received XRT and temozolomide (TMZ). Progression-free survival was 18.8 % at 1 year (SE = 7.6 %), while overall survival was 44.1 % at 1 year (SE = 9.9 %). Median PFS was 8.1 months, whereas median OS was 11.2 months. No statistically significant difference in PFS or OS was evidenced between the two treatment groups.
conclusionRadiotherapy followed by VCR or TMZ allows obtaining results that are in line with previous reports, with no advantages over other similar treatment schedules. DIPGs are challenging tumors with a dismal outcome. Further research and newer therapies are urgently needed in order to achieve improvements in survival.
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