Medulloblastoma: treatment results with radiation therapy.
The treatment results in 18 patients with medulloblastoma were reviewed retrospectively. All patients were treated postoperatively with simultaneous craniospinal irradiation. Forty-four percent of the total group were alive without evidence of disease. Six of the 12 patients eligible for analysis at three years after completion of treatment had continuous disease-free survival. Six patients with intracranial recurrence received a second course of whole-brain irradiation, and two of these are alive.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008527:Medulloblastoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013997:Time Factors