Literature DB >> 19153750

The management of completely resected childhood intracranial ependymoma: the argument for observation only.

Andrew S Little1, Tyson Sheean, Ragavan Manoharan, Aneela Darbar, Charles Teo.   

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The management of children with completely resected intracranial ependymomas is controversial. We favor deferring adjuvant radiotherapy in low-risk patients, whereas others recommend radiotherapy. REVIEW: This article reviews the available evidence for and against deferring radiotherapy in children with low-risk completely resected childhood ependymomas.

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Year:  2009        PMID: 19153750     DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0799-x

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Childs Nerv Syst        ISSN: 0256-7040            Impact factor:   1.475


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2.  Intracranial ependymoma: long-term results of a policy of surgery and radiotherapy.

Authors:  L J Vanuytsel; E M Bessell; S E Ashley; H J Bloom; M Brada
Journal:  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys       Date:  1992       Impact factor: 7.038

3.  Postoperative radiation therapy for grade II and III intracranial ependymoma.

Authors:  David B Mansur; Arie Perry; Veena Rajaram; Jeff M Michalski; T S Park; Jeffrey R Leonard; Lori Luchtman-Jones; Keith M Rich; Perry W Grigsby; Mary Ann Lockett; Sasha H Wahab; Joseph R Simpson
Journal:  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys       Date:  2005-02-01       Impact factor: 7.038

4.  Intracranial ependymomas: an analysis of prognostic factors and patterns of failure.

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Journal:  Am J Clin Oncol       Date:  2002-04       Impact factor: 2.339

5.  Salvage treatment for childhood ependymoma after surgery only: Pitfalls of omitting "at once" adjuvant treatment.

Authors:  Maura Massimino; Felice Giangaspero; Maria Luisa Garrè; Lorenzo Genitori; Giorgio Perilongo; Paola Collini; Daria Riva; Laura Valentini; Giovanni Scarzello; Geraldina Poggi; Filippo Spreafico; Paola Peretta; Maurizio Mascarin; Piergiorgio Modena; Gabriella Sozzi; Nice Bedini; Veronica Biassoni; Alessandro Urgesi; Maria Rosa Balestrini; Gaetano Finocchiaro; Alessandro Sandri; Lorenza Gandola
Journal:  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys       Date:  2006-08-01       Impact factor: 7.038

6.  Preliminary results from a Phase II trail of conformal radiation therapy for pediatric patients with localised low-grade astrocytoma and ependymoma.

Authors:  Thomas E Merchant; Yunping Zhu; Stephen J Thompson; Marc R Sontag; Richard L Heideman; Larry E Kun
Journal:  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys       Date:  2002-02-01       Impact factor: 7.038

7.  Survival and prognostic factors following radiation therapy and chemotherapy for ependymomas in children: a report of the Children's Cancer Group.

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Journal:  J Neurosurg       Date:  1998-04       Impact factor: 5.115

8.  Hyperfractionated radiotherapy and chemotherapy for childhood ependymoma: final results of the first prospective AIEOP (Associazione Italiana di Ematologia-Oncologia Pediatrica) study.

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Journal:  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys       Date:  2004-04-01       Impact factor: 7.038

9.  Deferring adjuvant therapy for totally resected intracranial ependymoma.

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Journal:  Pediatr Neurol       Date:  1996-04       Impact factor: 3.372

10.  Intensity-modulated radiation therapy in childhood ependymoma.

Authors:  Thomas M Schroeder; Murali Chintagumpala; M Fatih Okcu; J Kam Chiu; Bin S Teh; Shiao Y Woo; Arnold C Paulino
Journal:  Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys       Date:  2008-02-06       Impact factor: 7.038

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Journal:  Childs Nerv Syst       Date:  2014-11-13       Impact factor: 1.475

2.  Do we really need class 1 evidence results to give adjuvant radiation therapy to childhood intracranial ependymomas?

Authors:  Maura Massimino; Lorenza Gandola; Maria Luisa Garrè; Armando Cama; Piergiorgio Modena; Paolo Potepan; Felice Giangaspero
Journal:  Childs Nerv Syst       Date:  2009-04-01       Impact factor: 1.475

3.  Ependymoma: lessons from the past, prospects for the future.

Authors:  Eric Bouffet; Uri Tabori; Annie Huang; Ute Bartels
Journal:  Childs Nerv Syst       Date:  2009-06-27       Impact factor: 1.475

4.  Gonadotropin-dependent precocious puberty: neoplastic causes and endocrine considerations.

Authors:  Matthew D Stephen; Peter E Zage; Steven G Waguespack
Journal:  Int J Pediatr Endocrinol       Date:  2011-03-06

5.  Intramedullary medullocervical ependymoma--surgical treatment, functional recovery, and long-term outcome.

Authors:  Da Li; Shu-Yu Hao; Zhen Wu; Gui-Jun Jia; Li-Wei Zhang; Jun-Ting Zhang
Journal:  Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo)       Date:  2013-09-27       Impact factor: 1.742

6.  The role of postoperative radiotherapy in pediatric patients with grade II intracranial ependymomas: a population-based, propensity score-matched study.

Authors:  Xiangyang Deng; Dongdong Lin; Lisheng Yu; Xingxing Xu; Nu Zhang; Hui Zhou; Hansong Sheng; Bo Yin; Fengchun Lin; Shangyu Xu; Dandong Li; Junhao Fang; Xiangqi Lu; Jian Lin
Journal:  Cancer Manag Res       Date:  2018-11-08       Impact factor: 3.989

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