paediatrics Brussels 17

Intracranial ependymoma

CCG 9942 phase II pre-Irradiation chx in incompletely resected ependymoma (=/> 3 years) n= 41, n=43 RT alone after compl. Resection Chx : VCR, Cisplat, VP 16, Cycloph. (RT local 54-59.4Gy

Response to chx. : 35 pat. : CR 14 (40%), PR 6 (17%) MR/SD 10 (29%, PD 5 (14%)

Garvin et al., 2012