Postoperative chemotherapy and delayed radiation in infants and very young children with choroid plexus carcinomas. The Pediatric Oncology Group

Pediatr Neurosurg. 1995;22(4):189-96. doi: 10.1159/000120900.

Abstract

Eight infants with choroid plexus carcinomas were treated with surgery, prolonged postoperative chemotherapy and delayed radiation. The results suggest that some infants with choroid plexus carcinomas can be successfully treated with multimodality therapy, even allowing children with less than a gross total resection to have prolonged disease-free intervals.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / adverse effects
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Carcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Carcinoma / mortality
  • Carcinoma / radiotherapy*
  • Carcinoma / surgery
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Child, Preschool
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / mortality
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / radiotherapy*
  • Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / surgery
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Cranial Irradiation*
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Failure