Impact of radiotherapy for pediatric CNS atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (single institute experience)
- Cancer Center, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan (China)
- Division of Pediatric Neurosurgery, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan (China)
- Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (China)
- Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan (China)
- Cancer Center, Neurological Institute, Taipei, Taiwan (China) and School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan (China)
Purpose: To assess outcomes and prognostic factors in radiotherapy of pediatric central nervous system atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT). Methods and Materials: Seventeen patients with central nervous system AT/RT were retrospectively reviewed after curative radiotherapy as primary or adjuvant therapy between January 1990 and December 2003. Overall and failure-free survival rates were calculated using the Kaplan-Meier method. The log-rank method was used to compare the effects of dosage (>50 Gy or {<=}50 Gy) and treatment duration (>45 days or {<=}45 days). Multivariate analysis was performed for prognostic factors. Results: Median overall survival and failure-free survival were 17 and 11 months, respectively. The 3 longest-surviving patients were older, underwent gross tumor removal, and completed both craniospinal and focal boost irradiation. Multivariate analysis revealed a significant relationship between the following: overall survival and performance status (p = 0.019), failure-free survival and total irradiation dose (p = 0.037), time interval between surgery and radiotherapy initiation (p = 0.031), and time interval between surgery and radiotherapy end point (p = 0.047). Conclusion: Radiotherapy is crucial in the treatment of AT/RT. We recommend initiating radiotherapy immediately postoperatively and before systemic chemotherapy in pediatric patients {>=}3 years of age.
- OSTI ID:
- 20793380
- Journal Information:
- International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics, Vol. 64, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.10.001; PII: S0360-3016(05)02735-5; Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0360-3016
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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