Population-Based Risks of CNS Tumors in Survivors of Childhood Cancer: The British Childhood Cancer Survivor Study

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Authors

Aliki Taylor

Mark P. Little · University of Birmingham

D. Winter · St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

Elaine Sugden · University of Birmingham

David W. Ellison · University of Birmingham

Charles Stiller · Analytical Services

Marilyn Stovall · Radiation Oncology Associates

Abstract

The largest-ever study, to our knowledge, of CNS tumors in survivors of childhood cancer indicates that the risk of meningioma increases rapidly with increased dose of radiation to meningeal tissue and with increased dose of intrathecal methotrexate.

Topics & Keywords

Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Meningioma and schwannoma management Neuroblastoma Research and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volume 28, Issue 36, pp. 5287-5293

DOI: 10.1200/jco.2009.27.0090

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