Cerebellar glioblastoma in childhood

Hong W. Chin, Yosh Maruyama, Phillip Tibbs, William Markesbery, Byron Young

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Abstract

Cerebellar glioblastoma multiforme in childhood is extremely rare. Only ten such cases have been reported to date. Although treatment results are reported to be extremely poor, complete tumor clearance was achieved in a patient treated with superfractionated radiotherapy. She received high dose postoperative radiotherapy using a three times per day technique and is disease-free for more than three years posttherapy. This suggests that improved tumor response can be obtained by high dose postoperative radiotherapy using a modified fractionation technique.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)79-84
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Neuro-Oncology
Volume2
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1984

Keywords

  • brain tumor
  • cerebellar glioblastoma
  • long-term survival
  • malignant glioma
  • radiation treatment
  • superfractionated radiotherapy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Neurology
  • Clinical Neurology
  • Cancer Research

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