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ArticleWorld journal of pediatrics : WJP2017

Treatment of pediatric average-risk medulloblastoma using craniospinal irradiation less than 2500 cGy and chemotherapy: single center experience in Korea.

Jong Hyung Yoon, Kyung Duk Park, Hyoung Jin Kang, Hyery Kim, Ji Won Lee, Seung-Ki Kim, Kyu-Chang Wang, Sung-Hye Park, Il Han Kim, Hee Young Shin

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Article in World journal of pediatrics : WJP, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jong Hyung YoonDepartment of Pediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA.
Kyung Duk ParkDepartment of Pediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA.
Hyoung Jin KangDepartment of Pediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA.
Hyery KimDepartment of Pediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA.
Ji Won LeeDepartment of Pediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA.
Seung-Ki KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Kyu-Chang WangDepartment of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Sung-Hye ParkDepartment of Pathology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Il Han KimDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
Hee Young ShinDepartment of Pediatrics, Cancer Research Institute, New York, USA. hyshin@snu.ac.kr.
Cancer Research Institute · USSeoul National University · KRHallym University · KR

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Abstract

backgroundAlthough craniospinal irradiation (CSI) of 2340 cGy plus tumor booster with chemotherapy have been established as a standard treatment of childhood average-risk (AvR) medulloblastoma (MBL) in Western counties, there are a few recent reports in outcomes of AvR MBL using this strategy in Korean and other Asian children. We investigated the outcome of the Korean children with AvR MBL who were treated with CSI <2500 cGy and chemotherapy.

methodsBetween January 2001 and December 2010, clinical characteristics and outcomes of 42 patients who were diagnosed with AvR MBL postoperatively and treated with radiation including CSI <2500 cGy and chemotherapy in Seoul National University Children's Hospital were analyzed.

resultsTheir median age was 9 years (range: 3-18.8), and 29 were male. Histological subtypes were classic type in 28 patients, nodular/desmoplastic in 7, and large cell/anaplastic (LCA) in 7. All the patients received adjuvant radiotherapy (CSI with median 2340 cGy and booster) and multiagent chemotherapy as the first-line treatment. With a median follow-up of 54 months, 12 patients experienced relapse or progression of the tumor. The 3- and 5-year disease-free survival (DFS) rates were 78.0%±6.5% and 75.0%±6.9%, respectively, and overall survival (OS) rates were 85.3%±5.6% and 76.8%±6.9%, respectively. The LCA subtype was associated with poorer DFS (P=0.023) and OS (P=0.008), compared with non-LCA subtypes.

conclusionsThe outcomes of children and adolescents with AvR MBL treated with radiation including CSI <2500 cGy and chemotherapy, are compatible to those in Western countries; however, the LCA subtype has a poor outcome with this strategy.

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AdolescentAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCerebellar NeoplasmsChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesCombined Modality TherapyCraniospinal IrradiationDisease-Free SurvivalDose-Response Relationship, RadiationFemaleHumansMaleMedulloblastomaNeoplasm InvasivenessNeoplasm Stagingaverage-riskcraniospinal irradiationmedulloblastoma

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