PATTERN OF RADIATION THERAPY IN THE TREATMENT OF PEDIATRIC BRAIN TUMORS IN SIRIRAJ HOSPITAL
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A retrospective study was performed to review the management by radiation therapy (RT) for several types of pediatric brain tumors in a single institution. Of seventy-three children treated at Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology, Siriraj Faculty of Medicine from January 1990 to August 1999, 9 were equal to or younger than 3 years. The most common pathology was medulloblastoma. The modalities of treatment and the techniques of RT depend on age, pathology and location of tumors with 50% of brain stem tumors and 41% of pineal region tumors were irradiated without tissue diagnosis.
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