Postoperative limited volume irradiation in a child with a solitary brain metastasis from Wilms tumor: A case report

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作者
Kortmann, RD
Budach, W
Niethammer, D
Grote, EH
Bamberg, M
机构
[1] UNIV TUBINGEN,DEPT PEDIAT,D-72076 TUBINGEN,GERMANY
[2] UNIV TUBINGEN,DEPT NEUROSURG,D-72076 TUBINGEN,GERMANY
来源
MEDICAL AND PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY | 1997年 / 29卷 / 03期
关键词
Wilms tumor; brain metastases; radiotherapy; late effects;
D O I
10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199709)29:3<222::AID-MPO11>3.0.CO;2-F
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
An 11-year-old boy presented with a solitary cerebral metastasis 2.5 years after initial diagnosis and 4 months after successful combined modality treatment of a stage II recurrent Wilms tumor in the chest. Resection of the brain metastasis was followed by limited volume irradiation with 30.0 Gy total dose. After a follow-up of 2.5 years the boy is in complete remission and shows no neurological or neuro; psychological deficits indicating the possibility of curative postoperative radiotherapy of low toxicity and restricted to the tumor site in the presence of solitary brain metastases. (C) 1997 Wiley-Liss. Inc.
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