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Craniospinal Radiotherapy History
• 1936 - Radiotherapy first used to treat
medulloblastoma (Cutler et al)
• 1950s - Recognised by Paterson (1953) that
there was a risk of CSF dissemination and that
CSRT was necessary - orthovoltage CSRT
➢ 1970s - megavoltage ( 60Co) CSRT
established
➢ van Dyk et al 1977 (IJROBP 2: 993-1005)