Purpose: Medulloblastoma is a rare tumor in adults and the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in average risk patients is debated. Methods: Patients included in our study were > 16 years of age, had histologically confirmed medulloblastoma, and underwent adjuvant radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy. Average risk was defined according to the Chang classification. Results: We included 48 average-risk patients. Median follow-up was 151.5 months (95% confidence interval, 124.5-178.5). Both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly influenced by adjuvant chemotherapy (PFS: hazard ratio [HR], 0.334, p = 0.05; OS: HR, 0.187, p = 0.017) and by receiving the treatment in a referral center (PFS: HR, 0.250, p = 0.008; OS: HR, 0.295, p = 0.038). Conclusions: Treating patients with average-risk medulloblastoma in a referral center improves both PFS and OS, does adding adjuvant chemotherapy.
Expertise is crucial to prolong survival in average risk medulloblastoma: long-term results of a retrospective study / Franceschi, Enrico ; Minichillo, Santino ; Tosoni, Alicia ; Mascarin, Maurizio ; Mura, Antonella ; Di Battista, Monica ; Di Nunno, Vincenzo ; Gatto, Lidia ; Lodi, Raffaele ; Bartolini, Stefania ; Brandes, Alba Ariela. - In: TUMORI. - ISSN 0300-8916. - ELETTRONICO. - 0:(2021), pp. 03008916211017213.1-03008916211017213.7. [10.1177/03008916211017213]
Expertise is crucial to prolong survival in average risk medulloblastoma: long-term results of a retrospective study
Franceschi, Enrico;Minichillo, Santino;Di Battista, Monica;Di Nunno, Vincenzo;Gatto, Lidia;Lodi, Raffaele;
2021
Abstract
Purpose: Medulloblastoma is a rare tumor in adults and the use of adjuvant chemotherapy in average risk patients is debated. Methods: Patients included in our study were > 16 years of age, had histologically confirmed medulloblastoma, and underwent adjuvant radiotherapy with or without chemotherapy. Average risk was defined according to the Chang classification. Results: We included 48 average-risk patients. Median follow-up was 151.5 months (95% confidence interval, 124.5-178.5). Both progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were significantly influenced by adjuvant chemotherapy (PFS: hazard ratio [HR], 0.334, p = 0.05; OS: HR, 0.187, p = 0.017) and by receiving the treatment in a referral center (PFS: HR, 0.250, p = 0.008; OS: HR, 0.295, p = 0.038). Conclusions: Treating patients with average-risk medulloblastoma in a referral center improves both PFS and OS, does adding adjuvant chemotherapy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.