[PDF][PDF] Understanding the treatment strategies of intracranial germ cell tumors: focusing on radiotherapy

JY Kim, J Park - Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society, 2015 - synapse.koreamed.org
Intracranial germ cell tumors (ICGCT) occur in 2–11% of children with brain tumors between
0–19 years of age. For treatment of germinoma, relatively low radiation doses with or without …

Pineal region tumors in children

G Dhall, S Khatua, JL Finlay - Current opinion in neurology, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Although pineoblastoma in infants and very young children still remains a therapeutic
challenge, significant progress has been made in the treatment of pineal GCTs with …

[HTML][HTML] Comparison on epidemiology, tumor location, histology, and prognosis of intracranial germ cell tumors between Mayo Clinic and Japanese consortium …

H Takami, A Perry, CS Graffeo, C Giannini… - Journal of …, 2020 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE Central nervous system (CNS) germ cell tumors (GCTs) are rare malignant
neoplasms that arise predominantly in adolescents and young adults. CNS GCTs …

A simple analytical model for a fast 3D assessment of peripheral photon dose during coplanar isocentric photon radiotherapy

B Sanchez-Nieto, IN López-Martínez… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Considering that cancer survival rates have been growing and that nearly two-thirds of those
survivors were exposed to clinical radiation during its treatment, the study of long-term …

Differential dosimetric benefit of proton beam therapy over intensity modulated radiotherapy for a variety of targets in patients with intracranial germ cell tumors

J Park, Y Park, SU Lee, T Kim, YK Choi, JY Kim - Radiation Oncology, 2015 - Springer
Background We performed dosimetric comparisons between proton beam therapy and
intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) of intracranial germ cell tumors (ICGCTs) arising in …

Integral dose delivered to normal brain with conventional intensity‐modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and helical tomotherapy IMRT during partial brain radiotherapy for …

JC Marsh, GE Ziel, AZ Diaz, JA Wendt… - Journal of medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction We compared integral dose with uninvolved brain (ID brain) during partial brain
radiotherapy (PBRT) for high‐grade glioma patients using helical tomotherapy (HT) and …

Helical tomotherapy in the treatment of pediatric malignancies: a preliminary report of feasibility and acute toxicity

L Mesbah, R Matute, S Usychkin, I Marrone… - Radiation …, 2011 - Springer
Background Radiation therapy plays a central role in the management of many childhood
malignancies and Helical Tomotherapy (HT) provides potential to decrease toxicity by …

Treatment outcome of radiation therapy for intracranial germinoma: adaptive radiation field in relation to response to chemotherapy

JH Joo, JH Park, YS Ra, HJ Im, KN Koh… - Anticancer …, 2014 - ar.iiarjournals.org
Aim: To determine the optimal radiotherapy (RT) target volume in correlation with tumor
response to chemotherapy in patients with intracranial germinoma. Patients and Methods …

Current concepts and future strategies in the management of intracranial germinoma

RD Kortmann - Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
Radiation therapy is the backbone in the management of intracranial germinoma. In
localized disease chemotherapy followed by whole brain irradiation is the present standard …

Intensity‐modulated radiation therapy with dose painting: a brain‐sparing technique for intracranial germ cell tumors

JC Yang, SA Terezakis, IJ Dunkel… - Pediatric blood & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background We sought to assess patterns of failure in pediatric patients with intracranial
germ cell tumors (GCT) treated with intensity‐modulated radiation therapy with dose …