Effects of vertebral-body-sparing proton craniospinal irradiation on the spine of young pediatric patients with medulloblastoma

Purpose: To investigate the long-term effects of vertebral-body-sparing proton craniospinal irradiation (CSI) on the spine of young patients with medulloblastoma. Methods and materials: Six children between the ages of 3 and 5 years with medulloblastoma were treated with vertebral-body-sparing proto...

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Main Authors: Iain MacEwan, MD, Brian Chou, BS, Jeremy Moretz, MD, Lilia Loredo, MD, David Bush, MD, Jerry D. Slater, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-04-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109417300416