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Radiation-induced glioblastoma multiforme in children treated for medulloblastoma with characteristics of both medulloblastoma and glioblastoma multiforme.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Oct 2010
Madden Jennifer R, Addo-Yobo Steven O, Donson Andrew M, Liu Arthur K, McNatt Sean A, Kleinschmidt-Demasters B K, Fenton Laura Z, Foreman Nicholas K, Smith Amy A
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Outcomes for average-risk medulloblastoma are excellent with 5-year event-free survival and overall survival>80%. Treatment failures include radiation-induced glioblastomas (RIG), which are often diagnosed solely on imaging. Recent studies suggest that RIGs differ from spontaneous glioblastoma mu...
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