The evolving role of reirradiation in the management of recurrent brain tumors

R De Pietro, L Zaccaro, F Marampon, P Tini… - Journal of Neuro …, 2023 - Springer
Despite aggressive management consisting of surgery, radiation therapy (RT), and systemic
therapy given alone or in combination, a significant proportion of patients with brain tumors …

Clinical trials in high-risk medulloblastoma: evolution of the SIOP-Europe HR-MB trial

S Bailey, N André, L Gandola, M Massimino… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Patients with medulloblastoma receive treatment according to a risk
stratification, which is a combination of clinical and biological factors. To date there have …

Sustained survival benefit in recurrent medulloblastoma by a metronomic antiangiogenic regimen: a nonrandomized controlled trial

A Peyrl, M Chocholous, M Sabel, A Lassaletta… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Medulloblastoma recurrence in patients who have previously received
irradiation has a dismal prognosis and lacks a standard salvage regimen. Objective To …

Relapsed medulloblastoma in pre-irradiated patients: current practice for diagnostics and treatment

RM Hill, SLA Plasschaert, B Timmermann, C Dufour… - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Medulloblastoma is the commonest malignant brain tumour of childhood.
Disease relapse following maximal multi-modal therapy including upfront craniospinal …

Craniospinal irradiation as part of re-irradiation for children with recurrent medulloblastoma

LV Baroni, C Freytes, N Fernández Ponce… - Journal of Neuro …, 2021 - Springer
Background Many studies have demonstrated in the last years that once medulloblastoma
has recurred, the probability of regaining tumor control is poor despite salvage therapy …

Local and systemic therapy of recurrent medulloblastomas in children and adolescents: results of the P-HIT-REZ 2005 study

C Gaab, JE Adolph, S Tippelt, R Mikasch, D Obrecht… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A medulloblastoma recurrence is usually associated with an unfavorable
prognosis. The German P-HIT-REZ 2005 Study gathered data from patients with relapsed …

Improved long-term survival of patients with recurrent medulloblastoma treated with a “MEMMAT-like” metronomic antiangiogenic approach

I Slavc, L Mayr, N Stepien, J Gojo, M Aliotti Lippolis… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary About 30% of patients with medulloblastoma experience recurrence,
which is usually incurable despite intensive chemotherapy. The aim of our retrospective …

Overview and recent advances in the targeting of medulloblastoma cancer stem cells

MR Paul, PE Zage - Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Medulloblastoma, an embryonal small round blue cell tumor primarily arising in
the posterior fossa, is the most common malignancy of the central nervous system in …

Stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent pediatric brain tumors: clinical outcomes and toxicity

E Wang, PM Gutkin, J Oh, E Pollom, SG Soltys… - Neurosurgical …, 2022 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Recurrence of brain tumors in children after the initial course of treatment
remains a problem. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of reirradiation using …

Radiotherapy for Recurrent Medulloblastoma in Children and Adolescents: Survival after Re-Irradiation and First-Time Irradiation

JE Adolph, G Fleischhack, S Tschirner, L Rink, C Dittes… - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The treatment options for children with recurrent medulloblastoma are
often limited due to extensive previously received treatments after initial diagnosis …