Cancer Reports, 2022 Background Leptomeningeal carcinomatosis is a relatively uncommon complication of solid tumors that is associated with significant morbidity and mortality.
Daniel Tesolin +2 more
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Cancer Medicine, 2022 Introduction This study aimed to evaluate acute toxicities associated with irradiation between the X‐CSI (photon beam craniospinal irradiation) and P‐CSI (proton beam craniospinal irradiation) groups in children with brain tumors.
Suguru Uemura +2 more
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Case Series of Intracranial Central Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor in Two Adults Treated With Craniospinal Irradiation [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsEwing sarcoma and primitive neuroectodermal tumors share histological and genetic characteristics, yet differ in management, with EWSR1 rearrangement being the key distinguishing factor.
Shubham Dokania +7 more
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Memantine to preserve memory and neurocognition following craniospinal irradiation (MEMENTO): a phase 3 randomized controlled trial [PDF]
BMC CancerIntroduction Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) forms an integral role in the management of primary brain tumors like embryonal tumors (medulloblastoma), non-seminomatous germ cell tumors, metastatic ependymoma, etc.
Tejpal Gupta +23 more
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Pediatric CNS relapse of neuroblastoma treated with upright proton craniospinal irradiation [PDF]
Clinical and Translational Radiation OncologyAbsract: Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) is a technically demanding treatment in pediatric oncology, especially for young children, who often require daily anesthesia.
Philip Blumenfeld +13 more
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Setting the Tolerance and Action Limit for Patient-specific Quality Assurance of Craniospinal Irradiation Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy: Based on AAPM TG-218 Report [PDF]
Journal of Medical PhysicsPurpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the tolerance limits (TL) and action limits (AL) in gamma passing rate for craniospinal irradiation volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment plans.
Sathiya Raj +2 more
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Craniospinal Irradiation of Pediatric Medulloblastoma, Dosimetric Comparison between Helical Tomotherapy, and Conventional Radiation Therapy [PDF]
Middle East Journal of Cancer, 2022 Background: Dosimetric comparison between 3D-conformal radiation therapy (3D-CRT) and helical tomotherapy (HT) in pediatric Medulloblastoma (MB) receiving craniospinal irradiation (CSI).Method: This was a retrospective dosimetric study on five pediatric ...
Mohamed Hegazy, Maamoun Shehadeh
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Tomotherapy for cranio-spinal irradiation
Clinical and Translational Radiation Oncology, 2023 Tomotherapy is a method of delivering rotational IMRT offering various advantages, notably for complex and large targets such as the cranio-spinal axis.
Andrada Turcas +3 more
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Dosimetric study of Rapid Arc therapy during Craniospinal Irradiation in Adult patients
Journal of Radiation and Cancer Research, 2022 Context: Adult medulloblastomas are very rare and constitute only 1% of the central nervous system tumors in adults. CSI treatment is challenging in adults due to the long, irregular target volume, critical structures, and field matchings due to multiple
Arpitha S Rao
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Turkish Journal of Hematology, 2022 Objective: Studies comparing the efficacy and safety of prophylactic regimens for central nervous system (CNS) involvement in acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) are scarce in adults.
Olgu Erkin Çınar +15 more
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