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ReviewAdvances and technical standards in neurosurgery2024

Direct Administration of Chemotherapy and Other Agents into the Fourth Ventricle to Treat Recurrent Malignant Brain Tumors in Children.

David I Sandberg, Bangning Yu

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Review in Advances and technical standards in neurosurgery, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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David I SandbergDepartments of Pediatric Surgery and Neurosurgery, McGovern Medical School and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. David.I.Sandberg@uth.tmc.edu.
Bangning YuDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, McGovern Medical School and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.

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Abstract

Direct administration of chemotherapy and other agents into the fourth ventricle of the brain is a novel approach to treating recurrent malignant posterior fossa brain tumors in children. Candidates for this treatment approach include patients with recurrent medulloblastoma, ependymoma, atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor, and potentially other neoplasms that originate in the fourth ventricle or elsewhere in the posterior fossa. In this chapter, the authors first explain the rationale for considering fourth ventricular drug infusions in patients with recurrent malignant posterior fossa tumors. We then summarize the results of translational experiments conducted in piglets and non-human primates that demonstrated safety and favorable pharmacokinetics. These translational experiments led to several pilot human clinical trials, and the results of these trials are reviewed. Finally, currently open clinical trials testing infusion of various agents into the fourth ventricle are discussed, and thoughts about potential future directions are shared.

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Antineoplastic AgentsFourth VentricleNeoplasm Recurrence, LocalAnimalsBrain NeoplasmsChildEpendymomaHumansInfratentorial NeoplasmsInfusions, IntraventricularMedulloblastomaRhabdoid TumorAntineoplastic AgentsAtypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (ATRT)EpendymomaFourth ventricleIntraventricular chemotherapyMedulloblastoma

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