PMID: 2500493Jun 1, 1989Paper

Medulloblastoma: results of treatment

The Journal of the Kentucky Medical Association
B JoseK Paris

Abstract

Fourteen patients with a diagnosis of medulloblastoma were treated in the Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Louisville School of Medicine from 1973 to 1979. The age of these patients ranged from 2 to 47 years with a median of 9 years. Twelve of them were 15 years or younger. All patients received craniospinal radiation after surgery, with a boost to the primary site by reduced field. The median dose to the primary was 4736 rads (range 3600 to 5600 rad). The median follow-up was 29.5 months. Six patients have died, and four of those six patients lived more than two years. Eight patients are alive to the last follow-up with a median survival of 29 months. Eight of 14 patients had local control and one patient developed distant metastasis. A brief review of the literature is done in this paper.

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