title: Therapeutic gain with hyperfractionation in prophylactic cranial irradiation of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
abstract: IQ deterioration after prophylactic cranial irradiation is a dreaded complication for children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Alternate treatment schemes are needed that achieve comparable tumor control, but avoid such long-term complication. To this end, a hyperfractionated treatment scheme is proposed. Using two different radiobiological models, we analyze the doses required to achieve equivalent disease control while reducing the severity of late sequelae. Analysis based on the linear-quadratic and surviving fractions models clearly indicates a therapeutic gain with hyperfractionation.
authors.affiliation: Saint Margaret Hospital, Oncology Center, Hammond, Indiana 46320.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Muller-Runkel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vijayakumar
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence / Q000528:radiation effects; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054198:Precursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D008727:Methotrexate