Re-irradiation of locally recurrent pediatric intracranial ependymoma: Experience of the French society of children's cancer.

CONCLUSION: Local recurrence of brain ependymoma can be treated with full-dose re-irradiation, which can be hypofractionated with an acceptable short term toxicity in spite of high total doses delivered to OARs, especially brain stem.
PMID: 30825956 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Radiotherapy and Oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology - February 28, 2019 Category: Radiology Authors: Régnier E, Laprie A, Ducassou A, Bolle S, Supiot S, Muracciole X, Claude L, Chapet S, Coche-Dequéant B, Vigneron C, Leseur J, Bondiau PY, Habrand JL, Bernier V Tags: Radiother Oncol Source Type: research